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Image product showing amount of water available for precipitation over water. Highest values are in the tropics and sub-tropic, up to 70mm of precipitable water.
Total Precipitable Water
Composite image of total water available for precipitation in the atmosphere (Total Precipitable Water - TPW). Units are in mm of water. White streaks are areas without data from this set of satellite orbits.
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