Dataset Information

Title: TMPA/TMI/TRMM Precipitation and Uncertainty 3-Hourly Level-3 0.25-degree
ProcessingCenter: Colorado State University
ContactPersonName: Chris Kummerow, Janice Bytheway
ContactPersonRole: Co-Investigator, Research Associate
ContactPersonEmail: ,
ContactPersonAddress: 1371 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523
Source: Precipitation estimates obtained from the TRMM TMPA Data Set based on the TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) algorithm (Huffman et al., 2007) Version 7 data (Huffman and Bolvin, 2013). Error estimation algorithm description in Bytheway and Kummerow (2013)
ProductReference1: Huffman, G. J., R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, G. Gu, E. J. Nelkin, K. P. Bowman, Y. Hong, E. F. Stocker, and D. B. Wolff, 2007: The TRMM multisatellite precipitation analysis (TMPA): Quasi-global, multiyear, combined-sensor precipitation estimates at fine scales, J. Hydrometeorol. 8, 38-55, doi:10.1175.JHM560.1
ProductReference2: Huffman, G. J. and D. T. Bolvin, 2013: TRMM and other data precipitation data set documentation. Available at: ftp://precip.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/trmmdocs/3B42_3B43_doc.pdf
ProductReference3: Bytheway, J. L. and C. D. Kummerow, 2013: Inferring the uncertainty of satellite precipitation estimates in data-sparse regions over land, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 9524-9533, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50607
identifier_product_doi: 10.5067/MEASURES/WATERCYCLE/DATA312
identifier_product_doi_authority: http://dx.doi.org/
ShortName: WC_MULTISEN_PREC_025
ProcessingDate: 2015-04-22
VersionID: 001
Conventions: CF-1.0
LocalGranuleID: WC_MULTISEN_PREC_025_L3_V001_20050116T00Z.nc4
Format: NETCDF4
RangeBeginningDate: 2005-01-16
RangeBeginningTime: 00:00:00
RangeEndingDate: 2005-01-16
RangeEndingTime: 23:59:59
NorthBoundingCoordinate: 50
SouthBoundingCoordinate: -50
WestBoundingCoordinate: -180
EastBoundingCoordinate: 180
LatitudeResolution: 0.25
LongitudeResolution: 0.25
NCO: 4.1.0
Unlimited_Dimension: time


Variables in this Dataset

lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [lat = 0..719]
units: degrees_north
long_name: Latitude
lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [lon = 0..1439]
units: degrees_east
long_name: Longitude
prec: Grid
_FillValue: -999000000.
units: mm
long_name: 3-hourly Accumulated Precipitation
standard_name: precipitation_amount
prec: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..7][lat = 0..719][lon = 0..1439]
_FillValue: -999000000.
units: mm
long_name: 3-hourly Accumulated Precipitation
standard_name: precipitation_amount
time: Array of 64 bit Reals [time = 0..7]
long_name: Time
units: minutes since 2005-01-16 00:00
lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [lat = 0..719]
units: degrees_north
long_name: Latitude
lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [lon = 0..1439]
units: degrees_east
long_name: Longitude
time: Array of 64 bit Reals [time = 0..7]
long_name: Time
units: minutes since 2005-01-16 00:00
rmse: Grid
_FillValue: -999000000.
units: mm
long_name: Root Mean Square Error
standard_name: rmse_precipitation_amount
rmse: Array of 32 bit Reals [time = 0..7][lat = 0..719][lon = 0..1439]
_FillValue: -999000000.
units: mm
long_name: Root Mean Square Error
standard_name: rmse_precipitation_amount
time: Array of 64 bit Reals [time = 0..7]
long_name: Time
units: minutes since 2005-01-16 00:00
lat: Array of 64 bit Reals [lat = 0..719]
units: degrees_north
long_name: Latitude
lon: Array of 64 bit Reals [lon = 0..1439]
units: degrees_east
long_name: Longitude