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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 Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOREAS 1994 HYD-09 Tipping Bucket Rain Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 1994-04-10 to 1994-12-31 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.9 E: -98.34 W: -105.14 |
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| BOREAS 1995 HYD-09 Belfort Rain Gauge Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 55.92 S: 53.89 E: -98.34 W: -105.04 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS 1995 HYD-09 Tipping Bucket Rain Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.9 E: -98.34 W: -105.14 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS 1996 HYD-09 Belfort Rain Gauge Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 55.93 S: 53.89 E: -98.34 W: -105.04 |
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| BOREAS 1996 HYD-09 Tipping Bucket Rain Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 55.94 S: 53.9 E: -98.34 W: -105.14 |
ASCII | |
| BOREAS AES Canadian Hourly and Daily Surface Meteorological Data, R1 | 2 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | SNOW MEASURING ROD, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, WIND MONITOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, WET BULB THERMOMETERS | 1975-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87 |
Binary | |
| BOREAS AES Five-day Averaged Surface Meteorological and Upper Air Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, DRY BULB THERMOMETERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, RAIN GAUGES, SNOW MEASURING ROD, WET BULB THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1976-01-01 to 1997-01-01 |
N: 57.35 S: 52.17 E: -97.83 W: -107.87 |
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| BOREAS AFM-06 Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES | 1994-05-21 to 1994-09-20 |
N: 53.91 S: 53.91 E: -104.4 W: -104.4 |
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| BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31 |
N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114 |
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| BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR | 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 |
ASCII |
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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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