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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: 2026-07-13

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Potential conditions for fire occurrence in vegetation in the Peruvian Andes Zubieta, Ricardo, Prudencio, Fernando, Ccanchi, Yerson, Saavedra, Miguel, Sulca, Juan, Reupo, Jorge, Alarco, Glory Reflectance, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Random forest-based rainfall retrieval for Ecuador using GOES-16 and IMERG-V06 data Turini, Nazli, Thies, Boris, Horna, Natalia, Bendix, Jorg Biogeochemical Cycles, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Recent global decrease in the inner-core rain rate of tropical cyclones Tu, Shifei, Xu, Jianjun, Chan, Johnny C. L., Huang, Kian, Xu, Feng, Chiu, Long S. Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
On the hydroclimate-vegetation relationship in the southwestern Amazon during the 20002019 period Gutierrez-Cori, Omar, Espinoza, Jhan Carlo, Li, Laurent Z. X., Wongchuig, Sly, Arias, Paola A., Ronchail, Josyane, Segura, Hans Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Multiscale simulation of precipitation over East Asia by variable resolution CAM-MPAS Liang, Yuan, Yang, Ben, Wang, Minghuai, Tang, Jianping, Sakaguchi, Koichi, Leung, L. Ruby, Xu, Xin Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spatiotemporal distribution and variation of wind erosion over the Tibetan Plateau based on a coupled land-surface wind-erosion model Jiang, Yingsha, Gao, Yanhong, He, Cenlin, Liu, Benli, Pan, Yongjie, Li, Xia Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
The mixed layer salinity budget in the central equatorial Indian ocean Chi, NanHsun, Lien, RenChieh, D'Asaro, Eric A. Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Salinity
The potential of increasing man-made air pollution to reduce rainfall over southern West Africa Pante, Gregor, Knippertz, Peter, Fink, Andreas H., Kniffka, Anke Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms, Atmospheric Ozone, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
The Influence of Ocean Coupling on Simulated and Projected Tropical Cyclone Precipitation in the HighResMIPPRIMAVERA Simulations Huang, Huanping, Patricola, Christina M., Collins, William D. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Statistical relationships between two types of heavy rainfall and low-level jets in South China Li, Xiaoqing, Du, Yu Total Surface Precipitation Rate
The ConvectiveToTotal Precipitation Ratio and the Drizzling Bias in Climate Models Chen, Di, Dai, Aiguo, Hall, Alex Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Droplet Size, Precipitation Rate, Radar Reflectivity
Spatio-temporal and time series analysis of bluetongue outbreaks with Karthikeyan, Ravichandran, Rupner, Ramkumar N., Koti, Shiva Reddy, Jaganathasamy, Nagaraj, Malik, Yashpal S., Sinha, Dharmendra Kumar, Singh, Bhoj R., Vinodh Kumar, Obli Rajendran Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Study of uncertainty of satellite and reanalysis precipitation products and their impact on hydrological simulation Miao, Yuexi, Liu, Ruimin, Wang, Qingrui, Jiao, Lijun, Wang, Yifan, Li, Lin, Cao, Leiping Terrain Elevation, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Topographical Relief Maps, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spatiotemporal variation of vegetation productivity and its feedback to climate change in northeast china over the last 30 years Hu, Ling, Fan, Wenjie, Yuan, Wenping, Ren, Huazhong, Cui, Yaokui Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Sensitivity of precipitation and temperature over the Mount Kenya area to physics parameterization options in a high-resolution model simulation performed ... Messmer, Martina, Gonzalez-Roji, Santos J., Raible, Christoph C., Stocker, Thomas F. Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Spatiotemporal patterns of land surface temperature change in the Tibetan Plateau based on MODIS/Terra daily product from 2000 to 2018 Yang, Mengjiao, Zhao, Wei, Zhan, Qiqi, Xiong, Donghong Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spatiotemporal patterns of synchronous heavy rainfall events in East Asia during the Baiu season Wolf, Frederik, Ozturk, Ugur, Cheung, Kevin, Donner, Reik V. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Urbanization impacts on Pearl River Delta extreme rainfall sensitivity to land cover change versus anthropogenic heat Hu, Chenxi, Fung, Kwun Yip, Tam, ChiYung, Wang, Ziqian Total Surface Precipitation Rate
TwoMoment Bulk Cloud Microphysics With Prognostic Precipitation in GFDL's Atmosphere Model AM4. 0: Configuration and Performance Guo, Huan, Ming, Yi, Fan, Songmiao, Zhou, Linjiong, Harris, Lucas, Zhao, Ming Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Tracking the influence of cloud condensation nuclei on summer diurnal precipitating systems over complex topography in Taiwan Chang, Yu-Hung, Chen, Wei-Ting, Wu, Chien-Ming, Moseley, Christopher, Wu, Chia-Chun 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
Understanding convective storms in a tropical, high-altitude location with in-situ meteorological observations and GPS-derived water vapor Casallas, Alejandro, Hernandez-Deckers, Daniel, Mora-Paez, Hector Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Tropical cyclone characteristics associated with extreme precipitation in the northern Philippines Racoma, Bernard Alan B., Klingaman, Nicholas P., Holloway, Christopher E., Schiemann, Reinhard K. H., Bagtasa, Gerry Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
Calibrating GPM IMERG Late-Run product using ground-based CPC daily precipitation data: a case study in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration Xu, Jintao, Zhu, Siyu, Ma, Ziqiang, Liu, Hui, Shangguan, Yulin, Yang, Yuanjian Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A comparative study of four merging approaches for regional precipitation estimation Fan, Zedong, Li, Weiyue, Jiang, Qin, Sun, Weiwei, Wen, Jiahong, Gao, Jun Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A comprehensive evaluation of near-real-time and research products of IMERG precipitation over India for the southwest monsoon period Prakash, Satya, Srinivasan, Jayaraman Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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