Water for Tea Movie
This movie is about the high-tech, high-profile GPM Mission that grabs viewers' attention through images of teacups and teapots.
+ Low Resolution Movie (8mb)
+ Medium Resolution Movie (23mb)
+ High Resolution Movie (57mb)
+ Movie Production Notes [pdf]
Credit: NASA TV
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The Promise Of Rain
In this movie, viewers are encouraged to consider not only their own relationship to precipitation and climate but also the ways they affect our lives.
+ View Movie (8 kb)
+ View MPG (122 mb )
+ View Production Notes[.pdf]
Credit: NASA/Goddard TV
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The Water Cycle Movie
This animation illustrates evaporation to condensation to precipitation .....
+ Movie with text
(45 mb)
+ Movie without text
(25 mb)
+ Movie description & credits
+ Water Cycle Graphic:
Low Res (120 k)
High Res (3.7 mb)
Credit: NASA ESE
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GPM Era Coverage:
Animated graph demonstration of what GPM will cover in a three hour period (satellite-wise) when in operation.
+ GPM Era Coverage [.mov]
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GPM Constellation Swath
Animation showing swath widths on the ground.
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Credit : Visualization Analysis Lab
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TRMM to the GPM Era:
This animation is a global demonstration of what TRMM and GPM will cover.
+ TRMM and GPM Era [.avi]
Credit: TRMM
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JAXA's GPM Gallery
GPM core satellite illustrations, posters, graphics.
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Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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World Tour for Global Precipitation Measurement
This movie shows the Earth and we tour around it, moving eastward, starting at Central America, and passing over Europe, India, Asia, and Australia before diving into clouds. This is the smaller, mpeg-1 version.
+ Low Resolution (20 mb)
+ High Resolution (61 mb)
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GPM Nile River Animation
The GPM mission is to improve ongoing efforts to predict climate, improve the accuracy of weather and precipitation forecasts, and to provide more frequent and complete sampling of the Earth's precipitation.
+ Low Resolution (20mb)
+ High Resolution (61mb)
Credit: NASA/GSFC Conceptual Image Lab
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Particulates Effect on Rainfall
Normal rainfall droplet creation involves water vapor condensing on particles in clouds. The droplets eventually coalesce together to form drops large enough to fall to Earth.However, as more and more pllution particles (aerosols) enter a rain cloud, the same amount of water becomes spread out. These smaller water droplets float with the air and are prevented from coalescing and growing large enough for a raindrop. Thus, the cloud yields less rainfall over the course of its liftime compared to a clean (non-polluted) cloud of the same size. The split screen compares a normal rain producing cloud (left) with the lack of rain produced from a cloud full of aerosols from pollution. .
+ Low Resolution (1 mb)
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GLOBAL TRMM Based Rainfall Animations
Credit: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
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