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Description

The Passive Microwave Hail Climatology Data Products are gridded estimates of the annual frequency of severe hailstorm occurrence, as retrieved from satellite-borne passive microwave imagery. These data products can be useful for weather and climatological research related to storms, as well as applications involving risk management and emergency management. The dataset files are available in netCDF-3 format, as well as hail climatology maps in PNG format, from January 1, 1998, through March 31, 2025.
NOTE: The TRMM_HailClimatology file only goes through September 30, 2014 due to the end of the TRMM mission.

Product Summary

Platforms
GPM,
TRMM
Instruments
GMI,
TMI
Spatial Extent
N: 89 S: -89 E: 179 W: -179
Geographic Region
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1998-01-01 to 2025-03-31
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
c2196515446-ghrc_daac
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

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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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Daniel Cecil, S. B. (2025). Passive Microwave Hail Climatology Data Products [Data set]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/MODEL/DATA101 Date Accessed: 2025-08-30

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