Earth  ID: 4837

IMERG Monthly Climatology

Visualizations by Alex Kekesi Released on July 3, 2020
Download Options
This data visualization cycles through the monthly precipitation rates. Both the colorbar and corresponding months are burned into the movie.
The monthly climatology dataset covers January 2001 to December 2018 as was created for the unveiling of the Global Precipitation Missions's (GPM) newly redesigned website
Download Options
This data visualization cycles throught the monthly precipitation rates throughout the year. (The colorbar and dates are not included in this version in case an editor wants to include their own graphical overlays.)
Download Options
Date overlay match framed to the above data visualization to re-create the topmost example visualization if desired.
Download Options
Colorbar for average monthly precipitation rates shown in millimeters per hour. Cool colors (ie, blue and green) are areas that receive low amounts of precipitation for a given month. Warmer colors (yellow, orange, and red) receive higher amounts of precipitation for the given month.
Download Options
January Climatology
Download Options
February Climatology
Download Options
March Climatology
Download Options
April Climatology
Download Options
May Climatology
Download Options
June Climatology
Download Options
July Climatology
Download Options
August Climatology
Download Options
September Climatology
Download Options
October Climatology
Download Options
November Climatology
Download Options
December Climatology
 

Used Elsewhere In

How NASA Satellites Help Model the Future of Climate

Related

Grand Average Precipitation Climatology
IMERG Daily Climatology

Visualization Credits

Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Visualizer
Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC): Data Visualizer
George Huffman (NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC): Lead Scientist
Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA): Lead Producer
Joy Ng (USRA): Producer
Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Technical Support
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

Short URL to share this page:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4837

Data Used:
also referred to as: IMERG
Data Compilation - NASA/GSFC - 1/2001 - 12/2018
view all stories where this data set is used
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.

Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Precipitation >> Rain
SVS >> Hyperwall
NASA Science >> Earth
SVS >> IMERG

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