Creator: GES_DISC
Keywords: Precipitation

Data at a Glance

Description

3H31, "Monthly Convective Stratiform Heating from Combined", produces 0.5 deg x 0.5 deg monthly apparent heating profiles from surface convective rainfall rate and surface stratiform rainfall rate. The PI is Dr. Wei-Kuo Tao. The granule size is one month.

Product Summary

Platforms

TRMM

Instruments

PR ,

TMI

Projects

TRMM

Spatial Extent

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees

Location

TROPICS

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

1998-01-01 to 2015-03-31

Data Partner

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDI

Concept ID

C1282032616-GES_DISC

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

204

Processing Level

Published

2006-05-01

Updated

2016-07-01

Science Keywords

Precipitation

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NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. (2012). TRMM TMI/PR Combined Convective Stratiform Heating L3 1 month 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree V7 (TRMM_3H31) at GES DISC [Dataset]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ANLMK5ZIHSLQ Date Accessed: 2026-09-11

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Water isotope ratios reflect convection intensity rather than rain type proportions in the pantropics	2024	Yu, Wusheng, Guo, Rong, Thompson, Lonnie G., Zhang, Jingyi, Lewis, Stephen, Jing, Zhaowei, He, Junmei, Ma, Yaoming, Xu, Baiqing, Wu, Guangjian, Zhou, Xu, Tang, Wenjun, Wang, Qiaoyi, Ren, Pengjie, Zhang, Zhuanxia, Qu, Dongmei	Droplet Size, Precipitation Rate, Radar Reflectivity, Heat Flux, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Precipitation

TRMM TMI/PR Combined Convective Stratiform Heating L3 1 month 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree V7 (TRMM_3H31)