GPM L-30 Mission and Science Briefings

  • Released Thursday, January 30, 2014
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NASA held a series of media events Monday, Jan. 27, in advance of the February launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory from Japan. The events were held at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.

GPM is an international satellite mission led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that will provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide. GPM data also will contribute to climate research and the forecasting of extreme weather events such as floods and hurricanes.

The GPM Core Observatory is scheduled to lift off Feb. 27, between 1:07 and 3:07 p.m. EST, from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center in Japan.

Media events include briefings on the GPM mission and science. Briefing panelists are:

Steven Neeck, deputy associate director, flight program, Earth Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington

Kinji Furukawa, GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar deputy project manager, JAXA, Tsukuba

Art Azarbarzin, GPM project manager, Goddard

Ramesh Kakar, GPM program scientist, Headquarters

Gail Skofronick-Jackson, GPM deputy project scientist, Goddard

Riko Oki, GPM/DPR program scientist, JAXA

To view on YouTube, click here for the Mission Briefing and the Science Briefing.

Mission Press Briefing. Steve Neeck, Art Azarbarzin and Kinji Furukawa present on the status of the GPM Core Observatory spacecraft.

Science Press Briefing. Ramesh Kakar, Gail Skofronick-Jackson, and Riko Oki present on the science and data applications from the GPM Core Observatory and GPM constellation.

For More Information

See http://pmm.nasa.gov

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This page was originally published on Thursday, January 30, 2014.
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  • GPM L-30 Press Briefing (ID: 2014007)
    Monday, January 27, 2014 at 5:00AM