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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 Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Near-Real Time Rain Rates IFloodS | 1 | GOES-15, DMSP 5D-3/F15, DMSP 5D-3/F16 | GOES-15 Imager, SSM/I, SSMIS | 2013-04-23 to 2013-06-30 |
N: 59.875 S: -59.875 E: 179.875 W: -179.875 |
Binary, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level III KARX IFloodS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | NEXRAD | 2013-03-29 to 2013-06-18 |
N: 44.2721 S: 43.3739 E: -90.7419 W: -91.6401 |
NIDS | |
| GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level III KDMX IFloodS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | NEXRAD | 2013-03-29 to 2013-06-18 |
N: 42.1802 S: 41.282 E: -93.2737 W: -94.1719 |
NIDS | |
| GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level III KDVN IFloodS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | NEXRAD | 2013-03-29 to 2013-06-18 |
N: 42.0625 S: 41.1643 E: -90.1457 W: -91.0439 |
NIDS | |
| GPM Ground Validation NEXRAD Level III KMPX IFloodS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | NEXRAD | 2013-03-29 to 2013-06-18 |
N: 45.298 S: 44.3998 E: -93.1162 W: -94.0144 |
NIDS | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA CPC MORPHING TECHNIQUE (CMORPH) IFLOODS | 1 | CMORPH | Computer | 2013-04-01 to 2013-06-30 |
N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 |
Binary, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA CPC MORPHING TECHNIQUE (CMORPH) IPHEX | 1 | CMORPH | Computer | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-14 |
N: 59.9636 S: -59.9636 E: 179.964 W: -179.964 |
Binary, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION NOAA PARSIVEL MC3E | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | APU | 2011-04-05 to 2011-06-06 |
N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation NOAA X-band Polarimetric Radar (NOXP) IPHEx | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | NOXP | 2014-04-21 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 36.5613 S: 34.5671 E: -81.9141 W: -83.9083 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Parsivel UConn | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2021-12-08 to 2024-05-19 |
N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.248 W: -72.304 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Passive Aquatic Listener (PAL) | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | PALS | 2010-10-18 to 2021-07-28 |
N: 53.335 S: -18.928 E: 179.999 W: -179.999 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION PLUVIO PRECIPITATION GAUGE GCPEX | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2011-12-08 to 2012-02-29 |
N: 44.69 S: 44.17 E: -79.64 W: -79.93 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION PLUVIO PRECIPITATION GAUGE LPVEX | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS | 2010-09-15 to 2011-01-13 |
N: 60.29 S: 60.12 E: 25.37 W: 24.04 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Pluvio Precipitation Gauges OLYMPEX | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2015-10-31 to 2016-01-31 |
N: 47.68 S: 47.3898 E: -123.581 W: -123.867 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks Cloud Classification System (PERSIANN-CCS) IFloodS | 1 | METEOSAT-6, Aqua, GPM, NOAA-16, NOAA-15, GMS-5, NOAA-17, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F14, GOES-8, METEOSAT-7, DMSP 5D-3/F15, GOES-10, TRMM | VISSR-METEOSAT, AMSR-E, DPR, AMSU-B, VISSR-GMS, SSM/I, GOES-8 Imager, GOES-10 Imager, PR, TMI | 2013-04-01 to 2013-07-01 |
N: 45.24 S: 39.36 E: -87.16 W: -96.84 |
ASCII, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION RAIN GAUGE PAIRS MC3E V2 | 2 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06 |
N: 36.6381 S: 36.5644 E: -97.4261 W: -97.5515 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Rain Gauges NASA ACHIEVE IPHEx V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.52 S: 35.51 E: -83.08 W: -83.1 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS C3VP V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2007-01-20 to 2007-01-23 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 23 W: 25 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS LPVEX V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-21 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 25 W: 23 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS MC3E V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2011-04-25 to 2011-05-21 |
N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS TWP-ICE V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2006-01-23 to 2006-02-06 |
N: -10 S: -25 E: 140 W: 125 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Self-Calibrating Multivariate Precipitation Retrieval (SCaMPR) IPHEx V1 | 1 | DMSP, GOES | SSM/I, SSMIS, GOES-15 Imager | 2014-04-30 to 2014-06-16 |
N: 42.921 S: 27.897 E: -71.798 W: -91.741 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION TOTAL PRECIPITATION SENSOR (HOTPLATE) GCPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | Total Precipitation Sensor (Hotplate) | 2011-11-07 to 2012-02-21 |
N: 44.3 S: 44.2 E: -79.64 W: -79.78 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation TRMM 2A25 NRT Precipitation Radar IPHEx V7 | 7 | TRMM | PR | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-16 |
N: 36.2271 S: 25.8391 E: -70.8148 W: -92.739 |
HDF4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) C3VP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | 2DVD | 2006-12-02 to 2007-04-09 |
N: 44.2432 S: 44.2232 E: -79.7706 W: -79.7906 |
ASCII |
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