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Rain Gauge Hourly Accumulations from TRMM-LBA

Gauge accumulation data

LBA 2A56 gauge data

LBA Hourly Accumulation Data Set

Rain gauge hourly accumulation data from the TRMM LBA campaign are now available from the Goddard DISC. Additional information about siting and operation of the rain gauge network during LBA is available on the TRMM Office campaign web site.

Data Characteristics

Parameter Rainfall Accumulation

Units mm

Temporal Coverage December 21, 1998 - February 28, 1999

Temporal Resolution Hourly

Spatial Coverage 10.25S to 11S degrees latitude and 61.75W to 63W longitude
Spatial Resolution point data
Fill value -999.9

eg: rainfall 149 at Hour 12 Julian Day 109 means rainfall is 14.9 mm in the 1 hr period from 12:01 to 13:00

File Characteristics

File type File format Headers/footers # Files Avg File size data set size

ASCII text Row/column Yes 40 ~13KB 528KB

Data Access and Contacts

You may retrieve the data from this document, or directly via ftp at

ftp disc2.nascom.nasa.gov
logon: anonymous
passwd: <your internet address>
cd data/trmm-lba/surface_data/rain_gauge/accu

The principal investigator for the rain gauge data is

Brad Fisher
Code 910, Bld. 22 Room 368
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: 301-286-8912
fax: 301-286 -1626
fisher@trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov

For additional information, please contact the GES DISC User Services:

GES DISC User Services
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
301-614-5224
Email: help-disc@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov

Last update:Wed Dec 24 08:26:11 EST 2003

Page Author: Hydrology Data Support Team -- hydrology-disc@listserv.gsfc.nasa.gov
Web Curator: -- Website Curator: Anthony Drake
NASA official: Steve Kempler, DISC Manager -- kempler@disc.gsfc.nasa.gov