Datasets/GPM_3IMERGDF
d016·dataset

How much it rained today (worldwide)

GPM IMERG Final Run Daily 0.1°
GES DISC GPM_3IMERGDF cloud-native 0.1° daily NetCDFHDF5 hydrologyatmosphereprecipitation

The operational global daily precipitation product. Used by USDA, FEWS NET, FAO, World Bank, NWS.

GPM IMERG Final Run Daily 0.1°

The operational global daily precipitation product. Used by USDA, FEWS NET, FAO, World Bank, NWS.

Access

Gotchas

  • V07 is current; reprocess older V06
  • 0.1° is the grid; effective accuracy is coarser, especially in mountains
  • Final has 3.5-month latency; use Early/Late for NRT
  • Other datasets: d017

Sources

The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.

Quick access (cloud-direct)

gpm_3imergdf_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="GPM_3IMERGDF",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream from GES DISC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.

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2 matching entries in the Knowledge Base:

§14 Glossary
GPM
Global Precipitation Measurement (NASA mission)
IMERG
Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM