President Keiji Tachikawa of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Administrator Charles Bolden of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a Memorandum of ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) is the authority when it comes to weather measurement and reporting. To ensure accurate precipitation measurements, the NWS has established guidelines for measuring ...

GREENBELT, Md. – NASA’s effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements ...

Abstract As a component of Earth’s hydrologic cycle, and especially at higher latitudes, falling snow creates snowpack accumulation that in turn provides a large proportion of the freshwater resources ...

Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol. 19, No. 3 (March 2018), pp. 517-532 (16 pages) Precipitation profiles from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory Dual-Frequency Precipitation ...

With snow expected this week, you probably have a shovel handy and are keeping an eye on road conditions, but scientists see snow days as an opportunity to learn a lot and even predict future weather ...

Rain gauges did not exist millions of years ago. Instead, researchers turn to indirect clues left behind in rocks, soils, and ...

To ensure accurate precipitation measurements, the NWS has established guidelines for measuring and reporting snow and sleet totals and converting them into liquid equivalents. Measuring precipitation ...