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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 Datasets

Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
Meteorology (OTTER) METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS 1989-05-27 to 1991-01-07 ASCII
MetOp-A ASCAT ESDR Level 2 Ancillary Ocean Surface Fields Version 1.1 MODELS, METOP-A Computer, ASCAT 2007-01-01 to 2014-04-01 GLOBAL netCDF-4
MetOp-B ASCAT ESDR Level 2 Ancillary Ocean Surface Fields Version 1.1 MODELS, METOP-B Computer, ASCAT 2013-08-01 to 2022-05-31 GLOBAL netCDF-4
Microwave Atmospheric Sounder on Cubesat (MASC) CPEX V1 NASA DC-8 MASC 2017-05-27 to 2017-06-21 CARIBBEAN HDF5
Microwave Data CPEX GCOM-W1, GPM, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F17 AMSR2, GLM, SSMIS 2017-05-24 to 2017-07-16
MODIS/Aqua Net Evapotranspiration 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to 2023-02-09 GLOBAL HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Net Evapotranspiration 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 Aqua MODIS 2021-01-01 to Present GLOBAL HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Net Evapotranspiration Gap-Filled 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 Aqua MODIS 2002-01-01 to 2021-12-31 GLOBAL HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Net Evapotranspiration Gap-Filled 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 Aqua MODIS 2002-01-01 to Present GLOBAL HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Net Evapotranspiration Gap-Filled Yearly L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to 2021-12-31 GLOBAL HDF-EOS2
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Precipitation Data Tools

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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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