NASA releases first precipitation map from GPM mission

NASA releases first precipitation map from GPM mission
Greenebelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2015 - Global Precipitation Measurement mission has produced its first global map of rainfall and snowfall. Like a lead violin tuning an orchestra, the GPM Core Observatory - launched one year ago on Feb. 27, 2014, as a collaboration between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency - acts as the standard to unify precipitation measurements from a network of 12 satellites. The result is NAS ... morehttp://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Releases_First_Global_Rainfall_and_Snowfall_Map_from_New_Mission_999.html