Researchers Gear Up For OLYMPEX

  • Released Tuesday, November 10, 2015
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From November 10 through December 21, NASA and university scientists are taking to the field to study wet winter weather near Seattle, Washington. With weather radars, weather balloons, specialized ground instruments, and NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory, the science team will be verifying rain and snowfall observations made by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite mission on a NASA-led field campaign, The Olympic Mountain Experiment, or OLYMPEX.

For more information: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-heads-to-pacific-northwest-for-field-campaign-to-measure-rain-and-snowfall

This is a preview video of The Olympic Mountain Experiment, or OLYMPEX, NASA-led field campaign, which is taking place on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State from November 2015 through February 2016.

For More Information

See http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-heads-to-pacific-northwest-for-field-campaign-to-measure-rain-and-snowfall

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