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Description

TMPA (3B42) dataset have been discontinued as of Dec. 31, 2019, and users are strongly encouraged to shift to the successor IMERG dataset (doi: 10.5067/GPM/IMERG/3B-HH/06).

This dataset was the output from the TMPA (TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis) Algorithm. It provides precipitation estimates in the TRMM regions that have the (nearly-zero) bias of the ”TRMM Combined Instrument” precipitation estimate and the dense sampling of high-quality microwave data with fill-in using microwave-calibrated infrared estimates. The granule temporal coverage is 3 hours.

Product Summary

Platforms
TMPA
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Projects
TRMM
Spatial Extent

N: 50 S: -50 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees
Location
TROPICS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1997-12-31 to 2019-12-31
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
C1281704371-GES_DISC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
64280
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Total Surface Precipitation Rate

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Precipitation Processing System (PPS) at Goddard Space Flight Center. (2018). TRMM (TMPA) Rainfall Estimate L3 3 hour 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V7 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TRMM/TMPA/3H/7 Date Accessed: 2026-06-18

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Performance of CHIRPS for estimating precipitation extremes in the Wala Basin, Jordan Al-Shamayleh, Safaa, Tan, Mou Leong, Samat, Narimah, Rahbeh, Michel, Zhang, Fei Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Performance of GPM-IMERG satellite precipitation for rainfall-runoff modeling in Indonesia Hidayah, Entin, Saifurridzal, Saifurridzal, Wiyono, Retno Utami Agung, Widiarti, Wiwik Yunarni, Martini, Resa Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Modeling agricultural drought based on the earth observation-derived standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index and vegetation health index in the ... Chere, Zerihun, Debalke, Dereje Biru Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Predicting Future Lake Water Storage Changes on the Tibetan Plateau under Different Climate Change Scenarios Hou, Yue, Zhu, Liping, Qiao, Baojin, Zhang, Run Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Precipitation Retrieval from FY-3G/MWRI-RM Based on SMOTE-LGBM Lv, Yanfang, Zhang, Lanjie, Fan, Wen, Zhang, Yibo Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Precursor boundary layer conditions for shallow and deep convection: inferences from CAIPEEX field measurements over the Indian Peninsula Gayatri, K, Malap, Neelam, Murugavel, P, Karipot, A, Prabhakaran, Thara Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Precipitation Characteristics of Easterly Waves Across the Global Hollis, Margaret A., Stachnik, Justin P., LewisMerritt, Carrie, McCrary, Rachel R., Martin, Elinor R. Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Upper Air Temperature, Temperature Tendency, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Relative Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Snow, Rain
Precipitation forecasting using random forest over an ecuadorian andes basin Montenegro, Martin, Celleri, Rolando, Orellana-Alvear, Johanna, Munoz, Paul, Cordova, Mario Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Optimizing machine learning for agricultural productivity: A novel Asadollah, Seyed Babak Haji Seyed, Jodar-Abellan, Antonio, Pardo, Miguel Angel Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Geopotential Height, Altitude, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Skin Temperature, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
On the reliability of 12 high-resolution precipitation products for process-based hydrological modeling in China Ji, Peng, Yuan, Xing, Jiao, Yang, Zhang, Miao Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimation from Space: Data Sources, Methods and Validation Guo, Ruifang, Fan, Xingwang, Zhou, Han, Liu, Yuanbo Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Monitoring the drought in Southern Africa from space-borne GNSS-R and SMAP data Edokossi, Komi, Jin, Shuanggen, Mazhar, Usman, Molina, Inigo, Calabia, Andres, Ullah, Irfan Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Ocean Remote Sensing Using Spaceborne GNSS-Reflectometry: A Review Bu, Jinwei, Liu, Xinyu, Wang, Qiulan, Li, Linghui, Zuo, Xiaoqing, Yu, Kegen, Huang, Weimin Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Modeling run-off flow hydrographs using remote sensing data: an application to the Bashar basin, Iran Rafiee, Mohammad Rafie, Rad, Sattar, Mahbod, Mehdi, Zolghadr, Masih, Tripathi, Ravi Prakash, Azamatulla, H. Md. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Meteorological and Agricultural Drought Monitoring Using Geospatial Techniques Bhushan, Brij, Dhurandher, Apurva, Sharma, Akanksha Total Surface Precipitation Rate
SpaceTime Characterization of Extreme Precipitation Indices for the Semiarid Region of Brazil dos Santos, Ana Leticia Melo, Goncalves, Weber Andrade, Andrade, Lara de Melo Barbosa, Rodrigues, Daniele Torres, Batista, Flavia Ferreira, Lima, Gizelly Cardoso, e Silva, Claudio Moises Santos Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spatial Downscaling of Precipitation Data in Arid Regions Based on the XGBoost-MGWR Model: A Case Study of the TurpanHami Region He, Huanhuan, Wang, Jinjie, Ding, Jianli, Wang, Lei Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Skillful Prediction of Indian Monsoon Intraseasonal Precipitation Using Central Indian Ocean Mode and Machine Learning Zhou, Lei, Yu, Yanwei, Yan, Bingqi, Zhao, Xingyu, Qin, Jianhuang, Tan, Wei, Tang, Youmin, Li, Xiaofeng, Li, Xiaojing, Dong, Junyu, Chen, Dake, Murtugudde, Raghu Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Slower changes in vegetation phenology than precipitation seasonality in the dry tropics Tian, Jiaqi, Luo, Xiangzhong, Xu, Hao, Green, Julia K., Tang, Hao, Wu, Jin, Piao, Shilong Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Scrutinizing Diurnal Scale Rainfall Variability Over Himachal Pradesh Using High Resolution Satellite-Based GPM-IMERG Product Anjana, V. S., Singh, Charu Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Reconstructing high-resolution gridded precipitation data in the southwest China highland canyon area using an improved (MGWR) downscaling method Wang, Lihong, Li, Yuechen, Gan, Yushi, Zhao, Long, Fan, Lei, Qin, Wei, Ding, Lin Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Revisiting the East African Paradox: CMIP6 models also struggle to reproduce strong observed Long Rain drying trends Schwarzwald, Kevin, Seager, Richard Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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Remote Sensing of Drought: Satellite-Based Monitoring Tools for the United States Wardlow, Brian D., Anderson, Martha A., Tadesse, Tsegaye, Svoboda, Mark S., Fuchs, Brian, Hain, Chris R., Crow, Wade T., Rodell, Matt Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Ground Water
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