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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 Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP) ICE POP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | PIP | 2017-06-18 to 2018-12-30 |
N: 37.7382 S: 37.6652 E: 128.806 W: 128.7 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP) University of Connecticut (UCONN) | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | PIP | 2021-09-15 to 2024-05-21 |
N: 41.828 S: 41.798 E: -72.248 W: -72.304 |
ASCII-CSV, PNG, AVI | |
| GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Occurrence Sensor System (POSS) LPVEx V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | POSS | 2010-09-17 to 2011-04-20 |
N: 60.4847 S: 60.2038 E: 25.6248 W: 25.0822 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION PRECIPITATION VIDEO IMAGER (PVI) GCPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | PVI | 2011-11-04 to 2012-03-10 |
N: 44.69 S: 44.18 E: -79.72 W: -79.93 |
Excel | |
| GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Video Imager (PVI) LPVEx V1 | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | PVI | 2010-09-17 to 2011-05-11 |
N: 40.01 S: 39.99 E: 105.01 W: 104.99 |
Excel, ICI | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION RAIN GAUGE PAIRS MC3E V2 | 2 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2011-04-22 to 2011-06-06 |
N: 36.6381 S: 36.5644 E: -97.4261 W: -97.5515 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Rain Gauges NASA ACHIEVE IPHEx V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-15 |
N: 35.52 S: 35.51 E: -83.08 W: -83.1 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Raw Autonomous Parsivel Unit (APU) IFloodS V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | APU | 2013-04-01 to 2013-05-24 |
N: 42.142 S: 41.3826 E: -91.323 W: -92.2749 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Reference Precipitation IPHEx V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | DOPPLER RADAR, RAIN GAUGES | 2007-12-31 to 2017-12-31 |
N: 36 S: 35 E: -82.6 W: -83.6 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Reference Rainfall Data Product IFloodS V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | NEXRAD, NPOL | 2013-05-01 to 2013-06-16 |
N: 44.2128 S: 40.7292 E: -89.8996 W: -94.4625 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS C3VP V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2007-01-20 to 2007-01-23 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 23 W: 25 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS LPVEX V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2010-09-21 to 2010-10-21 |
N: 75 S: 34 E: 25 W: 23 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS MC3E V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2011-04-25 to 2011-05-21 |
N: 43 S: 28 E: -91 W: -121 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION SATELLITE SIMULATED ORBITS TWP-ICE V1 | 1 | CRM | DPR, GMI | 2006-01-23 to 2006-02-06 |
N: -10 S: -25 E: 140 W: 125 |
netCDF-3 | |
| GPM Ground Validation SEA FLUX ICE POP V1 | 1 | MODELS | Computer | 2017-09-01 to 2018-04-30 |
N: 54.25 S: 8.5 E: 177.5 W: 98.5 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Self-Calibrating Multivariate Precipitation Retrieval (SCaMPR) IPHEx V1 | 1 | DMSP, GOES | SSM/I, SSMIS, GOES-15 Imager | 2014-04-30 to 2014-06-16 |
N: 42.921 S: 27.897 E: -71.798 W: -91.741 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Southern Appalachian Rain Gauge IPHEx V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2008-01-03 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 35.8876 S: 35.3683 E: -81.232 W: -83.3713 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation Stormtrooper Weather-sensing Unmanned Aerial System (WxUAS) Oklahoma State University (OSU) | 1 | UAV | 2024-03-09 to 2024-03-24 |
N: 42.308 S: 41.308 E: -71.624 W: -72.965 |
ASCII, CSV | ||
| GPM Ground Validation Surface Meteorological Station C3VP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS | 2005-11-01 to 2007-03-31 |
N: 44.33 S: 44.13 E: -79.67 W: -79.87 |
Excel | |
| GPM Ground Validation Tipping Buckets UConn | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 2022-12-20 to 2024-10-28 |
N: 41.818 S: 37.935 E: -72.258 W: -75.471 |
ASCII | |
| GPM GROUND VALIDATION TOTAL PRECIPITATION SENSOR (HOTPLATE) GCPEX V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | Total Precipitation Sensor (Hotplate) | 2011-11-07 to 2012-02-21 |
N: 44.3 S: 44.2 E: -79.64 W: -79.78 |
ASCII | |
| GPM Ground Validation TRMM 2A25 NRT Precipitation Radar IPHEx V7 | 7 | TRMM | PR | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-16 |
N: 36.2271 S: 25.8391 E: -70.8148 W: -92.739 |
HDF4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) IFloodS V7 | 7 | Aqua, NOAA POES, DMSP 5D-2/F14, TRMM, DMSP 5D-3/F15, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-3/F16 | AMSR-E, AMSU-B, SSM/I, TMI, SSMIS | 2013-04-01 to 2013-06-30 |
N: 59.875 S: -59.875 E: 179.875 W: -179.875 |
Binary, netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) IPHEx V7 | 7 | Aqua, TRMM, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-3/F15, NOAA-17, DMSP 5D-2/F14, DMSP 5D-3/F16 | AMSR-E, TMI, SSMIS, SSM/I, AMSU-B | 2014-05-01 to 2014-06-16 |
N: 60 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| GPM Ground Validation Two-Dimensional Video Disdrometer (2DVD) C3VP V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | 2DVD | 2006-12-02 to 2007-04-09 |
N: 44.2432 S: 44.2232 E: -79.7706 W: -79.7906 |
ASCII |
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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