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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F17 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-3/F17 | SSMIS | 2006-12-12 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS DAILY FROM DMSP F16 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-3/F16 | SSMIS | 2003-10-26 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS DAILY FROM DMSP F17 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-3/F17 | SSMIS | 2006-12-14 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS MONTHLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F16 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-3/F16 | SSMIS | 2003-10-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS MONTHLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F17 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-3/F17 | SSMIS | 2006-12-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F16 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-3/F16 | SSMIS | 2003-10-26 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F17 NETCDF V7 | 7 | DMSP 5D-3/F17 | SSMIS | 2006-12-10 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| SAFARI 2000 Annual Soil Respiration Data (Raich and Schlesinger 1992) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS, IRGA | 1963-01-01 to 1992-01-01 |
N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 |
Text File | |
| SAFARI 2000 Daily Rainfall Estimates, 0.1-Deg, Southern Africa, 1993-2001 | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F14, METEOSAT-4, METEOSAT-5, METEOSAT-6, METEOSAT-7, DMSP 5D-2/F10 | SSM/I, INFRARED RADIOMETERS | 1993-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: 0 S: -34 E: 50 W: 10 |
Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 Daily Rainfall Totals for Mongu, Zambia, 1999-2002 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | RAIN GAUGES | 1999-07-01 to 2002-06-30 |
N: -15.2535 S: -15.2535 E: 23.1553 W: 23.1553 |
CSV | |
| SAFARI 2000 ETA Atmospheric Model Data, Wet and Dry Seasons 2000 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 2000-02-01 to 2000-09-30 |
N: -9 S: -53 E: 53 W: -13 |
Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 FEWS 10-day Rainfall Estimate, 8-Km, 1999-2001 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, MODELS | RAIN GAUGES, Computer | 1999-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: 10.0997 S: -42.2825 E: 50.5201 W: 20.6417 |
Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 Global Historical Climatology Network, V. 1, 1874-1990 | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES | 1874-07-01 to 1990-12-31 |
N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: -5 |
multiple | |
| SAFARI 2000 GPCP Daily Precipitation, 1-Deg, 1999-2001 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1999-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 |
Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 Mean Climatology, 0.5-Deg, 1930-1960, V[ersion]. 2.1 (Cramer and Leemans) | 1 | METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, SUN PHOTOMETERS | 1931-01-01 to 1960-12-31 |
N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 |
multiple | |
| SAFARI 2000 Meteorological and Flux Tower Measurements in Maun, Botswana, 2000 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION | PYRANOMETERS, IRGA, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RTD, ANEMOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS | 2000-02-01 to 2000-09-30 |
N: -19.9 S: -19.9 E: 23.55 W: 23.55 |
Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 Meteorological Tower Measurements, Kruger National Park, 2000-2002 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS | PYRANOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, WIND VANES, ANEMOMETERS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE PROBES | 2000-02-15 to 2002-12-31 |
N: -25.0197 S: -25.0197 E: 31.4969 W: 31.4969 |
Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 Modeled Fuel Load in Southern Africa, 1999-2000 | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1999-09-01 to 2000-08-31 |
N: 10 S: -34.9916 E: 42.4915 W: 5 |
Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 Monthly Climatology for the 20th Century (New et al.) | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1901-01-01 to 1996-12-31 |
N: 35 S: -5 E: 60 W: 5 |
ASCII | |
| SAFARI 2000 SSM/I GPROF 6.0 Precipitation Data, 0.5-Deg, 1999-2001 | 1 | DMSP 5D-2/F11 | SSM/I | 1999-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 |
Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 TOVS Surface and Atmospheric Parameters, 1-Deg, 1999-2001 | 1 | NOAA-9, NOAA-12, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 | TOVS | 1999-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5 |
Shapefile | |
| SAFARI 2000 TRMM 3B-43 Monthly Precipitation, 1-Deg, 1999-2001 | 1 | TRMM | PR, TMI, VIRS | 1999-01-01 to 2001-12-31 |
N: 40 S: -40 E: 180 W: -180 |
Binary | |
| SASSIE Arctic Field Campaign Shipboard Meteorology Data Fall 2022 | 1 | Ships | PYRANOMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, Pyrgeometer | 2022-08-06 to 2022-10-01 |
N: 73.55 S: 69 E: -144.8 W: -166 |
NetCDF-4 | |
| SBU Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR2) IMPACTS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MRR | 2020-01-01 to 2023-03-02 |
N: 40.975 S: 40.7182 E: -72.864 W: -74.0168 |
netCDF-4, netCDF-3 | |
| SBU Microwave Radiometer (MWR) IMPACTS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | MWR | 2023-01-01 to 2023-03-06 |
N: 40.8657 S: 40.8655 E: -72.8813 W: -72.8815 |
netCDF-4 |
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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