Faces of GPM

  • Released Monday, October 1, 2012
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Learn about the exciting and diverse team that studies precipitation at NASA. Watch interviews with scientists and engineers to get a face-to-face perspective on careers in science and technology.

A look at some of the engineers working on the GPM Core spacecraft. Beth Weinstein, Carlton Peters, and Lisa Bartusek are all part of the larger integration and test team that put the spacecraft through its paces and prepares it for launch.

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Profile of Steve Nesbitt, a professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois and a mission scientist on GPM ground validation field campaigns. Nesbitt uses the data collected to improve the representation of cloud microphysical processes using radars, aircraft probes, and surface instrumentation in satellite precipitation algorithms to improve global precipitation estimates.

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Profile of Dalia Kirschbaum, GPM's Applications Scientist and landslide modeler.

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This page was originally published on Monday, October 1, 2012.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM EDT.

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  • Faces of GPM: Dalia Kirschbaum (ID: 2012106)
    Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 4:00AM