As part of my Project Coordinator role for Landslide Reporter, the landslides team and I worked with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Communications team to talk about how satellite data and citizen science come together for research on rainfall-triggered landslides. We talked about the Northern Hemisphere monsoon season and asked viewers to collect landslides they see or read to help improve our landslide models.
For more information about Landslide Reporter, check out the project website, https://landslides.nasa.gov.
For information about my role in the project, check out my project page.
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A short, 1-minute video about why we need your help!
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Loaded with GIFs, learn about how you can support landslide research for everyone this monsoon season. Check out the preview below.
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We have been monitoring rainfall from space for decades.
Orbiting the Earth right now, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is a group of 10 satellites that measure rain, snow, sleet and other precipitation worldwide every three hours. This data tells us where and when heavy rain is falling and if it could lead to disasters.
What can rainfall data tell us about landslides?
We’re using GPM data to understand where and when landslides are happening. A global landslide model uses information about the environment and rainfall to anticipate where landslides are likely to happen anytime around the world every three hours.
To improve the global landslide model and other landslide research, NASA is looking for citizen scientists like you!
If you find a landslide reported online or in your neighborhood, you can provide the event details in Landslide Reporter, our citizen science project.
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Read the full post on the NASA tumblr.