GPM ATMS on NOAA-20: Monthly Satellite Precipitation Profiles

Version 07 is the current version of this precipitation data set. 3GPROF products provide global gridded monthly and daily precipitation averages derived from high-quality microwave sensors sensitive to liquid and ice-phase precipitation. The data is produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and last updated on March 13, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing global precipitation averages for climate studies based on monthly/daily gridded averages.
• Studying atmospheric water vapor and hydrometeor distribution based on microwave sensor retrievals.
• Comparing precipitation profiles from different satellite platforms based on the 3GPROF product framework.
• Monitoring long-term precipitation trends based on global, gridded data.

Strengths

• Data is based on retrievals from high-quality microwave sensors.
• Provides global gridded precipitation averages at monthly and daily scales.
• Version 07 is the current, maintained version of the dataset.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic or temporal bias inherent to the satellite observation platform.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Retrievals from high-quality microwave sensors on satellites.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 02:09:24.042500

Geography

global