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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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RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS DAILY FROM DMSP F8 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F8 SSM/I 1987-07-09 to 1991-12-31

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS MONTHLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F10 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F10 SSM/I 1990-12-01 to 1997-11-30

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS MONTHLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F11 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F11 SSM/I 1991-12-01 to 2000-05-31

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS MONTHLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F13 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F13 SSM/I 1995-05-01 to 2009-11-30

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS MONTHLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F14 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F14 SSM/I 1997-05-01 to 2008-08-31

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS MONTHLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F15 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-3/F15 SSM/I 1999-12-01 to 2011-12-31

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS MONTHLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F8 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F8 SSM/I 1987-07-01 to 1991-12-31

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F10 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F10 SSM/I 1990-12-02 to 1997-11-15

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F11 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F11 SSM/I 1991-12-01 to 2000-05-20

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F13 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F13 SSM/I 1995-04-30 to 2009-11-07

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F14 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F14 SSM/I 1997-05-04 to 2008-08-09

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F15 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-3/F15 SSM/I 1999-12-12 to 2011-12-31

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSM/I OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS WEEKLY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F8 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-2/F8 SSM/I 1987-07-05 to 1992-01-04

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

netCDF-4
RSS SSMIS OCEAN PRODUCT GRIDS 3-DAY AVERAGE FROM DMSP F16 NETCDF V7 7 DMSP 5D-3/F16 SSMIS 2003-10-24

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

netCDF-4
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

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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

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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

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