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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 [Dataset]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TRMM/TMPA/3H/7 Date Accessed: 2026-07-11

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A comprehensive assessment of precipitation products: Temporal and spatial analyses over terrestrial biomes in Northeastern Brazil de Andrade, Joao Maria, Ribeiro Neto, Alfredo, Bezerra, Ulisses Alencar, Moraes, Ana Carolina Cavalcanti, Montenegro, Suzana Maria Gico Lima Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Daily precipitation dataset at 0.1 for the Yarlung Zangbo River basin from 2001 to 2015 Zhao, Keke, Peng, Dingzhi, Gu, Yu, Pang, Bo, Zhu, Zhongfan Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Diagnostics of tropical variability for numerical weather forecasts Gehne, Maria, Wolding, Brandon, Dias, Juliana, Kiladis, George N. Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Diurnal cycle of precipitation over global monsoon systems in CMIP6 simulations Tao, Cheng, Xie, Shaocheng, Tang, Shuaiqi, Lee, Jiwoo, Ma, Hsi-Yen, Zhang, Chengzhu, Lin, Wuyin Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Does the recent revival of Western Disturbances govern the Karakoram Anomaly? Javed, Aaquib, Kumar, Pankaj, Hodges, Kevin I., Sein, Dmitry V., Dubey, Aditya K., Tiwari, Gaurav Total Surface Precipitation Rate
DROUGHT PATTERN ASSESSMENT OVER MARATHWADA, INDIA THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIVARIATE ADVANCE DROUGHT RESPONSE INDEX Singh, T. P., Deshpande, M., Das, S., Kumbhar, V. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Deep Convective Cloud Top Altitudes at High Temporal and Spatial Resolution Pfister, L., Ueyama, R., Jensen, E. J., Schoeberl, M. R. Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Brightness Temperature
Adequacy of satellite derived data for streamflow simulation in three Hexi inland river basins, Northwest China Wang, Chunlin, Si, Jianhua, Zhao, Chunyan, Jia, Bing, Celestin, Sindikubwabo, Li, Duan, He, Xiaohui, Zhou, Dongmeng, Qin, Jie, Zhu, Xinglin Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A Simple Statistical Model of the Uncertainty Distribution for Daily Gridded Precipitation Multi-Platform Satellite Products Oliveira, Romulo A. J., Roca, Remy Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
A step towards mapping rainfall erosivity for India using high-resolution GPM satellite rainfall products Das, Subhankar, Jain, Manoj Kumar, Gupta, Vivek Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Accelerated Hydrological Cycle on the Tibetan Plateau Evidenced by Ensemble Modeling of Long-term Water Budgets Wang, Yibing, Xie, Xianhong, Shi, Jiancheng, Zhu, Bowen, Jiang, Fuxiao, Chen, Yuchao, Liu, Yao Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A new pixel-to-object method for evaluating the capability of the GPM Li, Runze, Qi, Dan, Zhang, Yan, Wang, Kaicun Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A dataset of lake-catchment characteristics for the Tibetan Plateau Liu, Junzhi, Fang, Pengcheng, Que, Yefeng, Zhu, Liang-Jun, Duan, Zheng, Tang, Guoan, Liu, Pengfei, Ji, Mukan, Liu, Yongqin Population Size, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Canopy Characteristics, Albedo, Albedo, Reflectance, 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
Assessment of satellite precipitation data sets for high variability and rapid evolution of typhoon precipitation events in the Philippines Aryastana, Putu, Liu, ChianYi, JongDao Jou, Ben, Cayanan, Esperanza, Punay, Jason Pajimola, Chen, YingNong Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Assessment of satellite precipitation products at different time scales over a cyclone prone coastal river basin in India Setti, Sridhara, Yumnam, Karisma, Rathinasamy, Maheswaran, Agarwal, Ankit Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Assessments and corrections of GLDAS2. 0 forcing data in four large transboundary rivers in the Tibetan Plateau and Northeast China Qi, Wei, Liu, Junguo, Yang, Hong, Chen, Deliang, Feng, Lian 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, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Application of Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Satellite Data in Farahani, Ali, Moradikhaneghahi, Mahsa, Ghayoomi, Majid, Jacobs, Jennifer M. 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, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Surface Soil Moisture
Characterizing the response of vegetation cover to water limitation in Africa using geostationary satellites Kucuk, Caglar, Koirala, Sujan, Carvalhais, Nuno, Miralles, Diego G., Reichstein, Markus, Jung, Martin Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Causes for the Negative Scaling of Extreme Precipitation at High Temperatures Sun, Xiaoming, Wang, Guiling Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Characteristics of Latent Heating Rate From GPM and Convective Gravity Wave Momentum Flux Calculated Using the GPM Data Lee, HyunKyu, Kang, MinJee, Chun, HyeYeong, Kim, Donghyeck, Shin, DongBin 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, Heat Flux
Changes in rain and snow over the Tibetan Plateau based on IMERG and Ground-based observation Li, Donghuan, Qi, Youcun, Chen, Deliang Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Cloud water path, precipitation amount, and precipitation efficiency derived from multiple datasets on the Qilian Mountains, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau Qi, Peng, Guo, Xueliang, Chang, Yi, Tang, Jie, Li, Siyuan Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Further improvement and evaluation of nudging in the E3SM Atmosphere Model version 1 (EAMv1): simulations of the mean climate, weather events, and ... Zhang, Shixuan, Zhang, Kai, Wan, Hui, Sun, Jian Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Future Changes in Tropical Cyclone Exposure and Impacts in Southeast Asia from CMIP6 Pseudoglobal Warming Simulations Tran, Thao Linh, Ritchie, Elizabeth A., PerkinsKirkpatrick, Sarah E., Bui, Hai, Luong, Thang M. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Extreme Tropical Precipitation Clusters show strong increases in frequency under Global Warming in CMIP6 modessls Dulguerov, Leilani, Ahmed, Fiaz, Neelin, J. David Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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