Precipitation (falling rain and snow) is our fresh water reservoir
in the sky and is fundamental to life on Earth. This video shows the most
detailed and worldwide view of rain and snowfall ever created and uses
satellite measurements from the Global Precipitation Measurement Core
Observatory, or GPM, a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA). Tracking precipitation from space with satellites
provides information of where, when, and how much it rains and snows anywhere
in the world and gives insight into the behavior of our weather, climate, and
ecological systems. To download near real-time global precipitation data.
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