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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 Energy and Water cycle Study (NEWS) Annual Climatology of the 1st decade of the 21st Century V1.0 (NEWS_WEB_ACLIM) at GES DISC OBSERVATION BASED NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2010-12-31 GLOBAL
NASA Energy and Water cycle Study (NEWS) Monthly Climatology of the 1st decade of the 21st Century V1.0 (NEWS_WEB_MCLIM) at GES DISC OBSERVATION BASED NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2010-12-31 GLOBAL
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on AMSR2 GCOMW1 NASA PPS L1C V05 TBs 1-orbit L2 Swath 10x10km V1 (PRECIP_AMSR2_GCOMW1) at GES DISC GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2012-07-02 to 2021-01-01
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on AMSRE AQUA NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_AMSRE_AQUA) at GES DISC Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on GMI GPM NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 10x10km V1 (PRECIP_GMI_GPM) at GES DISC GPM GMI 2014-03-04 to 2021-01-01
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SMMR Nimbus-7 NSIDC L1B Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 25x25km V1 (PRECIP_SMMR_NIMBUS7) at GES DISC Nimbus-7 SMMR 1979-01-02 to 1987-08-20
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F08 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F08) at GES DISC DMSP 5D-2/F8 SSM/I 1987-07-09 to 1991-12-31
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F10 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F10) at GES DISC DMSP 5D-2/F10 SSM/I 1990-12-08 to 1997-11-14
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F11 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F11) at GES DISC DMSP 5D-2/F11 SSM/I 1991-12-03 to 2000-05-16
NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSM/I DMSP F13 NASA PPS L1C V06 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMI_F13) at GES DISC DMSP 5D-2/F13 SSM/I 1995-05-03 to 2009-11-20
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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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