Imaging · dataset · 2026
Arkin and Janowiak GPI: IR -Based Monthly Rainfall for the GPCP 2.5 x 2.5 degree V1 (RAIN_ARKIN)
Listed in NASA Data Portal
These data are transitioned to a state of permanent preservation.
Description
They are available upon request. More advanced datasets have been developed since.
One recommended replacement is the GPCP (doi: 10.5067/DBVUO4KQHXTK) product developed under the MEaSUREs project. The Arkin and Janowiak GPI (GOES Precipitation Index) was the infrared-based monthly rainfall estimate produced by the early GPCP (Global Precipitation Climatology Project) algorithms. The infrared observations from geostationary satellites (GOES, GMS, Meteosat) are used to produce these monthly mean rainfall totals on a 2.5 deg by 2.5 deg grid from 40 N to 40 S for the period Jan 1986 to Dec 1995.
Links
Get the data
- Resource disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/RAIN_ARKIN_1.html ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- PDF docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/GPM/README.ARKIN.pdf ↗
download · from data nasa gov
- Resource search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/granules?p=C1280859285-GES_DISC ↗
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- Original Metadata cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1280859285-GES_DISC.iso19115 ↗
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- PNG docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/RAIN_ARKIN_1.png ↗
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Where it is published
- NASA Data Portal dataset page data.nasa.gov/dataset/arkin-and-janowiak-gpi-ir-based-monthly-rainfall-for-t… ↗
landing page · from data nasa gov
- DOI doi.org/10.5067/zhp6aymk6trh ↗
DOI / persistent id · from data nasa gov
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.nasa.gov/api/3/action/package_show?id=cc17fb53-24fa-4940-863e-909a4b382… ↗
metadata API · from data nasa gov
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Provenance · 1 source records, 10 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| NASA Data Portal | cc17fb53-24fa-4940-863e-909a4b382abf | 9 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:physics | mapping · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | |
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| description | source · data nasa gov | connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0 | /notes |
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