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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

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
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 DMSP 5D-2/F14 SSM/I 1997-05-07 to 2008-08-24
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 DMSP 5D-3/F15 SSM/I 2000-02-03 to 2006-08-14
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 DMSP 5D-3/F16 SSMIS 2005-11-20 to 2021-01-01
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 DMSP 5D-3/F17 SSMIS 2008-03-09 to 2021-01-01
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 DMSP 5D-3/F18 SSMIS 2010-03-08 to 2021-01-01
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 DMSP 5D-3/F19 SSMIS 2014-12-18 to 2016-02-11
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 TRMM TMI 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-08
NASA S-Band Dual Polarimetric Doppler Radar (NPOL) IMPACTS V1 GROUND STATIONS NPOL 2020-01-10 to 2020-02-25 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA netCDF-3
NCA-LDAS Noah-3.3 Land Surface Model L4 Daily 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NCALDAS_NOAH0125_D) at GES DISC Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to 2016-12-31 NORTH AMERICA
NCA-LDAS Noah-3.3 Land Surface Model L4 Trends 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NCALDAS_NOAH0125_Trends) at GES DISC Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-10-01 to 2015-09-30 NORTH AMERICA
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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.
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TRMM and GPM Precipitation Products and Services at NASA's GES DISC

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).

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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