# NASA-JAXA GPM Satellite Watches Tropical Storm Nepartak During the Olympics

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite flew over Tropical Storm Nepartak at 9:30Z on July 27, 2021 while the Olympics were being held in nearby Tokyo. GPM observed the storm’s rainfall with its two unique science instruments: the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR). Although the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics did receive some inclement weather from the outer bands, the majority of the storm stayed out to sea providing strong waves for the inaugural Olympic surfing competitions.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2021
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
- Genres: Science, Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-JAXA_GPM_Satellite_Watches_Tropical_Storm_Nepartak_During_the_Olympics.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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