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The submitted value 10 in the Items element is not allowed.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 Datasets
| Dataset | Version Sort ascending | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global 30-Year Mean Monthly Climatology, 1961-1990 (New et al.) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1961-01-01 to 1991-01-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII | |
| Spatio-temporal Characteristics of Rainfall in Africa, 0.25 degrees, from 1998-2012 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1998-01-01 to 2012-12-31 |
N: 40 S: -40 E: 55 W: -20 |
netCDF-3 | |
| Climate Normals for Last Glacial Maximum and Modern (1975-2005), Alaska | 1 | COMPUTERS | Computer | 1000-01-01 to 2005-12-31 |
N: 74 S: 47.7384 E: -106.933 W: -178.236 |
GeoTIFF | |
| 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 |
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| First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Cirrus Phase II NCAR Sabreliner Aircraft Microphysical Data | 1 | Airplane | PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE | 1991-11-17 to 1991-12-07 | ASCII | ||
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION AUTONOMOUS PARSIVEL UNIT (APU) NSSTC V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | APU, DISDROMETERS | 2010-06-08 to 2011-03-30 |
N: 34.72 S: 34.71 E: -86.63 W: -86.64 |
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 | |
| BOREAS TE-11 Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | 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 | |
| NOAA Regional Surface Data (FIFE) | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, WET BULB THERMOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, ANEMOMETERS | 1985-07-02 to 1988-10-23 |
N: 40 S: 39 E: -95 W: -97 |
CSV | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) IPHEX | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | D3R | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.1959 S: 35.1959 E: -81.9631 W: -81.9632 |
netCDF-4 |
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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.
9 MIN READ
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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