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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.

Precipitation Datasets

Dataset Version Sort ascending Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
TRMM (TMPA-RT) Near Real-Time Precipitation L3 3 hour 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V7 (TRMM_3B42RT) at GES DISC 7 TMPA NOT APPLICABLE 2000-02-29 to 2020-01-01

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

TRMM Ground Validation Radar Site Rain Type Map L2 1 hour 2 km V7 (TRMM_2A54UW) at GES DISC 7 WEATHER STATIONS NEXRAD 1999-01-09 to 2003-12-31

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

TRMM (TMPA-RT) Near Real-Time IR precipitation estimate L3 1-hour 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V7 (TRMM_3B41RT) at GES DISC 7 TMPA NOT APPLICABLE 2000-02-29 to 2019-12-31

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

RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F17 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-3/F17 SSMIS 2006-12-10

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS DAILY FROM DMSP F11 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F11 SSM/I 1991-12-03 to 2000-05-16

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

netCDF-4
TRMM Precipitation Radar Rainfall Rate and Profile L2 1.5 hours V7 (TRMM_2A25) at GES DISC 7 TRMM PR 1997-12-31 to 2015-04-01

N: 38 S: -38 E: 180 W: -180

RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F13 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F13 SSM/I 1995-04-30 to 2009-11-07

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F11 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F11 SSM/I 1991-12-01 to 2000-05-20

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

netCDF-4
TRMM (TMPA/3B43) Rainfall Estimate L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V7 (TRMM_3B43) at GES DISC 7 TMPA NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 50 S: -50 E: 180 W: -180

TRMM Ground Validation Radar Site Rain Type Totals Map L3 1 month 2 km V7 (TRMM_3A54UW) at GES DISC 7 WEATHER STATIONS NEXRAD 1999-07-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180

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Precipitation 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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