What are the values for latitude and longitude in TRMM 3B42 and 3B43 HDF data files?

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What are the values for latitude and longitude in TRMM 3B42 and 3B43 HDF data files?

by GES DISC - ingridgs » Tue Sep 01, 2026 1:47 pm America/New_York

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The data in the HDF file are written in the following order, (-49.875, -179.875), (-49.625, -179.875), (-49.375, -179.875), (-49.125, -179.875)......(49.875, -179.875), (-49.875, -179.625), (-49.625, -179.625)...... The dimension for longitude is 1440 and the dimension for latitude is 400. The value used to indicate missing data is "-9999.9".
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