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Description

The new equivalent for this dataset should be searched for as "GPM_3GPROFTRMMTMI_CLIM".

This product contains global monthly means of surface precipitation rate, rain rate, convective surface precipitation rate and 28 vertical layers of hydrometeor contents (cloud liquid water, rain water, cloud ice liquid water, snow liquid water, graupel liquid water and latent heating) on 0.5 x 0.5 degree grids.

Product Summary

Platforms
TRMM
Instruments
TMI
Spatial Extent

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

Geographic Region
TROPICS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1997-12-01 to 2015-03-31
Data Partner
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDI
Concept ID
C1282032625-GES_DISC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
208
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Water Vapor Profiles ,
Convective Surface Precipitation Rate ,
Cloud Liquid Water/Ice ,
Cloud Precipitable Water ,
Precipitation Rate ,
Rain ,
Atmospheric Heating

Data Center Citation

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). 2011. TRMM Microwave Imager Precipitation Profile L3 1 month 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree V7. Greenbelt, MD: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/TRMM_3A12_7.html.

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Variables

Variables are a set of physical properties whose values determine the characteristics or behavior of something. For example, temperature and pressure are variables of the atmosphere. Parameters and variables can be used interchangeably. Variable level attributes provide individual information for each variable.

The Name in this table is the variable name. Fill value indicates missing or undefined data points in a variable. Valid range is the range of values the variable can store. Scale factor is used to increase or decrease the size of an object and can be used to correct for distortion. For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor
cldIce cldIce g/m^3 float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
cldWater cldWater g/m^3 float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
convectPrecipitation convectPrecipitation mm/hr float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
fractionQuality0 fractionQuality0 percent float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
fractionQuality1 fractionQuality1 percent float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
fractionQuality2 fractionQuality2 percent float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
graupel graupel g/m^3 float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
latentHeat latentHeat C/hr float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
nlat nlat degrees_north float32 N/A N/A N/A
nlayer nlayer km float32 N/A N/A N/A
nlon nlon degrees_east float32 N/A N/A N/A
npixPrecipitation npixPrecipitation N/A int32 -9999 N/A N/A
npixTotal npixTotal N/A int32 -9999 N/A N/A
rainWater rainWater g/m^3 float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
snow snow g/m^3 float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
surfacePrecipitation surfacePrecipitation mm/hr float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
surfaceRain surfaceRain mm/hr float32 -9999.900390625 N/A N/A
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