Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory

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The Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory is a joint NASA–JAXA satellite designed to provide highly accurate, global measurements of rain and snow to improve weather forecasting and climate research.

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instanceOf Earth observation satellite ⓘ
research satellite ⓘ
weather satellite ⓘ
abbreviation GPM Core Observatory ⓘ
constellation GPM satellite constellation ⓘ
countryOfOperator Japan ⓘ
United States ⓘ
coverage from the tropics to the poles ⓘ
global ⓘ
dataAccessibility open access ⓘ
dataProduct global precipitation maps ⓘ
rainfall rate estimates ⓘ
snowfall rate estimates ⓘ
dataUser climate researchers ⓘ
hydrologists ⓘ
weather forecasting centers ⓘ
improves numerical weather prediction models ⓘ
improvesUpon Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ⓘ
inclination 65 degrees ⓘ
instrument Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar ⓘ
GPM Microwave Imager ⓘ
launchContractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
launchDate 2014-02-27 ⓘ
launchSite Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
launchVehicle H-IIA 202 ⓘ
measurementType frozen precipitation ⓘ
rain ⓘ
snow ⓘ
missionType climate research ⓘ
precipitation measurement ⓘ
weather monitoring ⓘ
operator JAXA ⓘ
NASA ⓘ
orbitalPeriod about 93 minutes ⓘ
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit ⓘ
orbitType non-sun-synchronous orbit ⓘ
partOf Global Precipitation Measurement mission ⓘ
purpose to improve weather forecasting ⓘ
to measure global rain and snow ⓘ
to support climate research ⓘ
roleInConstellation core satellite ⓘ
scientificDiscipline climatology ⓘ
hydrology ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
spaceAgencyPartner Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ⓘ
linked to: NASA
sponsor NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
status operational ⓘ

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Goddard Space Flight Center → developed → Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory ⓘ
Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory → partOf → Global Precipitation Measurement mission ⓘ
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Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory → instrument → Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar ⓘ
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Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory → abbreviation → GPM Core Observatory ⓘ
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Global Precipitation Measurement mission core observatory → constellation → GPM satellite constellation ⓘ
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GPM Microwave Imager → partOf → Global Precipitation Measurement core observatory ⓘ
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GPM Microwave Imager → mission → Global Precipitation Measurement ⓘ
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Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → successorMission → Global Precipitation Measurement ⓘ
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