Two Decades of Precipitation

Example composite showing the daily climatology along with the appropriate month and colorbar. || daily_clim_black_comp.0000_print.jpg (1024x576) [163.0 KB] || daily_clim_black_comp.0000_thm.png (80x40) [7.7 KB] || daily_clim_black_comp.0000_searchweb.png (180x320) [95.0 KB] || daily_clim_black_comp_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [53.6 MB] || daily_clim_black_comp_1080p30.webm (1920x1080) [8.1 MB] || daily_clim_black_comp_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [147.5 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/example_composite/ (3840x2160) [256.0 KB] ||

Grand Average Precipitation Climatology || grand_average_climatology2_black_print.jpg (1024x576) [128.5 KB] || grand_average_climatology2_black_searchweb.png (320x180) [87.7 KB] || grand_average_climatology2_black_thm.png (80x40) [8.0 KB] || grand_average_climatology2_black.tif (3840x2160) [80.5 MB] ||

The daily cycle of weather, also known as the diurnal cycle, shapes how and when our weather develops and is fundamental to regulating our climate. These animations show the most detailed view of the diurnal cycles over the United States. They were created using NASA's newest extended precipitation record known as the Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM, or IMERG analysis.The IMERG analysis combines almost 20 years of rain and snow data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and the joint NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM).Learn more at NASA.gov. ||

2015-2016 Precipitation Accumulation || 2015-16_Accumulation.00001_print.jpg (1024x576) [204.0 KB] || 2015-16_Accumulation.00001_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.8 KB] || 2015-16_Accumulation.00001_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || 2015-16_Accumulation.mp4 (1920x1080) [71.3 MB] || 2015-16_Accumulation_4K.mov (3840x2160) [3.4 GB] || 2015-16_Accumulation_4K.webm (3840x2160) [27.8 MB] || frames/3840x2160_16x9_30p/accumulation/ (3840x2160) [128.0 KB] ||

Music: "Synchronicity," "The Ocean and the Moon," "Cloud Surfing," Universal Production MusicComplete transcript available. || IMERG_Thumb2.png (1672x938) [2.3 MB] || IMERG_Thumb2_print.jpg (1024x574) [141.1 KB] || IMERG_Thumb2_searchweb.png (320x180) [117.2 KB] || IMERG_Thumb2_thm.png (80x40) [8.4 KB] || 13345_IMERG20_v2.mp4 (1920x1080) [465.7 MB] || 13345_IMERG20_v2_prores.mov (1920x1080) [3.9 GB] || 13345_IMERG20_v2_prores.webm (1920x1080) [32.5 MB] || 13345_IMERG20.en_US.srt [5.3 KB] || 13345_IMERG20.en_US.vtt [5.3 KB] ||

The most detailed view of our daily weather has been created using NASA's newest extended precipitation record known as the Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM, or IMERG analysis.The IMERG analysis combines almost 20 years of rain and snow data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and the joint NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM).The daily cycle of weather, also known as the diurnal cycle, shapes how and when our weather develops and is fundamental to regulating our climate. ||

An animation of the most currently available global precipitation data from IMERG. || imergert_1080p_30_print.jpg (1024x576) [270.9 KB] || imergert_1080p_30_print_thm.png (80x40) [7.8 KB] || imergert_1080p_30_searchweb.png (320x180) [91.6 KB] || imergert_1080p_30.mp4 (1920x1080) [26.9 MB] || flatcomposite (1920x1080) [64.0 KB] || imergert_1080p_30.webm (1920x1080) [2.6 MB] || flatalpha (3600x1800) [64.0 KB] || flatcomposite (3600x1800) [64.0 KB] || flatdates (343x63) [64.0 KB] ||

An animation depicting the build-up of precipitation data on a flat map from the Global Precipitation Measurement constellation of satellites, resulting in the IMERG global precipitation data set.This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || GPM_Fleet_IMERG_new_1080p.00556_print.jpg (1024x576) [197.6 KB] || GPM_Fleet_IMERG_new_1080p.00556_searchweb.png (320x180) [97.5 KB] || GPM_Fleet_IMERG_new_1080p.00556_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_30p/flatcomposite/ (1920x1080) [512.0 KB] || GPM_Fleet_IMERG_new_1080p_30.mp4 (1920x1080) [470.0 MB] || GPM_Fleet_IMERG_new_1080p_30.webm (1920x1080) [33.8 MB] || frames/3600x1800_2x1_30p/flatcomposite/ (3600x1800) [512.0 KB] || frames/3600x1800_2x1_30p/flatalpha/ (3600x1800) [768.0 KB] || GPM_Fleet_IMERG_new_4369.pptx [96.1 MB] || GPM_Fleet_IMERG_new_4369.key [98.6 MB] || frames/3600x1800_2x1_30p/date_layer_black/ (350x80) [768.0 KB] ||

A variety of animated beauty passes of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core spacecraft. ||

Precipitation (falling rain and snow) is our fresh water reservoir in the sky and is fundamental to life on Earth. A Global Tour of Precipitation from NASA shows how rain and snowfall moves around the world from the vantage of space using measurements from the Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory, or GPM. This is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and offers the most detailed and worldwide view of rain and snowfall ever created.This narrated movie is created for Science On a Sphere, a platform designed by NOAA that displays movies on a spherical screen. Audiences can view the movie from any side of the sphere and can see any part of Earth. During this show viewers will be guided through a variety of precipitation patterns and display features such as the persistent band of the heaviest rainfall around the equator and tight swirls of tropical storms in the Northern Hemisphere. At subtropical latitudes in both hemispheres there are persistent dry areas and this is where most of the major deserts reside. Sea surface temperature and winds are also shown to highlight the interconnectedness of the Earth system. The movie concludes with near real-time global precipitation data from GPM, which is provided to Science On a Sphere roughly six hours after the observation.To download this movie formatted for a spherical screen, visit NOAA's official Science On a Sphere website below:‌• A Global Tour of Precipitation from NASA‌• Near Real-Time Global Precipitation Data ||

NASA's Earth Science Fleet as of October 2018 || fleet201810_hd01.07410_print.jpg (1024x576) [71.1 KB] || fleet201810_hd01.07410_searchweb.png (320x180) [64.9 KB] || fleet201810_hd01.07410_thm.png (80x40) [4.8 KB] || fleet201810_hd01.mp4 (1920x1080) [229.8 MB] || frames/1920x1080_16x9_60p/ (1920x1080) [1.0 MB] || fleet201810_hd01.webm (1920x1080) [51.8 MB] || frames/9600x3240_16x9_30p/ (9600x3240) [1.0 MB] ||