The National Weather Service (NWS) is the authority when it comes to weather measurement and reporting. To ensure accurate precipitation measurements, the NWS has established guidelines for measuring ...

Measuring the amount of precipitation that falls in a specific location is simple if that location has a device designed to accurately record and transmit precipitation data. In contrast, measuring ...

GREENBELT, Md. – NASA’s effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements ...

During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he would work to launch "without further delay" the Global Precipitation Measurement mission, "an international effort to improve climate, weather, ...

There are more than 150 NDAWN weather stations spread from Montana to Minnesota, many look similar to this one stationed at the NDSU research area in Fargo. One thing the NDSU Mesonet station has that ...

Quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) encompasses a suite of measurement and data-integration methods designed to capture rainfall and snowfall with high accuracy across space and time.

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center in Greenbelt, Md., will host this month’s Sunday Experiment on Jan. 19 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST. It’s a free afternoon for elementary school-aged ...

Rainfall measurement unit: Whenever you see weather reports, you may have noticed that they mention rainfall in millimeters, a unit that many people hear daily but do not fully understand. However, ...