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Description

TMPA (3B43) 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-MONTH/06).

The 3B43 dataset is the monthly version of the 3B42 dataset.

This product was created using TRMM-adjusted merged microwave-infrared precipitation rate (in mm/hr) and root-mean-square (RMS) precipitation-error estimates.
It provides a "best" precipitation estimate in a latitude band covering 50o N to 50o S, an expansion of the TRMM region, from all global data sources, namely high-quality microwave data, infrared data, and analyses of rain gauges. The granule size is one month.

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
1998-01-01 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
C1282032631-GES_DISC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
264
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/3B43) Rainfall Estimate L3 1 month 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/MONTH/7 Date Accessed: 2026-06-18

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Investigation of the vegetation coverage dynamics and its relation to atmospheric patterns in Kabul River Basin in Afghanistan Rousta, Iman, Moniruzzaman, Md, Olafsson, Haraldur, Zhang, Hao, Baranowski, Piotr, Tkaczyk, Przemysaw, Lipinska, Halina, Kepkowicz, Agnieszka, Krzyszczak, Jaromir Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Investigating and predicting spatiotemporal variations in vegetation cover in transitional climate zone: a case study of Gansu (China) He, Qing, Chun, Kwok Pan, Dieppois, Bastien, Chen, Liang, Fan, Ping Yu, Toker, Emir, Yetemen, Omer, Pan, Xicai Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Influence of Global Climate on Terrestrial Water Storage Ndehedehe, Christopher Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Instant and delayed effects of March biomass burning aerosols over the Zhu, Anbao, Xu, Haiming, Deng, Jiechun, Ma, Jing, Hua, Shaofeng Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface 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, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Skin Temperature, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Nitrogen Oxides, Particulates, Hydrogen Cyanide, Emissions, Non-methane Hydrocarbons/Volatile Organic Compounds, Fire Occurrence, Nitrogen Oxides, Carbon And Hydrocarbon Compounds, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Radiance, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Nitrate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms
Influence of Urban Heat Island and River Breezes on Precipitation Patterns in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest MONTEIRO, Felipe Ferreira, Goncalves, Weber, Andrade, Lara de Melo Barbosa Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Impacts of landscape-scale forest loss and a dry event on the demographic structure of the endangered palm Euterpe edulis Mart. in the Atlantic Forest Leal, Adrielle, Benchimol, Maira, Costa, Hugo C. M., Faria, Deborah, Cazetta, Eliana Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Improving GSMaP V06 precipitation products over the Upper Tocantins River basin in the Brazilian Cerrado, based on local rain-gauge network Pereira, Rodrigo Moura, Bufon, Vinicius Bof, Maia, Felipe Cardoso Oliveira Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Enhanced Understanding of Groundwater Storage Changes under the Influence of River Basin Governance Using GRACE Data and Downscaling Model Sun, Jianchong, Hu, Litang, Liu, Xin, Sun, Kangning Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Effects of vegetation restoration on evapotranspiration water consumption in mountainous areas and assessment of its remaining restoration space Qingming, Wang, Shan, Jiang, Jiaqi, Zhai, Guohua, He, Yong, Zhao, Yongnan, Zhu, Xin, He, Haihong, Li, Lizhen, Wang, Fan, He, Changhai, Qin Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Dynamical variations of the terrestrial water cycle components and the influences of the climate factors over the Aral Sea Basin through multiple datasets Hu, Zengyun, Chen, Xi, Zhou, Qiming, Yin, Gang, Liu, Jun Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Deforestation-induced climate change reduces carbon storage in remaining tropical forests Li, Yue, Brando, Paulo M., Morton, Douglas C., Lawrence, David M., Yang, Hui, Randerson, James T. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Drought Monitoring Based on Remote Sensing Li, Xin, Tao, Ran, Zhang, Ke Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Detecting drought events over Iran during 19832017 using satellite and ground-based precipitation observations Kazemzadeh, Majid, Noori, Zahra, Alipour, Hassan, Jamali, Sadegh, Akbari, Javad, Ghorbanian, Arsalan, Duan, Zheng Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Drought characterization using the Combined Terrestrial Evapotranspiration Index over the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra river basins Dharpure, Jaydeo K., Goswami, Ajanta, Patel, Akansha, Kulkarni, Anil V., Meloth, Thamban Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Downscaling and Correction of Remotely Sensed Precipitation Data Based on Random Forest Yang, Haibo, Gao, Shiqi, Zhang, Dong, Gao, Meiyan, Wu, Jiapeng Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Downscaling correction and hydrological applicability of the three latest high-resolution satellite precipitation products (GPM, GSMAP, and MSWEP) in the Pingtang Catchment, China Sun, Guikai, Wei, Yixiong, Wang, Guoshuai, Shi, Rui, Chen, Haojian, Mo, Chongxun Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Downscaling of AMSR-E soil moisture over North China using random forest regression Zhang, Hongyan, Wang, Shudong, Liu, Kai, Li, Xueke, Li, Zhengqiang, Zhang, Xiaoyuan, Liu, Bingxuan Albedo, Anisotropy, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Evaluating magnitude agreement and occurrence consistency of CHIRPS product with ground-based observations over medium-sized river basins in Nepal Upadhyay, Surabhi, Silwal, Priya, Prajapati, Rajaram, Talchabhadel, Rocky, Shrestha, Sandesh, Duwal, Sudeep, Lakhe, Hanik Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Evaluating performance of 20 global and quasi-global precipitation Degefu, Mekonnen Adnew, Bewket, Woldeamlak, Amha, Yosef Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Evaluating the consistency of the TRMM over the rain gauge for drought monitoring in the semi-arid region of Karnataka, India, using statistical methods Kumar, Sanjay, Ahmed, S. A., Karkala, Jyothika Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Evaluation of a Stand-Alone WRF-Hydro Modeling System Using Different Rainfall Forcing Data: Case Study Over the Godavari River Basin, India Mane, Dhanraj, Chandrasekar, Anantharaman Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Evaluating the impact of different normalization strategies on the construction of drought condition indices Zhang, Hongyan, Yin, Guoying, Zhang, Liangpei Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Comprehensive evaluation and error-component analysis of four satellite-based precipitation estimates against gauged rainfall over Mainland China Wei, Guanghua, Lu, Haishen, Crow, Wade T., Zhu, Yonghua, Su, Jianbin, Ren, Li Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Combined Terrestrial Evapotranspiration Index prediction using a hybrid artificial intelligence paradigm integrated with relief algorithm-based feature selection Jamei, Mehdi, Elbeltagi, Ahmed, Maroufpoor, Saman, Karbasi, Masoud, Jamei, Mozhdeh, Jalali, Mohammadnabi, Najafzadeh, Negin Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Estimation of spatio-temporal groundwater storage variations in the Lower Transboundary Indus Basin using GRACE satellite Ali, Shoaib, Wang, Qiumei, Liu, Dong, Fu, Qiang, Mafuzur Rahaman, Md., Abrar Faiz, Muhammad, Jehanzeb Masud Cheema, Muhammad Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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