Space-Based Precipitation Activities Enabled by NASA Headquarters
Abstract
Knowing where, when, and how precipitation falls both at the local and global scale is vital for scientific research and societal applications. NASA Headquarters supports and enables numerous precipitation related activities including satellite technology development, satellite operations, research, aircraft field campaigns, ground operations, and applied science. These activities then enable improved forecasts and models, new satellite and aircraft instrumentation, insights into weather and atmospheric dynamic processes, and applications to benefit humankind. A major component of NASA's contribution is the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission satellite and related research. GPM has provided valuable data for reducing uncertainties in understanding rainfall to improve climate, weather, and hydrological forecasts on a global basis, as well as many links to applied science through hurricane location information, and landslide, fire, and flood susceptibility maps. In addition to GPM, this presentation will touch upon precipitation related small/cubesats such as RainCube, TEMPEST-D, and TROPICS; upon precipitation related field campaigns such as Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) , Convective Processes Experiment- Aerosols and Winds (CPEX-AW), and upon modeling efforts. Looking toward the future, precipitation-related activities related to the 2017 Decadal Survey, namely the Aerosol, Cloud, Convection, and Precipitation (ACCP) Designated Observable and the Planetary Boundary Layer Incubation Observable. Finally, proposal selections and upcoming solicitation activities will be announced.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020AGUFMH208...01S
- Keywords:
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- 3354 Precipitation;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES;
- 3360 Remote sensing;
- ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES;
- 1854 Precipitation;
- HYDROLOGY;
- 1855 Remote sensing;
- HYDROLOGY