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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBA-ECO CD-05 Soil VWC and Meteorology, Rainfall Exclusion, Tapajos National Forest | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, TDR | 1999-01-01 to 2007-04-20 |
N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO CD-06 Water Balance of the Ji-Parana River Basin, Brazil: 1995-1996 | 1 | STREAMFLOW STATION, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | STREAM GAUGES, RAIN GAUGES | 1995-10-01 to 1996-08-31 |
N: -8.0333 S: -12.9269 E: -60.015 W: -63.4153 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO CD-07 GOES-8 L3 Gridded Surface Radiation and Rain Rate for Amazonia: 1999 | 1 | GOES-8 | GOES-8 Imager | 1999-03-01 to 2005-06-29 |
N: 5 S: -15 E: -40 W: -75 |
Binary | |
| LBA-ECO CD-10 CO2 and H2O Eddy Flux Data at km 67 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, SONIC ANEMOMETER | 2002-01-01 to 2006-01-18 |
N: -2.857 S: -2.857 E: -54.959 W: -54.959 |
Text File | |
| LBA-ECO LC-02 Daily Meteorological Data, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil: 1970-2001 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, PRESSURE SENSORS | 1970-01-01 to 2001-05-31 |
N: -9.95 S: -9.95 E: -67.87 W: -67.87 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO LC-09 Daily Precipitation for Altamira and Santarem, Para, Brazil: 1961-1998 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | RAIN GAUGES | 1961-01-01 to 1998-12-31 |
N: -2.5 S: -4 E: -51 W: -54 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO LC-14 Modeled Soil and Plant Water Balance, Amazon Basin, 1995-2001 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1995-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: 9.24 S: -34 E: -34.035 W: -82 |
GeoTIFF | |
| LBA-ECO ND-03 Forest and Pasture Watershed Hydrochemistry, Rondonia, Brazil | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, RAIN GAUGES, STREAM GAUGES | 2004-08-22 to 2005-03-08 |
N: -10.2886 S: -10.3231 E: -62.8583 W: -62.8811 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-04 Pasture Soil Water and Precipitation, Km 54, Manaus, Brazil: 1999-2001 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS, GROUND STATIONS | NEUTRON PROBE, RAIN GAUGES | 1999-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: -2.518 S: -2.518 E: -60.03 W: -60.03 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-07 Trace Gas Fluxes Under Multiple Land Uses, Brazil: 1999-2004 | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | CHEMILUMINESCENCE, CARBON ANALYZERS, BALANCE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, IRGA, PHOTOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, RADIOMETERS | 1999-09-09 to 2005-12-31 |
N: -15.2333 S: -16.3 E: -47.2506 W: -47.8506 |
CSV | |
| LBA-ECO ND-30 Water Chemistry, Rainfall Exclusion, km 67, Tapajos National Forest | 1 | LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION | ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, LYSIMETERS | 1999-05-17 to 2006-05-10 |
N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55 |
CSV | |
| LBA-HMET PC-06 ECMWF Modeled Precipitation and Surface Flux, Rondonia, Brazil: 1999 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, RAIN GAUGES | 1999-01-01 to 1999-03-31 |
N: -10.75 S: -10.85 E: -61.87 W: -62.3722 |
CSV | |
| Legates Surface and Ship Observations of Precipitation Climatology 0.5 x 0.5 degree V1 (RAIN_LEGATES) at GES DISC | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, Ships | RAIN GAUGES | 1920-01-01 to 1980-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| LINKAGES: An Individual-based Forest Ecosystem Biogeochemistry Model | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES | 1973-01-01 to 2008-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple | |
| LMOS Illinois EPA (IEPA) Ground Site Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | GAS SENSORS | 2017-05-17 to 2017-05-30 | ICARTT | ||
| LMOS Sheboygan Ground Site Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | LASERS, LIDAR, HSRL, GPS, SPECTROMETERS, GAS SENSORS | 2017-05-09 to 2017-06-24 | ICARTT, NetCDF-3 | ||
| LMOS Zion Ground Site Data | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | CIT-ToF-CIMS, GAS SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, SPECTROMETERS, CEILOMETERS, APS, SMPS, SODAR, GC-MS, OC-EC Analyzer | 2017-05-16 to 2017-06-24 | ICARTT, NetCDF-3, HDF5 | ||
| MEaSUREs Precipitation Phase and Rate from Passive Microwave Observations and Earth System Models using Transfer Learning V001 | 1 | CloudSat, ECMWF ERA5, GPM, MODELS | CloudSat-CPR, NOT APPLICABLE, DPR, GMI | 2014-04-07 to 2025-05-06 |
N: 69.41 S: -69.42 E: 180 W: -180 |
5.1 Kilometers x 13.2 Kilometers | netCDF-4 |
| MERRA-2 statD_2d_slv_Nx: 2d,Daily,Aggregated Statistics,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2SDNXSLV) at GES DISC | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.625 Decimal Degrees | |
| MERRA-2 statM_2d_edi_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Extremes Detection Indices based on 1991-2020 V2 (M2SMNXEDI) at GES DISC | 2 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| MERRA-2 statM_2d_edi_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Extremes Detection Indices V1 (M2SMNXEDI) at GES DISC | 1 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to 2022-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| MERRA-2 statM_2d_pct_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Percentiles based on 1991-2020 V2 (M2SMNXPCT) at GES DISC | 2 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| MERRA-2 statM_2d_pct_Nx: 2d, Single-Level, Monthly Percentiles V1 (M2SMNXPCT) at GES DISC | 1 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to 2022-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| MERRA-2 statM_2d_slv_Nx: 2d,Monthly,Aggregated Statistics,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2SMNXSLV) at GES DISC | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_flx_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Surface Flux Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXFLX) at GES DISC | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees |
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).
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