Strong precipitation may cause natural disasters, such as floodings or landslides. Global climate models are required to forecast the frequency of these extreme events, which is expected to change as ...

Global Precipitation Measurement mission has produced its first global map of rainfall and snowfall. Like a lead violin tuning an orchestra, the GPM Core Observatory launched one year ago on Feb. 27, ...

Clean, abundant water supplies; agriculture and food; tourism, recreation, and industry; forests and freshwater ecosystems. Precipitation is essential for all of these and more. But climate change is ...