Happy Fifth Anniversary GPM!
For the past 5 years, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission’s data has provided critical information to end-users to further our understanding of Earth's water cycle and to facilitate decision‐making at local and global scales. Building on the legacy of TRMM, the use of high‐quality precipitation data provided by GPM, with global coverage, has enabled new science research and data applications to benefit society across a diverse range of applications including water resource and ecological management, operational numerical weather prediction, disease prediction, and disaster modeling and response. Here are five highlights of the many applications of GPM data used for decision-making: Driving Hydropower Generation in Indonesia using GPM IMERG Average annual rainfall in Indonesia for January 2014–2017, GPM IMERG (INDONESIA HYDRO™ CONSULT) Availability of river flow is an important factor in the planning and the development of a hydropower plant to estimate its capacity and energy production. A hydro engineering consulting service company in...