Earth  ID: 2261

Global Twenty Year Rainmap

Visualizations by Michael Mangos Released on September 7, 2001
This is a monthly global rainmap from January, 1979 to January, 2001. The movie correlates 22 years of data from a combination of remote sensing data and ground based sources.
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Global average monthly precipitation from January, 1979 to January, 2001

Visualization Credits

Michael Mangos (GST): Lead Animator
George Huffman (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
TRMM/TMI
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GPCP Combined Precipitation
Data Compilation - Global Precipitation Climatology Project(GPCP) - 1979/01/01-2001/01/31
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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> Rainfall
SVS >> Rainmap
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0