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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SMMR Nimbus-7 NSIDC L1B Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 25x25km V1 (PRECIP_SMMR_NIMBUS7) at GES DISC | 1 | Nimbus-7 | SMMR | 1979-01-02 to 1987-08-20 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F08 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F08) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F8 | SSM/I | 1987-07-09 to 1991-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F10 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F10) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F10 | SSM/I | 1990-12-08 to 1997-11-14 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F11 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F11) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F11 | SSM/I | 1991-12-03 to 2000-05-16 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F13 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F13) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F13 | SSM/I | 1995-05-03 to 2009-11-20 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F14 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F14) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F14 | SSM/I | 1997-05-07 to 2008-08-24 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F15 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F15) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-3/F15 | SSM/I | 2000-02-03 to 2006-08-14 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSMIS DMSP F16 NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMIS_F16) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-3/F16 | SSMIS | 2005-11-20 to 2021-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSMIS DMSP F17 NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMIS_F17) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-3/F17 | SSMIS | 2008-03-09 to 2021-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSMIS DMSP F18 NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMIS_F18) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-3/F18 | SSMIS | 2010-03-08 to 2021-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSMIS DMSP F19 NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMIS_F19) at GES DISC | 1 | DMSP 5D-3/F19 | SSMIS | 2014-12-18 to 2016-02-11 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers | |
| NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on TMI TRMM NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 5x5km V1 (PRECIP_TMI_TRMM) at GES DISC | 1 | TRMM | TMI | 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-08 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers | |
| NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric Doppler Radar (NPOL) IMPACTS V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | NPOL | 2020-01-10 to 2020-02-25 |
N: 39.4762 S: 37.0488 E: -73.7959 W: -76.8875 |
netCDF-3 | |
| NRT AMSR2 Unified Global Swath Surface Precipitation GSFC Profiling Algorithm V2 | 2 | GCOM-W1 | AMSR2 | 2021-10-01 |
N: 89 S: -89 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 - HDF-EOS5 | |
| ORACLES Aerosol Cloud Aircraft Remote Sensing Data | 1 | NASA P-3, NASA ER-2 | RSP-2, RSP-1, HSRL-2, AMPR, APR-3 | 2016-07-28 to 2019-03-23 | ICARTT, HDF5, NetCDF-3, NetCDF-4 | ||
| PISTON 2018 Research Vessel (RV) Mirai Ship Data | 1 | R/V Mirai | RADAR, RAWINSONDES | 2018-08-13 to 2018-09-02 | ASCII, TAR | ||
| PISTON 2018 Research Vessel (RV) Thompson ship datasets of ocean, atmosphere, and air-sea interaction | 1 | R/V Thompson | SEA-POL, CTD, ADCP, CHAM, SO, ROSR, W-Band Radar, CEILOMETERS, RADIOMETERS, RAWINSONDES, DISDROMETERS, GPS, Hemisphere VS1000, Gill WindMaster Pro, Vaisala HMT330, ORG-815-DA, Vaisala PTB330, NOAA PSL Sea Snake, SBE-21, Riegl LD90-3100VHS-FLP, Eppley PIR, Vaisala HMT337 | 2018-08-18 to 2018-10-13 | netCDF-4, Text File, TAR | ||
| PISTON 2019 Research Vessel (RV) Sally Ride Data | 1 | R/V Sally Ride | CTD, ADCP, SEA-POL, CHAM, SO, ROSR, HSRL, W-Band Radar, CEILOMETERS, RAWINSONDES, DISDROMETERS, LIDAR, GPS, Hemisphere VS1000, Gill WindMaster Pro, Vaisala HMT337, Vaisala HMT330, ORG-815-DA, Vaisala PTB330, NOAA PSL Sea Snake, SBE-21, Riegl LD90-3100VHS-FLP, Eppley PIR | 2019-08-31 to 2019-09-26 | NetCDF-4, TAR, Text File | ||
| QuikSCAT ESDR Level 2 Ancillary Ocean Surface Fields Version 1.1 | 1.1 | MODELS, QUIKSCAT | Computer, SEAWINDS | 2000-06-01 to 2009-11-22 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| Remote Sensing Systems Radiometer Rain Collocations with JPL RapidScat L2B Swath Grid | 1.0 | DMSP 5D-3/F15, CORIOLIS, DMSP 5D-3/F17, GPM, GCOM-W1, DMSP 5D-3/F16, ISS | SSM/I, WINDSAT, SSMIS, GMI, AMSR2, RapidScat | 2014-10-03 to 2016-02-11 |
N: 61 S: -61 E: 180 W: -180 |
12.5 Kilometers x 12.5 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F10 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-2/F10 | SSM/I | 1990-12-06 to 1997-11-14 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F11 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-2/F11 | SSM/I | 1991-12-01 to 2000-05-16 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F13 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-2/F13 | SSM/I | 1995-05-01 to 2009-11-04 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F14 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-2/F14 | SSM/I | 1997-05-06 to 2008-08-08 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F15 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-3/F15 | SSM/I | 1999-12-16 to 2011-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 |
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