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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.

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GPM SSMIS on F19 (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling 1.5 hours 12 km V08 (GPM_2AGPROFF19SSMIS_CLIM) at GES DISC 08 DMSP 5D-3/F19 SSMIS 2014-12-18 to 2016-02-11

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

GPM SSMIS on F19 (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 day 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFF19SSMIS_DAY_CLIM) at GES DISC 07 DMSP 5D-3/F19 SSMIS 2014-12-18 to 2016-02-11

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

GPM SSMIS on F19 (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 day 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V08 (GPM_3GPROFF19SSMIS_DAY_CLIM) at GES DISC 08 DMSP 5D-3/F19 SSMIS 2014-12-18 to 2016-02-11

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

GPM SSMIS on F19 (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFF19SSMIS_CLIM) at GES DISC 07 DMSP 5D-3/F19 SSMIS 2014-12-01 to 2016-02-29

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

GPM SSMIS on F19 (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V08 (GPM_3GPROFF19SSMIS_CLIM) at GES DISC 08 DMSP 5D-3/F19 SSMIS 2014-12-01 to 2016-02-29

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

GPM TMI on TRMM Antenna Temperatures L1BASE 1.5 hours 13 km V07 (GPM_BASETRMMTMI) at GES DISC 07 TRMM TMI 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-08

N: 38 S: -38 E: 180 W: -180

GPM TMI on TRMM Common Calibrated Brightness Temperatures L1C 1.5 hours 13 km V07 (GPM_1CTRMMTMI) at GES DISC 07 TRMM TMI 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-08

N: 39 S: -39 E: 180 W: -180

GPM TMI on TRMM (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L2A 1.5 hours 13 km V07 (GPM_2AGPROFTRMMTMI_CLIM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM TMI 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-08

N: 35 S: -35 E: 180 W: -180

GPM TMI on TRMM (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 day 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFTRMMTMI_DAY_CLIM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM TMI 1997-12-07 to 2015-04-08

N: 35 S: -35 E: 180 W: -180

GPM TMI on TRMM (GPROF) Climate-based Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V07 (GPM_3GPROFTRMMTMI_CLIM) at GES DISC 07 TRMM TMI 1997-12-01 to 2015-04-30

N: 35 S: -35 E: 180 W: -180

GRIP AIRBORNE SECOND GENERATION PRECIPITATION RADAR (APR-2) V1 1 NASA DC-8 APR-2 2010-08-17 to 2010-09-22

N: 34.847 S: 11.9008 E: -56.0457 W: -97.9192

HDF4
GRIP CLOUD MICROPHYSICS V1 1 NASA DC-8 CAPS, CDP, PIP 2010-08-13 to 2010-09-25

N: 40 S: 0 E: -71.5 W: -100

ASCII
GRIP HURRICANE IMAGING RADIOMETER (HIRAD) V0 0 NASA WB-57F HIRAD 2010-09-01 to 2010-09-16

N: 28.5 S: 18.5 E: -71.5 W: -95.2

MAT, netCDF-3, ASCII
High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer (HAMSR) CPEX V1 1 NASA DC-8 HAMSR 2017-05-24 to 2017-07-16

N: 39.95 S: 5.05 E: -45.05 W: -99.95

netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia 1 km 6-hourly Downscaled Meteorological Data 2003 to 2018 V001 1 CHIRPS, ECMWF NOT APPLICABLE 2003-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 48.5 S: 12.95 E: 102.59 W: 56.94

0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4, GeoTIFF
High Mountain Asia 4-km Dynamically Downscaled Meteorological Data, 2000-2015 V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2016-01-01

N: 45.569 S: 10.34 E: 108.829 W: 43.179

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
36 Kilometers x 36 Kilometers 		netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia COAWST 6-Hourly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-10-01

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia COAWST Daily 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-09-30

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia COAWST Hourly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-10-01

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia COAWST Monthly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1999-10-01 to 2014-09-30

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia Daily 5 km Downscaled SPEAR Precipitation and Air Temperature Projections V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 45.975 S: 20.025 E: 110.975 W: 60.025

5 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia GFDL FLOR Modeled Daily Precipitation for Extreme Analysis V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 35.25 S: 26.75 E: 87.8125 W: 72.8125

netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia Langtang Automatic Weather Station Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IceCube 2017-10-22 to 2018-11-01

N: 28.214 S: 28.214 E: 85.61 W: 85.61

CSV
High Resolution Altitude Corrected Precipitation based on TMPA and other sources L4 Monthly 1 km x 1 km V1 (HRAC_Precip) at GES DISC 1 TMPA NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 49.7 S: 24 E: -67 W: -125

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2017-04-02 to 2022-10-02

N: 45.951 S: 10.632 E: 111.438 W: 60.562

netCDF-3
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