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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 Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPM Ground Validation Hydro-Estimator IFloodS V1 | 1 | GOES-13 | GOES-13 Imager | 2013-04-24 to 2013-06-30 |
N: 45.998 S: 39.016 E: -87.029 W: -96.982 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Hydro-Estimator IPHEx V1 | 1 | GOES-13 | GOES-13 Imager | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-16 |
N: 42.921 S: 27.897 E: -71.793 W: -91.736 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Iowa Flood Center (IFC) NEXRAD Composite IFloodS V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | NEXRAD | 2013-04-15 to 2013-06-30 |
N: 44.5337 S: 40.1333 E: -89.9036 W: -97.1542 |
ASCII, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION JOSS-WALDVOGEL DISDROMETER (JW) NSSTC V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | JW DISDROMETER | 2010-07-05 to 2011-03-30 |
N: 34.72 S: 34.71 E: -86.63 W: -86.64 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MET ONE RAIN GAUGE PAIRS IFLOODS V2 | 2 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2013-04-06 to 2013-12-27 |
N: 43.3706 S: 41.8471 E: -91.1898 W: -93.5207 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MET ONE RAIN GAUGE PAIRS IPHEX V2 | 2 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2013-09-11 to 2014-10-30 |
N: 35.8857 S: 35.083 E: -82.5649 W: -83.5908 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs OLYMPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2015-01-01 to 2016-06-20 |
N: 48.0795 S: 46.4478 E: -122.631 W: -124.369 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Met One Rain Gauge Pairs Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2012-04-10 to 2018-10-01 |
N: 38.3699 S: 37.4531 E: -75.3188 W: -75.879 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR-2) UConn | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2021-12-01 to 2024-05-21 |
N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.247 W: -72.304 |
netCDF-3, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Micro Rain Radar (MRR) ICE POP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2017-11-01 to 2018-03-01 |
N: 37.74 S: 37.6754 E: 128.808 W: 128.717 |
ASCII, netCDF-3 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Micro Rain Radar (MRR) LPVEx V1 | 1 | R/V ARANDA, GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2010-05-19 to 2011-03-30 |
N: 60.4864 S: 59.3778 E: 25.6294 W: 21.3281 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA ACHIEVE IPHEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2014-05-06 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.562 S: 35.482 E: -83.044 W: -83.176 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA HYMEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2012-09-07 to 2012-11-12 |
N: 44.2 S: 41.8 E: 12.5 W: 4.06 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA IFLOODS V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2013-04-11 to 2013-06-16 |
N: 42.3 S: 41.8 E: -91.8 W: -92.5 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) NASA IPHEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2014-04-22 to 2014-10-17 |
N: 35.52 S: 35.22 E: -83.05 W: -83.1 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Micro Rain Radar (MRR) OLYMPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2014-10-30 to 2016-05-22 |
N: 47.9704 S: 47.3599 E: -123.499 W: -123.993 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Precipitation Reanalysis for Satellite Validation Product V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | DOPPLER RADAR, RAIN GAUGES | 2014-03-02 to 2018-10-30 |
N: 55 S: 20 E: -60 W: -130 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation NASA EPFL-LTE Parsivel DSD Data Lausanne, Switzerland | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | DISDROMETERS | 2008-11-26 to 2010-09-29 |
N: 46.5219 S: 46.5176 E: 6.57258 W: 6.56273 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX | 2 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2011-10-24 to 2012-03-13 |
N: 44.2336 S: 44.1806 E: -79.7175 W: -79.7814 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) MC3E | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06 |
N: 36.6058 S: 36.605 E: -97.4869 W: -97.4872 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NASA S-BAND DUAL POLARIMETRIC (NPOL) DOPPLER RADAR IFLOODS | 2 | GROUND STATIONS | NPOL | 2013-04-30 to 2013-06-16 |
N: 42.2708 S: 42.2656 E: -92.5056 W: -92.5128 |
UF | |
| GPM Ground Validation NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric (NPOL) Doppler Radar OLYMPEX | 2 | GROUND STATIONS | NPOL | 2015-11-05 to 2016-01-15 |
N: 48.6684 S: 45.9605 E: -122.256 W: -126.275 |
UF | |
| GPM Ground Validation NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric (NPOL) Doppler Radar Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | NPOL | 2013-12-06 to 2017-04-28 |
N: 39.6219 S: 36.8989 E: -73.6272 W: -77.1056 |
UF | |
| GPM Ground Validation National Mosaic and Multi-Sensor QPE (NMQ) System IFloodS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | DOPPLER RADAR, RAIN GAUGES | 2013-04-01 to 2013-06-30 |
N: 55 S: 20 E: -60 W: -130 |
ASCII, Binary, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation National Mosaic and Multi-Sensor QPE (NMQ) System IPHEx | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | CBR, DOPPLER RADAR, RAIN GAUGES | 2014-04-30 to 2014-06-16 |
N: 38.705 S: 32.7 E: -78.695 W: -87.1 |
ASCII, netCDF-4 |
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