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IMERG precipitation
more information GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree (GPM_3IMERGDF) averaged over 2x 2 grid boxes
X axis: whole world in 1800 0.20° steps, first point at 179.90° W, last point at 179.90° E
Y axis: regular grid with 900 0.20° steps, first point at 89.90° S, last point at 89.90° N

Monthly data available from Jun2000 to Apr2024 ( 287 months)
Variable precipitationCal (Daily accumulated precipitation (combined microwave-IR) estimate) in mm/dy
Full metadata.

Get grid points, average area or generate subset
Mask:   add a mask to the list help
Latitude: °N - °N help
Longitude: °E - °E
Year range: -
Boundaries:
Make: average max min set of grid points subset of the field help
Demand at least: % valid points in this region help
Units: convert to mm/day leave in mm/dy help
helpApply monthly high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value months
requiring at least % valid data
helpApply year-on-year high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value years
requiring at least % valid data
helpCreate a field with lower time resolution
First fill missing data: ignore, climatology, trend, persistence.
Then apply: -month running mean with direction
Then apply new time scale:
New variable: of precipitation
Minimum: % valid data
Threshold:
helpCreate a field with lower spatial resolution
Average over blocks of longitude and latitude grid cells

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Compute zonal mean
Please consider downloading this field from the authoritative site.
If you really want to get it here, IMERG precipitation is available as a netcdf file (size 1224.37 MB).
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