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By providing next-generation global observations of rain and snow, NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) platform helps researchers better understand Earth's water and energy cycles and forecast extreme events that cause natural hazards and disasters.

Type

Earth Observation Satellite

Data Center

GES DISC
GHRC DAAC

Launch

February 27, 2014

Objective

Measure Earth's precipitation
Instrument NameOperational Date(s)Spectral ResolutionType of Instrument
Ku/Ka-band Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR)2014 Ku-band precipitation radar (KuPR) at 13.6 GHz; Ka-band precipitation radar (KaPR) at 35.5 GHzRadar Sounder
GPM Microwave Imager (GMI)201413 microwave channels ranging in frequency from 10 GHz to 183 GHzImaging Spectrometer/Radiometer

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