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Precipitation Data Access and Tools

NASA has a wide range of precipitation data, from hourly rainfall estimates to reanalysis datasets looking back decades. Our datasets and tools help users spot characteristics, trends, patterns, and anomalies in the precipitation that falls to Earth and understand how it affects natural areas and human communities.

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CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO IIR 2006-06-12 to 2023-07-01 HDF4
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V5-00 V5-00 CALIPSO IIR 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF4
ECCO Ocean and Sea-Ice Surface Freshwater Fluxes - Monthly Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) V4r4 MODELS, MITgcm 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
ECCO Ocean and Sea-Ice Surface Freshwater Fluxes - Monthly Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4) V4r4 MODELS, MITgcm 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
ECCO Ocean and Sea-Ice Surface Freshwater Fluxes - Daily Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4) V4r4 MODELS, MITgcm 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
ECCO Ocean and Sea-Ice Surface Freshwater Fluxes - Daily Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 Release 4) V4r4 MODELS, MITgcm 1992-01-01 to 2018-01-01

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V2-00 V2-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF5
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-01 V1-01 CALIPSO CALIOP 2020-07-01 to 2022-01-19 HDF5
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Greenland, V1-00 V1-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2023-06-30 HDF5
CALIPSO Lidar Level 2 Blowing Snow - Antarctica, V1-00 V1-00 CALIPSO CALIOP 2006-06-12 to 2020-06-30 HDF5
CERES-MODIS and hourly geostationary cloud properties stratified by ISCCP cloud types for day and night. Edition4A Terra, Aqua, GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES MODIS, IMAGING RADIOMETERS 2000-03-01 to Present HDF4
CERES SSF 1 degree Time-Interpolated TOA Fluxes, Clouds and Aerosols Monthly NPP Edition2B Edition2B Suomi-NPP CERES-FM5, VIIRS 2023-10-01 to Present 1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees HDF4
WLDAS Noah-MP 3.6 Land Surface Model L4 Daily 0.01 degree x 0.01 degree Version D1.0 (WLDAS_NOAHMP001_DA1) at GES DISC D1.0 Noah-MP-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to 2024-01-01

N: 52.925 S: 25.065 E: -89.025 W: -124.925

0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees
Aqua/AIRS L3 Monthly Support Product (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS 2002-09-01 to Present

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Aqua/AIRS L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB 2002-08-30 to 2003-02-06

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

50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L3 Monthly Support Product (AIRS+AMSU) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-09-01 to 2016-10-01

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Aqua/AIRS L3 Monthly Support Monthly Product (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB 2002-09-01 to 2003-03-01

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Aqua/AIRS L3 Daily Support Product (AIRS+AMSU) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-31 to 2016-09-25

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Aqua/AIRS L3 Daily Support Daily Product (AIRS+AMSU+HSB) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A, HSB 2002-08-31 to 2003-02-06

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Aqua/AIRS L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS+AMSU) V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS, AMSU-A 2002-08-30 to 2016-09-25

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

50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
AIRS/Aqua L2G Precipitation Estimate (AIRS-only) V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-30 to Present

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L2 Near Real Time (NRT) Support Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-30 to Present

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

50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L2 Support Retrieval (AIRS-only) V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-30 to Present

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

50 Kilometers x 50 Kilometers
Aqua/AIRS L3 Daily Support Product (AIRS-only) 1 degree x 1 degree V7.0 7.0 Aqua AIRS 2002-08-31 to Present

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

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
GPM Ground Validation TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) IPHEx V7 7 Aqua, TRMM, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-3/F15, NOAA-17, DMSP 5D-2/F14, DMSP 5D-3/F16 AMSR-E, TMI, SSMIS, SSM/I, AMSU-B 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-16

N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
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Featured Precipitation Observation Method: GPM

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