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Precipitation Data Access and Tools
NASA has a wide range of precipitation data, from hourly rainfall estimates to reanalysis datasets looking back decades. Our datasets and tools help users spot characteristics, trends, patterns, and anomalies in the precipitation that falls to Earth and understand how it affects natural areas and human communities.
Precipitation Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worldview | Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events |
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Featured Precipitation Observation Method: GPM
NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) platform provides next-generation global observations of rain and snow to help researchers better understand Earth's water and energy cycles and forecast extreme weather and related events.
During this webinar we will provide an overview of TRMM and GPM precipitation data products and discuss the various ways to discover and access these data. We will also demonstrate the visualization and analysis tools and services provided by NASA's Goddard Earth Science Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC).
NASA’s global precipitation data and data processing systems have come a long way from the launch of TRMM in 1997 to the ongoing GPM mission.
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Precipitation Datasets
| Dataset | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Location Keywords | Spatial Extent | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS HYD-08 Throughfall Data | FIELD INVESTIGATION | RAIN GAUGES | 1994-06-24 to 1996-08-11 | N: 55.88 S: 53.99 E: -98.15 W: -105.12 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS HYD-09 Hourly and Daily Radar Rainfall Maps for the Southern Study Area | WEATHER STATIONS | CBR | 1994-05-13 to 1994-09-23 | N: 54.27 S: 53.51 E: -104.31 W: -106.29 | Binary | |
| BOREAS Saskatchewan Forest Fire Control Centre Surface Meteorological Data | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS | 1995-05-05 to 1995-10-01 | N: 55.38 S: 53.33 E: -102.48 W: -108.42 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TE-11 Surface Meteorological Data | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | NET RADIOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 | N: 53.92 S: 53.92 E: -104.69 W: -104.69 | CSV | |
| BOREAS TE-21 Daily Surface Meteorological Data | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31 | N: 55.93 S: 53.63 E: -97.87 W: -106.2 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS | 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31 | N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-02 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Precipitation Data | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, SONIC ANEMOMETER, THERMOCOUPLES, BAROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, OZONE SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS | 1994-01-01 to 1994-10-27 | N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-03 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, RAIN GAUGES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES | 1994-03-16 to 1996-10-31 | N: 55.88 S: 55.88 E: -98.48 W: -98.48 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-04 SSA-YJP Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Canopy Condition Data, R1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PSYCHROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1993-09-02 to 1994-09-20 | N: 53.88 S: 53.88 E: -104.65 W: -104.65 | ASCII | |
| BOREAS TF-06 SSA-YA Surface Energy Flux and Meteorological Data | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, THERMOCOUPLES, WIND MONITOR, HYGROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, BAROMETERS | 1994-07-19 to 1994-09-19 | N: 53.66 S: 53.66 E: -105.32 W: -105.32 | ASCII |
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