Unprecedented Details on Precipitation Revealed by Satellites Techniques of monitoring all the precipitation throughout the globe within a short span of time were not effective previously. However, the scenario has changed with the launch of the final piece of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The mission includes a constellation of at least 12 satellites which provide an unprecedented view of global precipitation across the globe in near real time. The first map developed by these satellites was released on Thursday by NASA. The satellites capture information every 30 minutes and the map shows the ripples and eddies of little rain and snowstorms crossing the planet on an everyday basis. Large storms racing across the Southern Ocean without any land impeding them can be identified. The map also shows rain from tropical cyclones such as Hurricane Arthur and Typhoon Rammasun. Gail Skofronick-Jackson, GPM project scientist said In India they encounter monsoons. In other regions, there snow. GPM can measure it all. Apart from the information about light rain, GPM delivers details on the monsoon and tropical storms which provides a great assistance. GPM data is publically obtainable and NASA has collaborated with emergency managers to find out how the close to real-time view of precipitation can be utilized to strengthen emergency management. The data obtained from GPM can also be used for updating climate and weather models as it provides a three dimensional view of precipitation. Skofronick-Jackson mentioned Climate forecast models and climate adjust models have a quite simplistic way of representing snow and ice and water in vertical resolution so it can aid boost these models. The U.S. is encountering a rise in heavy rainfall events and the trend is expected to continue as an outcome of climate change. With the help of GPM data, scientists can obtain a greater estimate of how these events will possibly adjust in future. It will also help them to provide an improved forecast. In the year 2014, NASA had launched 4 Earth-monitoring missions and earlier this month it added one more to them. This was marked as its busiest science mission launch schedule in a decade. Deputy Director of the NASA Earth Science Division stated Were genuinely hunting forward to contributions these new projects will make for science and life on Earth.