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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: 2026-07-11

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Spatial and temporal characteristics and driving forces of vegetation changes in the Huaihe River basin from 2003 to 2018 Liu, Zhenzhen, Wang, Hang, Li, Ning, Zhu, Jun, Pan, Ziwu, Qin, Fen Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spatial-Temporal Assessment of Satellite-Based Rainfall Estimates in Different Precipitation Regimes in Water-Scarce and Data-Sparse Regions Boluwade, Alaba Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Urban hydrodynamics in the planned township of New Town, West Bengal, India Mitra, Deblina, Banerji, Suranjana Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
What can the GRACE seasonal cycle tell us about lake-aquifer interactions? Abdelmohsen, Karem, Sultan, Mohamed, Save, Himanshu, Abotalib, Abotalib Z., Yan, Eugene Terrestrial Water Storage, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Very high resolution, altitude-corrected, TMPA-based monthly satellite precipitation product over the CONUS Hashemi, Hossein, Fayne, Jessica, Lakshmi, Venkat, Huffman, George J. Precipitation, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Water storage redistribution over East China, between 2003 and 2015, driven by intra-and inter-annual climate variability He, Qing, Chun, Kwok Pan, Sum Fok, Hok, Chen, Qiang, Dieppois, Bastien, Massei, Nicolas 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, Latent Heat Flux, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
TRMM 3B43 product-based spatial and temporal anatomy of precipitation trends: Global perspective Jaber, Salahuddin M., Abu-Allaban, Mahmoud M. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Both near-surface and satellite remote sensing confirm drought legacy effect on tropical forest leaf phenology after 2015/2016 ENSO drought Goncalves, Nathan Borges, Lopes, Aline Pontes, Dalagnol, Ricardo, Wu, Jin, Pinho, Davieliton Mesquita, Nelson, Bruce Walker Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Association between drought and agricultural productivity using remote sensing data: a case study of Gujarat state of India Sur, Koyel, Lunagaria, M. M. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A comparison of the accuracy of multi-satellite precipitation estimation and ground meteorological records over Southwestern Nigeria Akinyemi, Deborah F., Ayanlade, Oluwatoyin S., Nwaezeigwe, Joy O, Ayanlade, Ayansina Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A new artificial intelligence strategy for predicting the groundwater level over the Rafsanjan aquifer in Iran Sharafati, Ahmad, Asadollah, Seyed Babak Haji Seyed, Neshat, Aminreza Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Analysis of drought events with TRMM 3B43 satellite Nurlatifah, Amalia, Susanti, Indah, Maryadi, Edy, Sipayung, Sinta Berliana, Siswanto, Bambang, Latifah, Hidayatul, Martono, Mahmud Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Analysis of groundwater level trend and groundwater drought using Standard Groundwater Level Index: A case study of an eastern river basin of West Bengal ... Halder, Sudipa, Roy, Malabika Biswas, Roy, Pankaj Kumar Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Assessment of IMERG-V06, TRMM-3B42V7, SM2RAIN-ASCAT, and PERSIANN-CDR precipitation products over the Hindu Kush Mountains of Pakistan, South Asia Hamza, Ali, Anjum, Muhammad Naveed, Masud Cheema, Muhammad Jehanzeb, Chen, Xi, Afzal, Arslan, Azam, Muhammad, Kamran Shafi, Muhammad, Gulakhmadov, Aminjon Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Comparative evaluation of the GPM IMERG early, late, and final hourly precipitation products using the CMPA data over Sichuan Basin of China Tang, Shunxian, Li, Rui, He, Jianxin, Wang, Hao, Fan, Xingang, Yao, Shuangyu Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Droplet Size, Precipitation Rate, Radar Reflectivity, Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Snow
Comparison of different methods for spatial downscaling of GPM IMERG V06B satellite precipitation product over a typical arid to semi-arid area Chen, Cheng, Chen, Qiuwen, Qin, Binni, Zhao, Shuhe, Duan, Zheng Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow
Comparison of GPM IMERG and TRMM 3B43 Products over Cyprus Retalis, Adrianos, Katsanos, Dimitris, Tymvios, Filippos, Michaelides, Silas Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Comparison and bias-correction of satellite-derived precipitation datasets at local level in Northern Kenya Vigna, Ingrid, Bigi, Velia, Pezzoli, Alessandro, Besana, Angelo Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Amplification of synoptic to annual variability of West African summer monsoon rainfall under global warming Akinsanola, Akintomide Afolayan, Zhou, Wen, Zhou, Tianjun, Keenlyside, Noel Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Accuracy Analysis of IMERG Satellite Rainfall Data and Its Application in Long-term Runoff Simulation Mo, Chongxun, Zhang, Mingshan, Ruan, Yuli, Qin, Junkai, Wang, Yafang, Sun, Guikai, Xing, Zhenxiang Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Delineation of regional groundwater vulnerability using DRASTIC model for agricultural application in Pakistan Shakoor, Aamir, Khan, Zahid M., Farid, Hafiz U., Sultan, Muhammad, Ahmad, Ijaz, Ahmad, Naveed, Mahmood, Muhammad H., Ali, Muhammad U. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Enhancing precipitation estimates through the fusion of weather radar, satellite retrievals, and surface parameters Wehbe, Youssef, Temimi, Marouane, Adler, Robert F. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Downscaling satellite and reanalysis precipitation products using attention-based deep convolutional neural nets Sun, Alexander Y., Tang, Guoqiang Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Downscaling TRMM monthly precipitation using google earth engine and google cloud computing Elnashar, Abdelrazek, Zeng, Hongwei, Wu, Bingfang, Zhang, Ning, Tian, Fuyou, Zhang, Miao, Zhu, Weiwei, Yan, Nana, Chen, Zeqiang, Sun, Zhiyu, Wu, Xinghua, Li, Yuan Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Drought monitoring in Yunnan Province based on a TRMM precipitation product Yu, Yuanhe, Wang, Jinliang, Cheng, Feng, Deng, Huan, Chen, Sheng Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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