3A12 TRMM-PR

TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) Profiling Level 3 Monthly 0.5° x 0.5° V7 (3A12)

Algorithm 3A12, "Monthly TMI Profling", produces global 0.5° x 0.5° monthly gridded means using 2A12 data. Vertical hydrometeor profiles and surface rainfall means are computed. The average operating altitude for TRMM was changed from 350 to 403 km during the period of August 7-24, 2001. This orbit boost maneuver extended the mission life significantly. All post-boost data products had been released by the TRMM Science Project, as of early December 2001. All TRMM data products (post- and pre-boost) are available via the TRMM data search-and-order system at http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/presentNavigation.pl?tree=project&project=TRMM . The time period before August 7, 2001 is referred to as pre-boost, and the time period after August 24, 2001 is referred to as post-boost.

If you use the data for your research, please kindly acknowledge the source as follows: "The data used in this study were acquired as part of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). The algorithms were developed by the TRMM Science Team. The data were processed by the TRMM Science Data and Information System (TSDIS) and the TRMM Office; they are archived and distributed by the Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). TRMM is an international project jointly sponsored by the Japan National Space Development Agency (NASDA) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Office of Earth Sciences. "

IMPORTANT: After over 17 years of productive data gathering, the instruments on TRMM were turned off on April 8, 2015.

Read the TRMM end of mission frequently asked questions

Variables
surface: rain rate [mm/hr], precipitation rate [mm/hr], convective rain rate [mm/hr], 3D: cloud liquid water content [g/m**3], precipitation water content [g/m**3], cloud ice water content [g/m**3], snow liquid content [g/m**3], graupel liquid content [g/m**3], latent heat [deg C/hr]
Zonal Global by 0.5 deg
Meridional 40S to 40N by 0.5 deg
Vertical 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 km  
Temporal V7: Dec 1997 to Mar 2015 by 1 month
Static? yes
Volume ~78Mb/month
Server public:
Source http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/precipitation/documentation/TRMM_README/TRMM_3A12_readme.shtml 
Acquired Jun 1, 2014 (updated Sept 2015)
APDRC contact
Supplements V7: readme.TRMM.V7.pdf