# TRMM Data Downloader for QGIS

Download TRMM rainfall estimates data and create thematic maps.

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# Data Availability

Daily data are available from January 1st 1998 to July 31st 2015.

# User Interface

- Username: your PPS username, please visit this link to request an account
- Password: your PPS password, please visit this link to request an account
- Data Frequency: original layers are produced every 3 hours. when the *Daily* options is selected all the layers of each day are aggregated as an average layer
- From Date: starting date of the period of interest
- To Date: ending date of the period of interest
- Download Path: the local folder where the layers must be downloaded. The plugin will generate a subfolder system at this path to organize the layers in order to be divided by year, month and date.
- Open in QGIS when the download is completed: when this flag is checked the layers will be added to the QGIS canvas.