[GRASS-user] TRMM (3B43) handling

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Markus Metz
<markus.metz.giswork at googlemail.com> wrote:
> nikos wrote:
>> hey list,
>>
>> Sorry that I took so much to respond,
>>
>> I'm orientating in a different direction right now, and I'd like an
>> opinion (on TRMM 3B43 ofc).
>>
> Another option:
> get binary grids from here
> ftp://disc2.nascom.nasa.gov/data/TRMM/Gridded/3B43_V6/
> read
> ftp://disc2.nascom.nasa.gov/data/TRMM/Gridded/3B43_V6/3B43.ctl
>
> import into a latlon location with r.in.bin -f -b north=50 south=-50
> east=180 west=-180 rows=400 cols=1440, e.g.
> r.in.bin -f -b input=3B43.100101.6.precipitation.bin
> output=3B43.100101.6.precipitation north=50 south=-50 east=180
> west=-180 rows=400 cols=1440
>
> optionally convert mm/hr to some other time unit
>
> This can be easily scripted to automatically get and process the
> complete TRMM 3B43_V6 dataset.

Nice, written up as FAQ:
 http://grass.osgeo.org/wiki/Import_TRMM

Markus