Earth  ID: 3461

NASA Scientists Research Global Precipitation

Visualizations by Lori Perkins Released on September 30, 2007
The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) is an element of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) of the World Climate Research program (WCRP). It was established by the WCRP in 1986 with the initial goal of providing monthly mean precipitation data on a 2.5
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This animation of global precipitation cycles through the climatology data for the twelve months of the year and then repeats the cycle twice.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for February from 1979 through 2006.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for March from 1979 through 2006
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Averaged monthly rainfall for April from 1979 through 2006.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for May from 1979 through 2006.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for June from 1979 through 2006.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for July from 1979 through 2006.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for August from 1979 through 2006.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for September from 1979 through 2006.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for October from 1979 through 2006.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for November from 1979 through 2006.
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Averaged monthly rainfall for December from 1979 through 2006.
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Visualization Credits

Lori Perkins (NASA/GSFC): Lead Animator
Scott Braun (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
David Bolvin (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Hal Pierce, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) NOAA Satellite and Information Service National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS) National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wmo/wdcamet-ncdc.html

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Mission:
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission - TRMM

Data Used:
TRMM and DMSP/SSM/I and TMI/3B4XRT also referred to as: 3-hour Rainmap
2005/08/23 - 2005/08/31
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GPCP Combined Precipitation Data Set
Data Compilation - World Climate Research Program - 2005/08/23 - 2005/08/31
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Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.

This item is part of this series:
Rainfall

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
SVS >> HDTV
DLESE >> Natural hazards
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Climate Indicators
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Atmospheric Phenomena >> Hurricanes
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Meteorological Hazards
SVS >> GOES
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