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Monsoons: Wet, Dry, Repeat

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The monsoon is a seasonal rain and wind pattern that occurs over South Asia (among other places). Through NASA satellites and models we can see the monsoon patterns like never before. 

Monsoon rains provide important reservoirs of water that sustain human activities like agriculture and supports the natural environment through replenishment of aquifers. However, too much rainfall routinely causes disasters in the region, including flooding of the major rivers and landslides in areas of steep topography.

Danielle Hits Mexico And Weakens

Danielle Hits Mexico And Weakens
Tropical Storm Danielle started weakening after making landfall north of Tuxpan, Mexico on Monday evening just before June 21, 2016 at 0000 UTC (June 20, 2016 7:00 PM CDT). As Danielle weakened the low level circulation quickly became disorganized. The GPM core observatory satellite passed above rapidly weakening Danielle on June 21, 2016 at 0421Z (June 20, 2016 11:21 PM CDT). The approximate center of Danielle's circulation at the time of this GPM pass is shown with a red tropical storm symbol. A rainfall analysis from GPM's Microwave Imager (GMI) and Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR)

GPM Sees Tropical Storm Danielle Forming

GPM Sees Tropical Storm Danielle Forming
A tropical depression (TD4) in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was designated tropical storm Danielle by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) this morning at 1500 UTC (1000 AM CDT). Danielle is the earliest fourth-named tropical storm to form in the Atlantic Basin. Danielle's life as a tropical storm is predicted to be short because it is moving almost due west and is predicted to move over the east coast of Mexico later today or tonight. Heavy rainfall is expected to cause flash floods and mudslides over eastern Mexico over the next few days. The GPM core observatory satellite flew above the

IMERG Sees Onset Of Possibly Wetter India Monsoon

IMERG Sees Onset Of Possibly Wetter India Monsoon
On June 8 the nodal weather agency of India (IMD) declared the arrival of the 2016 Southwest Monsoon over the Indian state of Kerala. This season is expected to be rainier than recent years. The El Nino conditions which have been blamed for recent disappointing monsoons has weakened to ENSO-neutral conditions. ENSO-neutral conditions are expected to transition to La Nina in the northern hemisphere by the fall and winter of 2016-17. La Nina conditions normally result in beneficial wetter and cooler monsoons in India. An animation of weekly rainfall totals was derived from NASA's Integrated

GPM V04 Data netCDF Problem w/ Software that uses older than netCDF v4.3.3.1

We are contacting you to report an problem where Version 4 GPM data products could not be read using the 4.2.2.1 version of netCDF. Users are recommended to upgrade to netCDF 4.3.3.1 or later. Any software (OPeNDAP, etc.) that uses older than netCDF Version 4.3.3.1 (what we tested, versions earlier in the 4.3 series may also work) will not be able to read GPM DF5 Version 4 data.
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