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GPM_1AGMI·v07·dataset

Raw microwave rain-sensor counts (GPM GMI)

GPM GMI unpacked data L1A 1.5 hours 13 km V07 (GPM_1AGMI) at GES DISC
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In plain English

What it measures. Raw, unaltered readings straight from the GPM Microwave Imager, a microwave sensor that scans in a circle as the satellite flies.

How it's made. Captured directly by the GMI instrument aboard the GPM core satellite, kept at the earliest processing stage with hardware calibration views included.

How & where you'd use it. A low-level building-block input used to make higher-level rainfall products; most people use those finished products rather than these raw counts directly.

What's measured

ATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPORATMOSPHERE › PRECIPITATION

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2014-03-04 → ongoing
  • Measured byGPM (GMI)
  • Processing levelLevel 1A
  • Spatial extent-180, -70, 180, 70
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

Version 07 is the current version of the data set. Older versions will no longer be available and have been superseded by Version 07. The 1AGMI product contains unaltered data directly from the Global Microwave Imager (GMI) aboard the GPM core satellite. The GMI is a multi-channel, conical- scanning, microwave radiometer. If there is enough bandwidth, the entire circle of GMI samples will be sent down. The 1AGMI product's swaths 4 and 5 contain all of the samples that are sent down. Later products only use the subset of these data that contains the Earth view, hot load, and cold sky samples.

Get the data

gpm_1agmi_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="GPM_1AGMI",
    version="07",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from GES_DISC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.