SUBJECTS: Science
YEARS: 5–6, 7–8
If you had to measure the rain level for the whole globe, how would you go about it so you could have as accurate a reading as possible?
Rain gauges are great for measuring rain in small areas, but why might they not be as good for measuring large areas?
Watch this video to see how the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) has improved how we measure rainfall across the globe.
Acknowledgements
Video courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Production Date: 2013
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