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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

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
GPM AMSUB on NOAA15 (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFNOAA15AMSUB_CLIM) at GES DISC 07 NOAA-15 AMSU-B 2000-01-01 to 2010-09-30

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

GPM SAPHIR on MT1 Common Calibrated Brightness Temperature L1C 1.5 hours 10 km V07 (GPM_1CMT1SAPHIR) at GES DISC 07 MT1 SAPHIR 2011-10-13 to 2021-12-31

N: 30 S: -30 E: 180 W: -180

GPM SSM/I on F11 (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L2 1.5 hours 13 km V07 (GPM_2AGPROFF11SSMI_CLIM) at GES DISC 07 DMSP 5D-2/F11 SSM/I 1991-12-03 to 2000-05-16

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

GPM GMI_R Common Calibrated Brightness Temperatures Collocated L1C 1.5 hours 13 km V07 (GPM_1CGPMGMI_R) at GES DISC 07 GPM GMI 2014-03-04 to Present

N: 70 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

GPM SSMIS on F19 (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFF19SSMIS_CLIM) at GES DISC 07 DMSP 5D-3/F19 SSMIS 2014-12-01 to 2016-02-29

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

GPM MHS on METOP-C (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 day 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFMETOPCMHS_DAY) at GES DISC 07 METOP-C MHS 2022-05-01 to Present

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

GPM GMI unpacked data L1A 1.5 hours 13 km V07 (GPM_1AGMI) at GES DISC 07 GPM GMI 2014-03-04 to Present

N: 70 S: -70 E: 180 W: -180

GPM ATMS on SUOMI-NPP (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L2 1.5 hours 16 km V07 (GPM_2AGPROFNPPATMS) at GES DISC 07 Suomi-NPP ATMS 2022-04-30 to Present

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

GPM SSMI on F14 (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFF14SSMI_CLIM) at GES DISC 07 DMSP 5D-2/F14 SSM/I 1997-05-01 to 2008-08-31

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

GPM AMSU-B on NOAA 16 Common Calibrated Brightness Temperatures L1C 1.5 hours 16 km V07 (GPM_1CNOAA16AMSUB) at GES DISC 07 NOAA-16 AMSU-B 2000-10-04 to 2010-05-01

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

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During this webinar we will provide an overview of TRMM and GPM precipitation data products and discuss the various ways to discover and access these data. We will also demonstrate the visualization and analysis tools and services provided by NASA's Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC).

Precipitation Data Tools

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