Science On a Sphere: IMERG Daily Precipitation Climatology (2001 - 2022)
IMERG daily climatology
This daily precipitation climatology dataset covers January 2001 to December 2022 computed as a trailing 30-day average to reduce the random noise due to isolated big events. Notable features include the annual cycle of the InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) following the motion of the Sun (with a time lag) over both land and ocean, the seasonal shift of the Asian Monsoon between South Asia in the boreal summer and Australia in the boreal winter, the North American Monsoon in the late boreal summer in northern Mexico and southwestern U.S., and the dry summer/wet winter pattern in the Mediterranean Sea area and the west coast of the U.S. This data has been specially processed to work on Science On a Sphere.
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Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
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Visualizer
- Alex Kekesi (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- George Huffman (NASA/GSFC)
- Jackson Tan (University of Maryland)
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Technical support
- Laurence Schuler (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Ian Jones (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, January 23, 2025.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM EST.
Datasets used
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IMERG
ID: 863This dataset can be found at: http://pmm.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/document_files/IMERG_ATBD_V4.4.pdf
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Alternate Versions
- ID: 5254
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