ANNOUNCING a NEW IMERG Web Visualization Tool:
 
RAIN-Global (Regional Animations of IMERG in Near-realtime - Global Edition):
https://storm.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov/storm/outreach/RAIN-Global.html
 
RAIN-Global is the next-generation, 3D global, fully interactive upgrade to RAIN, a web interface that displays recent 7-day animations of precipitation rates and accumulations from IMERG-Late data, as well as cloudiness from geosynchronous IR data. Animations are updated daily for the 7-day period ending on the prior day and are available for the past 30 days. 
 
New features include:

• Use your mouse or trackpad to adjust the camera position and zoom level at any location on Earth dynamically while animations are playing.
• Set the camera to orbit the Earth and visualize fully animated global precipitation data from an orbital perspective.
• Use the controls to “Fly To” one of 13 regions or over 200 countries and capital cities.
• Examine 7-day surface precipitation accumulation contours at 50-mm increments.
• Adjust the appearance of the globe by toggling country borders, country/city labels, and legend.
• Select performance characteristics (animation and renderer resolution and frame rate) to either enhance visual clarity or boost performance on older hardware/software.
• Get auto-generated performance-enhancing tips.

 
RAIN-Global can be used to explore IMERG precipitation data for recent extreme weather events at a specific date and location of interest. It is also ideal for education and outreach purposes to illustrate the value of satellite-based estimations of precipitation. RAIN-Global runs on a variety of hardware/software setups, but runs best on modern hardware and in Chrome, Safari, or Edge browsers (compatibility in Firefox is limited).
 
Please contact us for any questions on using this new tool.