GPM Satellite To Usher In a New Era of Weather Observation

Zothecula writes: "A new satellite designed to take detailed, near real-time measurements of rain and snowfall on a global scale whilst mapping the interior of storm systems is set to launch. The Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory has been in development since 2005 and is a collaboration project between NASA and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). The satellite is due to be launched on the Japanese manufactured H-IIA delivery vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Centre, Tanegashima Island, Japan, on February 27."

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[TWX]

I guess that we've come a long way from the weather rock...

Weather?

[Kenja]

Living on the west coast, I just assumed we had gotten rid of that stuff.