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Thursday, 26 June 2014

nasa high altitudee ER2 aircraft flies near stormcell

Not all weather-related data come from satellites.

NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft flies near a storm cell as it 

aims to gain a better understanding of precipitation over 

mountainous terrain.






This storm cell photo was taken from NASA's high-altitude ER-2 aircraft on May 23, 2014, during a study aimed at gaining a better understanding of precipitation over mountainous terrain. The Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment, or IPHEx, field campaign is part of the ground validation effort for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, an international satellite mission led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. GPM's Core Observatory launched Feb. 27, 2014, to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. But to get accurate measurements from space, scientists have to understand what is happening on the ground.

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