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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 | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPM Ground Validation Autonomous Parsivel Unit (APU) Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | APU | 2013-05-08 to 2014-10-08 |
N: 38.0442 S: 37.8294 E: -75.3562 W: -75.5812 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION CAMPAIGN REPORTS IFLOODS V1 | 1 | MISSION REPORTS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2013-03-22 to 2014-04-25 |
N: 48.99 S: 37.47 E: -91.54 W: -92.3 |
PDF, TAR | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION CAMPAIGN REPORTS MC3E V1 | 1 | MISSION REPORTS | VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 2011-01-27 to 2011-06-03 |
N: 48.5123 S: 27.957 E: -91.3954 W: -105.64 |
Excel, PDF, TAR | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION CLOUD SPECTROMETER AND IMPACTOR (CIP) LPVEX V1 | 1 | UWKA | CPI PROBES, PMS 2D-S PROBE | 2010-08-06 to 2010-10-20 |
N: 61.36 S: 60.06 E: 25.37 W: 25.04 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES GCPEX V1 | 1 | DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F18 | SSMIS | 2012-01-17 to 2012-02-29 |
N: 50.5 S: 37.9 E: -70.9 W: -88.7 |
ASCII, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION COMPOSITE SATELLITE OVERPASSES MC3E V1 | 1 | Aqua | AMSR-E | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-05 |
N: 56.29 S: 13.59 E: -72.65 W: -115.49 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Composite Satellite Overpasses OLYMPEX | 4 | DMSP 5D-3/F16, NOAA-19, DMSP 5D-3/F17, NOAA-18, METOP-B, GCOM-W1, GPM, METOP-A, DMSP 5D-3/F19, Suomi-NPP, DMSP 5D-3/F18 | SSMIS, MHS, AMSR2, DPR, GMI, ATMS | 2015-11-01 to 2016-05-01 |
N: 57.4634 S: 37.3591 E: -88.4232 W: -157.22 |
HDF5 | |
| GPM Ground Validation CXSI Radar Imagery OLYMPEX | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | DOPPLER RADAR | 2015-11-10 to 2015-12-31 |
N: 49.3183 S: 48.4119 E: -123.118 W: -124.476 |
GIF | |
| GPM Ground Validation Daily Precipitation OLYMPEX | 1 | GLOBAL HAWK, GROUND STATIONS | LIDAR, DOPPLER RADAR, RAIN GAUGES | 2015-10-01 to 2016-04-30 |
N: 48.4844 S: 46.2031 E: -122.391 W: -124.734 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION DUAL-FREQUENCY DUAL-POLARIZED DOPPLER RADAR (D3R) IPHEX | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | D3R | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.1959 S: 35.1959 E: -81.9631 W: -81.9632 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Duke Micro Rain Radar (MRR) IPHEx | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.8894 S: 35.5843 E: -82.5814 W: -83.0743 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Duke Microwave Radiometer (MWR) IPHEx | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MWR | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.8046 S: 35.5199 E: -82.6604 W: -83.0948 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Duke Parsivel IPHEx | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | DISDROMETERS | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-30 |
N: 35.8858 S: 35.0833 E: -82.2711 W: -83.5904 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Duke Rain Gauges IPHEx | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.8876 S: 35.3683 E: -82.271 W: -83.3713 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) MANUAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS GCPEX | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | TRETYAKOV GAUGE | 2012-01-18 to 2012-03-28 |
N: 44.3 S: 44.2 E: -79.7 W: -79.8 |
Excel | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) MICRO RAIN RADAR (MRR) GCPEX | 2 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2012-01-01 to 2012-03-14 |
N: 46.5 S: 43.5 E: -78 W: -81 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) PRECIPITATION OCCURRENCE SENSOR SYSTEM (POSS) GCPEX | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | DOPPLER RADAR, POSS | 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01 |
N: 44.23 S: 44.18 E: -79.64 W: -79.93 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) SNOW SURVEYS GCPEX V1 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | MAGNAPROBE, SNOW TUBE | 2012-01-05 to 2012-02-27 |
N: 44.68 S: 44.18 E: -79.64 W: -79.92 |
Excel | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) VISIBILITY SENSOR FD12P AND PRESENT WEATHER DETECTOR GCPEX V1 | 1 | WEATHER STATIONS | FD12P WEATHER SENSOR | 2012-01-15 to 2012-03-01 |
N: 44.69 S: 44.49 E: -79.73 W: -79.93 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Visibility Sensor FD12P C3VP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | FD12P WEATHER SENSOR | 2006-10-04 to 2007-03-31 |
N: 44.242 S: 44.222 E: -79.772 W: -79.791 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Environment Canada (EC) Weather Station XET C3VP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, PRESSURE PROBE, ANEMOMETERS, WIND VANES, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, SUNSHINE RECORDERS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH SENSOR | 2006-10-04 to 2007-03-31 |
N: 44.24 S: 44.22 E: -79.77 W: -79.79 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION GCPEX SNOW MICROPHYSICS CASE STUDY V1 | 1 | NASA DC-8, GROUND STATIONS, UND CITATION II | APR-2, CIPS, D3R, DPR, HVPS, PMS 2D-C PROBE | 2012-02-24 to 2012-02-25 |
N: 46.3966 S: 43.4595 E: -78.7616 W: -80.4026 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Global Flood Monitoring System (GFMS) Flood Maps IFloodS V1 | 1 | DMSP, Aqua, TRMM, NOAA POES | SSM/I, SSMIS, AMSR-E, TMI, AMSU-B | 2013-03-26 to 2013-06-30 |
N: 49.875 S: -49.875 E: 179.875 W: -179.875 |
netCDF-4, ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) IFloodS V1 | 1 | METOP-B, METOP-A, NOAA-16, DMSP, TRMM, NOAA-15, GCOM-W1, GPM | AMSU-B, AMSU-A, SSMIS, PR, TMI, AMSR2, GMI | 2013-04-22 to 2013-06-30 |
N: 59.95 S: -59.95 E: 179.95 W: -179.95 |
netCDF-4, Binary | |
| GPM Ground Validation Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) 2014 IFloodS V3 | 3 | DMSP 5D-3/F17, NOAA-18, METOP-B, NOAA-19, DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F18, METOP-A, GCOM-W1 | SSMIS, MHS, AMSR2 | 2013-03-31 to 2013-07-02 |
N: 51.9073 S: 32.0518 E: -59.9776 W: -123.83 |
HDF5 |
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.
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