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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 Spatial Extent Data Format
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Monthly CLIMCAPS Normal Spectral Resolution V2 (SNDRSNIML3CMCCPN) at GES DISC Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2012-04-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily CHART Normal Spectral Resolution V1 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2013-01-01 to 2015-11-01 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily CLIMCAPS Full Spectral Resolution V2 (SNDRSNIML3SDCCP) at GES DISC Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2015-11-02 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily CLIMCAPS Normal Spectral Resolution V2 (SNDRSNIML3SDCCPN) at GES DISC Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2012-04-19 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly CHART Normal Spectral Resolution V1 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2013-01-01 to 2015-11-01 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly CLIMCAPS Full Spectral Resolution V2 (SNDRSNIML3SMCCP) at GES DISC Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2015-11-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Monthly CLIMCAPS Normal Spectral Resolution V2 (SNDRSNIML3SMCCPN) at GES DISC Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2012-04-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Spatio-temporal Characteristics of Rainfall in Africa, 0.25 degrees, from 1998-2012 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2012-12-31 N: 40 S: -40 E: 55 W: -20 netCDF-3
SPURS-1 research vessel Meteorological series data for N. Atlantic Endeavor cruises R/V Endeavor, R/V Knorr MMS 2013-03-14 to 2013-10-13 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN N: 42 S: 32 E: -37 W: -72 netCDF-4
SPURS-2 Passive Accoustic Listener (PAL) data from ARGO float deployments during the E. Tropical Pacific field campaign ARGO HUMIDITY SENSORS 2016-08-25 to 2018-08-22 N: 12.106 S: 8.861 E: -116.57 W: -129.129 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.
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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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