DMSP SSM/I Daily Rainfall Imagery [NOAA/ESRL]

Summary

Gif images of retrieved rainfall (mm/hour) products computed (Ferriday algorithm) daily at a spatial resolution of 0.25 x 0.25 degrees.
Data are from SSM/I instruments on DMSP, F10, F11, F13, and F14 for complete coverage.

Data access

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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/15.813
Metadata download	Text DataCite ISO/TC 211 Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "Downloads"
Related projects	IHOP_2002: International H2O Project 2002 PACS: Pan American Climate Studies SALLJEX: South American Low-Level Jet Experiment NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment BAMEX: Bow Echo and Mesoscale Convective Vortex Experiment 2003 RICO: Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	daily
Language	English
Categories	Ancillary Info
Documentation	SSMI.txt [7 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-05-02 00:00:00
End datetime	2002-11-03 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -45.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 0.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

• author: NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)
• originator: Climate Diagnostic Center (CDC), NOAA

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL). 2007. DMSP SSM/I Daily Rainfall Imagery. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/15.813. Accessed 17 Oct 2019.

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