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Precipitation Rate Data Access and Tools
NASA’s precipitation rate data rang from atmosphere cloud and surface geophysical state measurements to datasets combining precipitation data from multiple instruments. Our datasets and tools help users find and integrate the data they need to understand how quickly precipitation is falling across Earth and its effects.
Precipitation Rate Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRIP HURRICANE IMAGING RADIOMETER (HIRAD) V0 | NASA WB-57F | HIRAD | 2010-09-01 to 2010-09-16 | CARIBBEAN | N: 28.5 S: 18.5 E: -71.5 W: -95.2 | MAT - netCDF-3 - ASCII |
| High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) | COMPUTERS | Computer | 2017-04-02 to 2022-10-02 | HIMALAYAS | N: 45.951 S: 10.632 E: 111.438 W: 60.562 | netCDF-3 |
| Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Tropics Satellite Data V1 | NOAA-18, DMSP 5D-3/F16, NOAA-19, GPM, TRMM, CORIOLIS, DMSP 5D-3/F15, METOP-A, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18 | AMSU-A, AVHRR, SSMIS, GMI, PR, TMI, WINDSAT, SSM/I | 2013-07-23 to 2014-09-30 | ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 53.9 S: 2.2 E: -9 W: -113.5 | JPEG |
| HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) HURRICANE IMAGING RADIOMETER (HIRAD) V1 | GLOBAL HAWK | HIRAD | 2012-11-05 to 2014-10-17 | NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | N: 52.0268 S: 12.3911 E: -55.0826 W: -175.343 | netCDF-3 |
| ISLSCP II ECMWF Near-Surface Meteorology Parameters | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1985-01-01 to 1998-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ASCII Grid | |
| ISLSCP II Reanalysis Near-Surface Meteorology Data | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | ASCII Grid | |
| LBA-ECO CD-07 GOES-8 L3 Gridded Surface Radiation and Rain Rate for Amazonia: 1999 | GOES-8 | GOES-8 Imager | 1999-03-01 to 2005-06-29 | N: 5 S: -15 E: -40 W: -75 | Binary | |
| MERRA-2 statD_2d_slv_Nx: 2d,Daily,Aggregated Statistics,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2SDNXSLV) at GES DISC | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | |
| MERRA-2 statM_2d_edi_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Extremes Detection Indices based on 1991-2020 V2 (M2SMNXEDI) at GES DISC | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 | |
| MERRA-2 statM_2d_edi_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Extremes Detection Indices V1 (M2SMNXEDI) at GES DISC | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to 2022-12-31 | GLOBAL | N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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Precipitation Rate 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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