GPM DAILY

Datasets: Global Precipitation Measurement

Description: Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the GPM Core Observatory satellite on February 27th, 2014, carrying advanced instruments that set a new standard for precipitation measurements from space. The data they provide is used to unify precipitation measurements made by an international network of partner satellites to quantify when, where, and how much it rains or snows around the world.

Organization: NASA

Website: NASA GPM website

Google Earth Engine Catalog:

•  GPM on Earth Engine Catalog
• The GPM daily dataset calculated by Climate Engine is available for use through asset id projects/climate-engine-pro/assets/ce-gpm-imerg-daily.
• Coming soon to the Earth Engine Community Catalog.

Spatial resolution: 11-km (1/10-deg)

Time Span: Jun 1, 2000 to Present

Variables:

• Precipitation (Calibrated): daily data is derived from 30-minute data

Terms of Use:

• All NASA-produced data from the GPM mission is made freely available for the public to use.

References:

• Jackson, Gail & Berg, Wesley & Kidd, Chris & Kirschbaum, Dalia & Petersen, Walter & Huffman, George & Takayabu, Yukari. (2018). Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): Unified Precipitation Estimation from Space. 10.1007/978-3-319-72583-3_7. Abstract, Link
• Information on Algorithm