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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: 2026-06-15

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ASSESSING SATELLITE RAINFALL ACCURACY IN DENSE TROPICAL SABAH EAST COAST FOREST, MALAYSIA: A CROSS-VALIDATION OF DOWNSCALING TECHNIQUE Jamru, Lindah Roziani, Jafar, Adi, Nadzri, Mohammad Izuan, Yusoh, Mohamad Pirdaus, Cleophas, Fera Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Assessment of soil erosion and sediment delivery ratio in the Arghandab Catchment, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan by using GIS-based RUSLE method Ansari, Ahmad, Tayfur, Gokmen, Mohammadi, Shahin Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Assessment of Satellite Products in Estimating Tropical Cyclone Remote Precipitation over the Yangtze River Delta Region Wu, Xinyue, Liu, Yebing, Liu, Shulan, Jin, Yubing, Xu, Huiyan Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Assessment of Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimates over Egypt Gado, Tamer A., Shalaby, Basma A., Guo, Yiping, Rashwan, Ibrahim M. H. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Assessment of Satellite-based Precipitation Products in Monthly, Seasonal, and Annual Time-Scale over Iran Nozarpour, Nazanin, Mahjoobi, Emad, Golian, Saeed Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Climate management and policy development: An earth observation perspective Dube, Timothy, Mupepi, Oshneck Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Climate Seasonality of Tropical Evergreen Forest Region Luo, Long-Xiao, Sun, Zhong-Yi, Tan, Zheng-Hong Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Evaluation of TRMM 3B43 V7 precipitation data in varied Moroccan climatic and topographic zones Aqnouy, Mourad, Ommane, Younes, Ouallali, Abdessalam, Gourfi, Abdelali, Ayele, Gebiaw T., El Yousfi, Yassine, Bouizrou, Ismail, Stitou El Messari, Jamal Eddine, Zettam, Amin, Melesse, Assefa M., Ndehedehe, Christopher E., Abioui, Mohamed, Briak, Hamza Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Hydrology and droughts in the nile: a review of key findings and implications Melesse, Meklit Berihun, Demissie, Yonas Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Hydrometeors Distribution in Intense Precipitating Cloud Cells Over the Earth's During Two Rainfall Seasons Kumar, Shailendra, FloresRojas, Jose Luis, Moya-Alvarez, Aldo S., Martinez-Castro, Daniel, Silva, Yamina Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Precipitation, RADAR
Light Precipitation rather than Total Precipitation Determines Aerosol Wet Removal Xia, Wenwen, Wang, Yong, Zhang, Guang J., Wang, Bin Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Machine learning algorithms for merging satellite-based precipitation products and their application on meteorological drought monitoring over Kenya Ghosh, Suravi, Lu, Jianzhong, Das, Priyanko, Zhang, Zhenke Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Intercomparison of reanalysis and satellite precipitation products in endorheic and exorheic basins on the Tibetan Plateau Wang, Rong, Liu, Yuanbo, Wang, Ruonan, Liu, Yongwei, Wu, Xinqu Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Landscape patterns and quantified attribution to runoff changes based on the Budyko framework in Nanning, China Wei, Jiaoyin, Yang, Yunchuan, Wei, Junpei, Liao, Liping, Li, Qianyun, Liao, Haixiang, Liu, Miaoqing, Huang, Shanqi, Mo, Chongxun, Sun, Guikai, Li, Xungui Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Lake Tanganyika basin water storage variations from 20032021 for water balance and flood monitoring Gbetkom, Paul Gerard, Cretaux, Jean-Francois, Biancamaria, Sylvain, Blazquez, Alejandro, Paris, Adrien, Tchilibou, Michel, Gal, Laetitia, Kitambo, Benjamin, Juca Oliveira, Romulo Augusto, Gosset, Marielle Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Impact of satellite precipitation estimation methods on the hydrological response: case study Wadi Nu'man basin, Saudi Arabia Adem, Esubalew, Elfeki, Amro, Chaabani, Anis, Alwegdani, Abdullah, Hussain, Sajjad, Elhag, Mohamed Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Impacts of spatiotemporal resolutions of precipitation on flood event simulation based on multimodel structuresa case study over the Xiang River basin in China Zhu, Qian, Qin, Xiaodong, Zhou, Dongyang, Yang, Tiantian, Song, Xinyi Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Identifying the spatiotemporal patterns of drought-flood alternation based on IMERG product in the humid subtropical Poyang Lake basin, China Li, Xianghu, Yuan, Canyu, Sun, Tong, Fan, Hongxiang Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Joint impacts of intraseasonal oscillation and diurnal cycle on East Asian summer monsoon rainfall Liu, Biqi, Chen, Guixing, Qin, Huiling Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Investigation of aerosol effects on diurnal cycle of precipitation amount, frequency and intensity over Central Africa Matho Lontio, S. L., Komkoua Mbienda, A. J., Guenang, G. M., Demeko Yemih, P., Xing Yan, Vondou, D. A., Ahrens, B., Dey, S., Giorgi, F. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Kilometer-scale multi-physics simulations of heavy precipitation events in Northeast China Yu, Hongyong, Prein, Andreas F., Qi, Dan, Wang, Kaicun Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Influence of convective parameterization on the simulation of tropical Nyongesa, Aston Matwayi, Shi, Donglei, Li, Shuanglin, Li, Qihua Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Influence of covariance of aerosol and meteorology on co-located precipitating and non-precipitating clouds over the Indo-Gangetic Plain Gulistan, Nabia, Alam, Khan, Liu, Yangang Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate
Influence of SSTprecipitation relationship over the equatorial western Pacific on simulation of the MaddenJulian Oscillation Chen, Guiwan, Ling, Jian, Xiao, Ziniu, Li, Chongyin, Zhang, Chidong Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Influence of typhoons on the spatiotemporal variation in rainfall erosivity in the Pearl River Basin Cao, Zhen, Zhu, Dayun, Li, Ronghan, Wu, Zhigao, Fu, Linjing, Zhao, Yingshan Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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