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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: 2026-07-12

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A correlationscalethreshold method for spatial variability of rainfall Sivakumar, Bellie, Woldemeskel, Fitsum, Vignesh, Rajendran, Jothiprakash, Vinayakam Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A new approach for obtaining precipitation estimates with a finer spatial resolution on a daily scale based on TMPA V7 data over the Tibetan Plateau Ma, Ziqiang, He, Kang, Tan, Xiao, Liu, Yong, Lu, Hanyu, Shi, Zhou Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Application of Satellite rainfall products for flood inundation modelling in Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia Tam, Tze Huey, Abd Rahman, Muhammad Zulkarnain, Harun, Sobri, Hanapi, Muhammad Nassir, Kaoje, Ismaila Usman Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Application of TRMM precipitation data to evaluate drought and its effects on water resources instability Amini, Ata, Abdeh Kolahchi, Abdolnabi, Al-Ansari, Nadhir, Karami Moghadam, Mehdi, Mohammad, Thamer Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Analysis of the relationship among flood severity, precipitation, and deforestation in the Tonle Sap Lake Area, Cambodia Using Multi-Sensor approach Kim, Sangpil, Sohn, Hong-Gyoo, Kim, Mi-Kyeong, Lee, Hyongki Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Assessment of terrestrial water balance using remote sensing data in South America Moreira, Adriana Aparecida, Ruhoff, Anderson Luis, Roberti, Debora Regina, Souza, Vanessa de Arruda, da Rocha, Humberto Ribeiro, Paiva, Rodrigo Cauduro Dias de Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Assessment of IMERG-V06 precipitation product over different hydro-climatic regimes in the Tianshan Mountains, North-Western China Anjum, Muhammad Naveed, Ahmad, Ijaz, Ding, Yongjian, Shangguan, Donghui, Zaman, Muhammad, Ijaz, Muhammad Wajid, Sarwar, Kaleem, Han, Haidong, Yang, Min Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Comparison of Pixel Based TRMM with Interpolation of TRMM Relative to Rain Gauge Data Mustafa, Muhammad Arief Amirul, Abdullah, Ahmad Fikri, Zahir, Nur Zahanim Muhammad Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Characterization of drought monitoring events through MODIS-and TRMM-based DSI and TVDI over South Asia during 20012017 Ali, Shahzad, Tong, Deming, Xu, Zhen Tian, Henchiri, Malak, Wilson, Kalisa, Siqi, Shi, Zhang, Jiahua Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Climate change indicators and spatiotemporal shift in monsoon patterns in Pakistan Safdar, Fasiha, Khokhar, Muhammad Fahim, Arshad, Muhammad, Adil, Iftikhar Hussain Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Correcting GPM IMERG precipitation data over the Tianshan Mountains in China Lu, Xinyu, Tang, Guoqiang, Wang, Xiuqin, Liu, Yan, Jia, Lihong, Xie, Guohui, Li, Shuai, Zhang, Yingxin Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow
Comprehensive comparison of daily IMERG and GSMaP satellite precipitation products in Ardabil Province, Iran Aslami, Farnoosh, Ghorbani, Ardavan, Sobhani, Behrooz, Esmali, Abazar Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Construction of a drought monitoring model using deep learning based on multi-source remote sensing data Shen, Runping, Huang, Anqi, Li, Bolun, Guo, Jia Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow
Central Asia's changing climate: How temperature and precipitation have changed across time, space, and altitude Haag, Isabell, Jones, Philip D., Samimi, Cyrus Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Changes in the wetland vegetation growth patterns in large lakes on the Yangtze Plain Hou, Xuejiao, Chen, Xiaoling, Liu, Weizhe, Feng, Lian, Ali, Tarig A. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Comparing multiple precipitation products against in-situ observations over different climate regions of Pakistan Ullah, Waheed, Wang, Guojie, Ali, Gohar, Tawia Hagan, Daniel Fiifi, Bhatti, Asher Samuel, Lou, Dan Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Comparison Between Estimated Rainfall Estimated by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Satellite and Data Observed in the Lagoa Mirim/RS Basin, Brazil Meneghello, Geri Eduardo, Mello, Leticia Burkert, De Cassia Fraga Dame, Rita, Villela, Francisco Amaral, Neta, Maria Clotilde Carre Chagas, da Silveira, Suelen Cristiane Riemer, Teixeira-Granda, Claudia Fernanda Almeida, Karsburg, Roberta Machado Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Comparison between satellite rainfall data and rain gauge stations in Galal-Badra watershed, Iraq Shamkhi, Mohammed, Jawad, Atyaf, Jameel, Tabark Total Surface Precipitation Rate
An improved spatialtemporal downscaling method for TRMM precipitation datasets in Alpine regions: a case study in northwestern China's Qilian Mountains Wang, Lei, Chen, Rensheng, Han, Chuntan, Yang, Yong, Liu, Junfeng, Liu, Zhangwen, Wang, Xiqiang, Liu, Guohua, Guo, Shuhai Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A Temporal Disaggregation Approach for TRMM Monthly Precipitation Products Using AMSR2 Soil Moisture Data Fan, Dong, Wu, Hua, Dong, Guotao, Jiang, Xiaoguang, Xue, Huazhu Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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Decadal decline of summer precipitation fraction observed in the field and from TRMM satellite data across the Mongolian Plateau Qin, Fuying, Jia, Gensuo, Yang, Jie, Na, Yintai, Bao, Yuhai Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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Dissecting performances of PERSIANN-CDR precipitation product over Huai River Basin, China Sun, Shanlei, Zhou, Shujia, Shen, Huayu, Chai, Rongfan, Chen, Haishan, Liu, Yibo, Shi, Wanrong, Wang, Jia, Wang, Guojie, Zhou, Yang Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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