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Description

3G31, Gridded Orbital Convective Stratiform Heating from Combined, produces 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree orbital apparent heating profiles from surface convective rainfall rate and surface stratiform rainfall rate. The granule size is one orbit.

Product Summary

Platforms
TRMM
Instruments
PR
Projects
TRMM
Spatial Extent

N: 37 S: -37 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
Location
TROPICS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1997-12-31 to 2015-04-01
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
C1282032565-GES_DISC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
96390
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Heat Flux

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Tao, W.-K. (2011). TRMM TMI/PR Combined Gridded Orbital Spectral Latent Heating L3 1.5 hours 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree V7 (TRMM_3G31) at GES DISC [Dataset]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CYCTODLG9IZ8 Date Accessed: 2026-08-13

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Water isotope ratios reflect convection intensity rather than rain type proportions in the pantropics Yu, Wusheng, Guo, Rong, Thompson, Lonnie G., Zhang, Jingyi, Lewis, Stephen, Jing, Zhaowei, He, Junmei, Ma, Yaoming, Xu, Baiqing, Wu, Guangjian, Zhou, Xu, Tang, Wenjun, Wang, Qiaoyi, Ren, Pengjie, Zhang, Zhuanxia, Qu, Dongmei Droplet Size, Precipitation Rate, Radar Reflectivity, Heat Flux, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Precipitation
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