Rainfall Going Global

The newly launched Global Precipitation Mission expands on its predecessor, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, in its geographic coverage and its measurement capabilities.

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NASA Earth Observatory image by Jessel Allen, using TRMM Composite Climatology data courtesy of Robert Atlas and Jian-Jian Wang (University of Maryland). Caption by Holli Riebeek.

Published March 11, 2014
Data acquired 1998 - 2011

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TRMM