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Precipitation Rate Data Access and Tools

NASA’s precipitation rate data rang from atmosphere cloud and surface geophysical state measurements to datasets combining precipitation data from multiple instruments. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the data they need to understand how quickly precipitation is falling across Earth and its effects.

Precipitation Rate Datasets

Dataset Version Sort ascending Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX 2 GROUND STATIONS MRR 2011-10-24 to 2012-03-13

N: 44.2336 S: 44.1806 E: -79.7175 W: -79.7814

netCDF-4
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily CLIMCAPS Normal Spectral Resolution V2 (SNDRSNIML3SDCCPN) at GES DISC 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2012-04-19 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Daily V2 (SNDRAQIML3CDCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-26

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Sounder SIPS: EOS-Aqua AIRS Level 3 Climate Fingerprinting Sounder Product (ClimFiSP) Daily: Gridded Atmosphere, Cloud, and Surface Geophysical State V2 2 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-30 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

GPM GROUND VALIDATION MET ONE RAIN GAUGE PAIRS IPHEX V2 2 GROUND STATIONS RAIN GAUGES 2013-09-11 to 2014-10-30

N: 35.8857 S: 35.083 E: -82.5649 W: -83.5908

ASCII
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 3 CLIMCAPS: Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIL3SMCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR + MW Level 3 CLIMCAPS : Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Monthly V2 (SNDRAQIML3CMCCP) at GES DISC 2 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-10-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

MERRA-2 tavgC_2d_ltm_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Long Term Mean Diagnostics based on 1991-2020 V2 (M2TCNXLTM) at GES DISC 2 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1991-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Sounder SIPS: JPSS-1/NOAA-20 CrIS Level 3 Climate Fingerprinting Sounder Product (ClimFiSP) Daily: Gridded Atmosphere, Cloud, and Surface Geophysical State V2 2 JPSS-1 CrIS 2018-02-07 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX 2 GROUND STATIONS MRR 2012-01-01 to 2012-03-14

N: 46.5 S: 43.5 E: -78 W: -81

netCDF-4
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Precipitation Rate Data Tools

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Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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