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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: 2026-07-13

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The spatial downscaling of TRMM precipitation data for the middle part of the Chinese Tianshan Mountains Zhang, Wuying, Huai, Baojuan, Sun, Weijun, Wang, Yetang, Ding, Minghu Total Surface Precipitation Rate
The spatio-temporal variability of groundwater storage in the Amazon River Basin Frappart, F., Papa, F., Guntner, A., Tomasella, J., Pfeffer, J., Ramillien, G., Emilio, T., Schietti, J., Seoane, L., da Silva Carvalho, J., Medeiros Moreira, D., Bonnet, M.-P., Seyler, F. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Seasonal effect on spatial and temporal consistency of the new GPM-based IMERG-v5 and GSMaP-v7 satellite precipitation estimates in Brazil's central plateau ... Salles, Leandro, Satge, Frederic, Roig, Henrique, Almeida, Tati, Olivetti, Diogo, Ferreira, Welber Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spatial assessment of the performance of multiple highresolution satellitebased precipitation data sets over the Middle East El Kenawy, Ahmed M., McCabe, Matthew F., LopezMoreno, Juan I., Hathal, Yossef, Robaa, S. M., Al Budeiri, Ahmed L., Jadoon, Khan Zaib, Abouelmagd, Abdou, Eddenjal, Ali, DominguezCastro, Fernando, Trigo, Ricardo M., VicenteSerrano, Sergio M. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spatial downscaling algorithm of TRMM precipitation based on multiple high-resolution satellite data for Inner Mongolia, China Duan, Limin, Fan, Keke, Li, Wei, Liu, Tingxi Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spatial downscaling of the tropical rainfall measuring mission precipitation using geographically weighted regression Kriging over the Lancang River Basin, China Li, Yungang, Zhang, Yueyuan, He, Daming, Luo, Xian, Ji, Xuan Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Spatial downscaling of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) annual and monthly precipitation data over the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River ... Chen, Shaodan, Zhang, Liping, She, Dunxian, Chen, Jie Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow
Spatial Error Distribution and Error Cause Analysis of TMPA-3B42V7 Satellite-Based Precipitation Products over Mainland China Deng, Zifeng, Wang, Zhaoli, Lai, Chengguang Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Similarities and improvements of GPM IMERG upon TRMM 3B42 precipitation product under complex topographic and climatic conditions over Hexi region ... Wang, Xiuna, Ding, Yongjian, Zhao, Chuancheng, Wang, Jian Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Performance Evaluation of Version 5 (V05) of Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) over the Tianshan Mountains of ... Yang, Min, Li, Zhongqin, Anjum, Muhammad Naveed, Gao, Yayu Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Research on the Optimal Vegetation Cover for Remote Sensing Assessment of Soil Erosion Risk Using the Temporal Matching Relationship between Rainfall ... Liu, Jianfeng, Zhang, Xiwang Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Response of Indian monsoon to increase of resolution in NCAR-CAM5 Anand, Abhishek, Bhowmick, Mansi, Mishra, Saroj K., Sahany, Sandeep, Reddy Telukuntla, Chanakya V. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Quantitative analysis of water balance components in Lake Urmia, Iran using remote sensing technology Mohebzadeh, Hamid, Fallah, Mahboobeh Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Processing Remotely Sensed Data Mohammed, Ibrahim N., Bolten, John, Fang, Bin, Banti, Maria A., Lakshmi, Venkat Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Quantification of spatial temporal variability of snow cover and hydro-climatic variables based on multi-source remote sensing data in the Swat watershed, Hindukush ... Anjum, Muhammad Naveed, Ding, Yongjian, Shangguan, Donghui, Liu, Junguo, Ahmad, Ijaz, Ijaz, Muhammad Wajid, Khan, Muhammad Imran Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Rainfall monitoring network design using conditioned Latin hypercube sampling and satellite precipitation estimates: An application in the ungauged Ecuadorian ... Contreras, Juan, Ballari, Daniela, de Bruin, Sytze, Samaniego, Esteban Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Perennial grains for Africa: Possibility or pipedream? SNAPP, SIEGLINDE, ROGE, PAUL, OKORI, PATRICK, CHIKOWO, REGIS, PETER, BRAD, MESSINA, JOSEPH Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Land cover classification and wetland inundation mapping using MODIS Di Vittorio, Courtney A., Georgakakos, Aris P. Reflectance, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Post-drought decline of the Amazon carbon sink Yang, Yan, Saatchi, Sassan S., Xu, Liang, Yu, Yifan, Choi, Sungho, Phillips, Nathan, Kennedy, Robert, Keller, Michael, Knyazikhin, Yuri, Myneni, Ranga B. Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, Reflectance, Terrain Elevation
Rainfallvegetation interaction regulates temperature anomalies during extreme dry events in the Horn of Africa Abera, Temesgen Alemayehu, Heiskanen, Janne, Pellikka, Petri, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Vulnerability of Amazonian forests to repeated droughts Anderson, Liana Oighenstein, Ribeiro Neto, Germano, Cunha, Ana Paula, Fonseca, Marisa Gesteira, Mendes de Moura, Yhasmin, Dalagnol, Ricardo, Wagner, Fabien Hubert, de Aragao, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity
Understanding the association between climate variability and the Nile's Khaki, M., Awange, J., Forootan, E., Kuhn, M. Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Bulk tank milk prevalence and production losses, spatial analysis, and predictive risk mapping of Ostertagia ostertagi infections in Mexican cattle herds Villa-Mancera, Abel, Pastelin-Rojas, Cesar, Olivares-Perez, Jaime, Cordova-Izquierdo, Alejandro, Reynoso-Palomar, Alejandro Total Surface Precipitation Rate
A new downscaling-integration framework for high-resolution monthly precipitation estimates: Combining rain gauge observations, satellite-derived precipitation data ... Chen, Yuanyuan, Huang, Jingfeng, Sheng, Shaoxue, Mansaray, Lamin R., Liu, Zhixiong, Wu, Hongyan, Wang, Xiuzhen Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Droplet Size, Precipitation Rate, Radar Reflectivity, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Precipitation Amount
Approach for estimating available consumable water for human activities in a river basin Wu, Bingfang, Zeng, Hongwei, Yan, Nana, Zhang, Miao Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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