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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 AUTONOMOUS PARSIVEL UNIT (APU) HYMEX V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | APU, DISDROMETERS | 2012-09-07 to 2012-11-07 |
N: 44.0961 S: 41.7827 E: 14.2142 W: 3.88472 |
ASCII | |
| GRIP AIRBORNE SECOND GENERATION PRECIPITATION RADAR (APR-2) V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | APR-2 | 2010-08-17 to 2010-09-22 |
N: 34.847 S: 11.9008 E: -56.0457 W: -97.9192 |
HDF4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Duke Parsivel IPHEx | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | DISDROMETERS | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-30 |
N: 35.8858 S: 35.0833 E: -82.2711 W: -83.5904 |
ASCII | |
| NAMMA SECOND GENERATION AIRBORNE PRECIPITATION RADAR (APR-2) V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | APR-2 | 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-12 |
N: 21.4717 S: 7.03833 E: -13.4683 W: -34.1533 |
HDF4 | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F14 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F14) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F14 | SSM/I | 1997-05-07 to 2008-08-24 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA CPC MORPHING TECHNIQUE (CMORPH) IFLOODS | 1 | CMORPH | Computer | 2013-04-01 to 2013-06-30 |
N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 |
Binary - netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR-2) UConn | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2021-12-01 to 2024-05-21 |
N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.247 W: -72.304 |
netCDF-3, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Duke Micro Rain Radar (MRR) IPHEx | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.8894 S: 35.5843 E: -82.5814 W: -83.0743 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS LPVEX V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-21 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 25 W: 23 |
netCDF-3 | |
| ISLSCP II ECMWF Near-Surface Meteorology Parameters | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1985-01-01 to 1998-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII Grid |
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Precipitation Rate Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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