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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 TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD) HYMEX V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | 2DVD, DISDROMETERS | 2012-09-12 to 2012-11-13 |
N: 44.1372 S: 41.8936 E: 12.4938 W: 4.0975 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD) IFLOODS V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | 2DVD | 2013-04-03 to 2013-06-18 |
N: 42.2388 S: 41.6407 E: -91.5417 W: -92.4636 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD) LPVEX V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | 2DVD, DISDROMETERS | 2010-09-15 to 2010-10-20 |
N: 60.4846 S: 60.1045 E: 25.6247 W: 24.9749 |
TAR | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD) MC3E V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | 2DVD, DISDROMETERS | 2011-04-21 to 2011-06-06 |
N: 36.6334 S: 36.5784 E: -97.4447 W: -97.5323 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION TWO-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO DISDROMETER (2DVD) NSSTC V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | 2DVD, DISDROMETERS | 2009-11-20 to 2011-10-13 |
N: 34.7233 S: 34.7233 E: -86.6419 W: -86.6419 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Validation Network (VN) V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, GPM | Polarimetric Radar, DPR, GMI | 2014-03-09 to 2021-07-31 |
N: 65.634 S: -31.818 E: 169.948 W: -169.499 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM IMERG Early Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGDE) at GES DISC | 07 | IMERG | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM IMERG Early Precipitation L3 Half Hourly 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGHHE) at GES DISC | 07 | IMERG | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGDF) at GES DISC | 07 | IMERG | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 1 month 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGM) at GES DISC | 07 | IMERG | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 Half Hourly 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGHH) at GES DISC | 07 | IMERG | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM IMERG Late Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGDL) at GES DISC | 07 | IMERG | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM IMERG Late Precipitation L3 Half Hourly 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V07 (GPM_3IMERGHHL) at GES DISC | 07 | IMERG | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM PR on TRMM Precipitation Statistics, at Surface and Fixed Heights 1 day 0.25x0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3PRD) at GES DISC | 07 | TRMM | PR | 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-30 |
N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM PR on TRMM Reflectivity, Precipitation Statistics, Histograms, at Surface and Fixed Heights, 1 month 5x5 and 0.25x0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3PR) at GES DISC | 07 | TRMM | PR | 1997-12-01 to 2015-04-30 |
N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM PR on TRMM Reflectivity, Precipitation Statistics, Histograms, at Surface and Fixed Heights, Ascending, 1 day 5x5 and 0.25x0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3PR_ASC) at GES DISC | 07 | TRMM | PR | 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-30 |
N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GPM PR on TRMM Reflectivity, Precipitation Statistics, Histograms, at Surface and Fixed Heights, Descending, 1 day 5x5 and 0.25x0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3PR_DES) at GES DISC | 07 | TRMM | PR | 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-30 |
N: 67 S: -67 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| GRIP AIRBORNE SECOND GENERATION PRECIPITATION RADAR (APR-2) V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8 | APR-2 | 2010-08-17 to 2010-09-22 |
N: 34.847 S: 11.9008 E: -56.0457 W: -97.9192 |
HDF4 | |
| GRIP HURRICANE IMAGING RADIOMETER (HIRAD) V0 | 0 | NASA WB-57F | HIRAD | 2010-09-01 to 2010-09-16 |
N: 28.5 S: 18.5 E: -71.5 W: -95.2 |
MAT, netCDF-3, ASCII | |
| High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 2017-04-02 to 2022-10-02 |
N: 45.951 S: 10.632 E: 111.438 W: 60.562 |
netCDF-3 | |
| HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) HURRICANE IMAGING RADIOMETER (HIRAD) V1 | 1 | GLOBAL HAWK | HIRAD | 2012-11-05 to 2014-10-17 |
N: 52.0268 S: 12.3911 E: -55.0826 W: -175.343 |
netCDF-3 | |
| Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Tropics Satellite Data V1 | 1 | 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 |
N: 53.9 S: 2.2 E: -9 W: -113.5 |
JPEG | |
| ISLSCP II ECMWF Near-Surface Meteorology Parameters | 1 | 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 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII Grid | |
| KORUS-AQ Research Vessel (R/V) Onnuri Ship Data | 1 | R/V ONNURI | SpEx, AMS, SUN PHOTOMETERS, GAS SENSORS | 2016-05-16 to 2016-06-05 | ICARTT |
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