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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.

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LBA-ECO CD-07 GOES-8 L3 Gridded Surface Radiation and Rain Rate for Amazonia: 1999 1 GOES-8 GOES-8 Imager 1999-03-01 to 2005-06-29

N: 5 S: -15 E: -40 W: -75

Binary
MEaSUREs Precipitation Phase and Rate from Passive Microwave Observations and Earth System Models using Transfer Learning V001 1 CloudSat, ECMWF ERA5, GPM, MODELS CloudSat-CPR, NOT APPLICABLE, DPR, GMI 2014-04-07 to 2025-05-06

N: 69.41 S: -69.42 E: 180 W: -180

5.1 Kilometers x 13.2 Kilometers netCDF-4
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 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.625 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 statM_2d_edi_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Extremes Detection Indices based on 1991-2020 V2 (M2SMNXEDI) at GES DISC 2 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 statM_2d_edi_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Extremes Detection Indices V1 (M2SMNXEDI) at GES DISC 1 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 statM_2d_pct_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Percentiles based on 1991-2020 V2 (M2SMNXPCT) at GES DISC 2 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 statM_2d_pct_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Percentiles V1 (M2SMNXPCT) at GES DISC 1 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 statM_2d_slv_Nx: 2d,Monthly,Aggregated Statistics,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2SMNXSLV) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_flx_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Surface Flux Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXFLX) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavg3_3d_mst_Ne: 3d,3-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Model-Level Edge,Assimilation,Moist Processes Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T3NEMST) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavg3_3d_mst_Np: 3d,3-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Pressure-Level,Assimilation,Moist Processes Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T3NPMST) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavg3_3d_mst_Nv: 3d,3-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Model-Level,Assimilation,Moist Processes Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T3NVMST) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavgC_2d_ltm_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Long Term Mean Diagnostics based on 1991-2020 V2 (M2TCNXLTM) at GES DISC 2 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1991-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavgC_2d_ltm_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Long Term Mean Diagnostics V1 (M2TCNXLTM) at GES DISC 1 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1981-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_flx_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Surface Flux Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXFLX) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavgM_3d_mst_Np: 3d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Pressure-Level,Assimilation,Moist Processes Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNPMST) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_flx_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Surface Flux Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXFLX) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MERRA-2 tavgU_3d_mst_Np: 3d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Pressure-Level,Assimilation,Moist Processes Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNPMST) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees
MetOp-A ASCAT ESDR Level 2 Ancillary Ocean Surface Fields Version 1.1 1.1 MODELS, METOP-A Computer, ASCAT 2007-01-01 to 2014-04-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers netCDF-4
MetOp-B ASCAT ESDR Level 2 Ancillary Ocean Surface Fields Version 1.1 1.1 MODELS, METOP-B Computer, ASCAT 2013-08-01 to 2022-05-31

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers netCDF-4
NAMMA SECOND GENERATION AIRBORNE PRECIPITATION RADAR (APR-2) V1 1 NASA DC-8 APR-2 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-12

N: 21.4717 S: 7.03833 E: -13.4683 W: -34.1533

HDF4
NAMMA SENEGAL RAIN GAUGE NETWORK V1 1 GROUND STATIONS RAIN GAUGES 2006-08-08 to 2006-09-30

N: 15.2168 S: 14.1317 E: -16.4737 W: -17.1615

ASCII
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on AMSR2 GCOMW1 NASA PPS L1C V05 TBs 1-orbit L2 Swath 10x10km V1 (PRECIP_AMSR2_GCOMW1) at GES DISC 1 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2012-07-02 to 2021-01-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on AMSRE AQUA NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_AMSRE_AQUA) at GES DISC 1 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on GMI GPM NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 10x10km V1 (PRECIP_GMI_GPM) at GES DISC 1 GPM GMI 2014-03-04 to 2021-01-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers
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