Accumulated Precipitation from the IMERG Global Precipitation Data

The global IMERG precipitation dataset provides rainfall rates for the entire world every thirty minutes.  Using this dataset, it is possible to calculate the amount of accumulated rainfall for any region over a period of time.  This visualization shows the accumulation of rainfall across the globe August 4, 2014 through August 10, 2014.  In addition to the dramatic accumulation near Japan due to Typhoon Halong and the track of Hurricane Bertha off the eastern coast of the United States, it is also possible to see a rare August storm over the North Sea near Europe, the origins of Hurricane Gonzalo on the western coast of Africa, and a deep tropical depression that produced floods across northern India.

Visualizer: Horace Mitchell (lead)

For more information or to download this public domain video, go to https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4284#21304.