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    • NASA MEASURES Precipitation Ensemble based on SSMIS DMSP F18 NASA PPS L1C V05 Tbs 1-orbit L2 Swath 12x12km V1 (PRECIP_SSMIS_F18) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: August 30, 2025

    The data presented in this level 2 orbital product are rain rate estimates expressed as mm/hour determined from brightness temperatures (Tbs) obtained from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS) flown on the US Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F18 mission. Most of the products generated in this data set are based upon the algorithms developed for the 3rd Algorithm Intercomparison Project (AIP-3) of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP). Details of these 15 algorithms and development of a quality score which is a measure of confidence in the estimate, along with processing and algorithmic flags, can be found in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD). The data in this product cover the period from 2010 to 2020 with one file per orbit.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/MEASURES/DMSPF18/SSMIS/DATA201
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-28
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id e8d5731a-35a2-4bd3-b4ca-84f413a45770
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/PRECIP_SSMIS_F18.png
    Old Spatial "GEODETIC",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-180,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":90,"EastBoundingCoordinate":180,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":-90}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 197bce92f30253e86cc0ece698fcb6de03bbabcbdc0bf5b736ae70d76f9444f7
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 2010-03-08/2010-03-08

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