IDL Helps Scientists Measure Global Rainfall IDL Helps Scientists Measure Global Rainfall Background The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), is an international network of satellites that will provide the next- generation global observations of rain and snow. The GPM concept centers on the deployment of a “core” satellite carrying an advanced radar/radiometer system to measure precipitation from space and serve as a reference standard to unify precipitation measurements from a constellation of research and operational satellites. The GPM Core Observatory is scheduled for launch in early 2014. The goal is to develop high-resolution, near-real-time global precipitation data products by combining all a

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