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GPM_3GPROFGPMGMI·v08·dataset

How much it rained (GPM microwave, monthly, ver 8)

GPM GMI (GPROF) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L3 1 month 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree V08 (GPM_3GPROFGPMGMI) at GES DISC
atmosphere NASA GES_DISC Level 3 active
In plain English

What it measures. Monthly maps of average rainfall and snowfall across the globe, laid out on a roughly 25-kilometer grid. The estimates capture both liquid rain and frozen precipitation.

How it's made. Built by combining microwave-based precipitation retrievals from the GPM core satellite's GMI instrument into monthly grids.

How & where you'd use it. Designed for climate studies that need consistent, long-running global precipitation averages rather than moment-to-moment weather.

What's measured

ATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPORATMOSPHERE › PRECIPITATION

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2014-03-01 → ongoing
  • Measured byGPM (GMI)
  • Processing levelLevel 3
  • Spatial extent-180, -70, 180, 70
  • StatusACTIVE

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 08 is the current version of the data set. Older versions will no longer be available and have been superseded by Version 08. 3GPROF products provide global gridded monthly/daily precipitation averages from multiple satellites that can be used for climate studies. The 3GPROF products are based on retrievals from high-quality microwave sensors, which are sensitive to liquid and ice-phase precipitation hydrometeors in the atmosphere.

Get the data

gpm_3gprofgpmgmi_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="GPM_3GPROFGPMGMI",
    version="08",
    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.