Daily 1° x 1° TRMM and Other-GPI Calibration Rainfall (3B42)

DAAC-TRMM-3B42 data

This dataset is created from the TRMM products 3B42 in the GSFC Earth Sciences (GES) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), NASA. The combined instrument rain calibration algorithm (3B42) uses combined rain structure (2B31) and VIRS calibration (1B01) to adjust IR estimates from geosynchronous IR observations. Global estimates are made by adjusting the GOES Precipitation Index (GPI) to the TRMM estimates. The output is rainfall for 1° x 1° grid boxes for an 1-day period.

Variables
adjusted gpi precipitation estimate [unit: mm/hour] , adjusted gpi relative error estimate [unit: mm/hour]
ZonalGlobal by 1.0 deg
Meridional39.5S to 39.5N by 1.0 deg
Verticalsurface 6.0Km  
TemporalJan 1998 to Dec 2006 by 1 day(s)
Static?no
Volume504.8MB
ServerDODS & LAS; public
Sourcehttp://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/hydrology/TRMM_README/TRMM_3B42_readme.shtml 
AcquiredJul 17, 2003 (updated Feb 2007)
APDRC contactYongsheng Zhang
Supplementsreadme