Q6. I want to know about the difference between the products (GSMaP_NOW、GSMaP_NRT、GSMaP_MVK、GSMaP_RNL、GSMaP_Gauge_NRT、GSMaP_Gauge、GSMaP_Gauge_RNL、GSMaP_CLM).

A6. Please refer to the following list.

No.	Data Name	Data Latency	Period	Temporal resolution			Coverage			Input Data
				Hourly	Daily	Monthly	binary	text	NetCDF
1	GSMaP_NOW (v6)	0-hour	2019/6/27 to 2021/12/5	Available	N/A	N/A	Global (60N-60S)	Divided to 15 areas	N/A	Effective data within 30 minutes from observation
2	GSMaP_NOW (v8)	0-hour	2021/12/6 to present	Available	N/A	N/A			Global (60N-60S)
3	GSMaP_NRT (v5)	N/A	2008/10/10 to 2014/9/2	Available	Available	N/A		<old>  Global, but divided to 54 areas <new>  Divided to 15 areas	N/A	Effective data within 3 hours from observation
4	GSMaP_NRT (v6)	4-hours	2000/3/1 to present	Available	Available	Available
5	GSMaP_NRT (v7)	4-hours	2017/4/1 to present	Available	Available	Available		Divided to 15 areas
6	GSMaP_NRT (v8)	N/A	1998/1/1 to 2021/11/30	Available	N/A	N/A		N/A
		4-hours	2021/12/1 to present	Available	Available	Available		Divided to 15 areas	Global (90N-90S)
7	GSMaP_MVK (v5)	N/A	2000/3/1 to 2010/11/30	Available	Available	N/A			N/A	All valid data
8	GSMaP_MVK (v6)	3-days	2014/3/1 to present	Available	Available	Available
9	GSMaP_MVK (v7)	3-days	2014/3/1 to present	Available	Available	Available
10	GSMaP_MVK (v8)	N/A	1998/1/1 to 2021/11/30	Available	Available	Available		N/A	Global (90N-90S)
		3-days	2021/12/1 to present	Available	Available	Available		Divided to 15 areas
11	GSMaP_RNL	N/A	2000/3/1 to 2014/2/28	Available	Available	Available			N/A
12	GSMaP_Gauge_NOW (v6)	0-hour	2019/6/27 to 2021/12/5	Available	N/A	N/A				Effective data within 30 minutes from observation
13	GSMaP_Gauge_NOW (v8)	0-hour	2021/12/6 to present	Available	N/A	N/A			Global (60N-60S)
14	GSMaP_Gauge_NRT(v6)	4-hours	2000/4/1 to present	Available	Available	Available			N/A	Effective data within 3 hours from observation
15	GSMaP_Gauge_NRT(v7)	4-hours	2017/4/1 to present	Available	Available	Available
16	GSMaP_Gauge_NRT(v8)	N/A	1998/1/1 to 2021/11/30	Available	N/A	N/A		N/A
		4-hours	2021/12/1 to present	Available	Available	Available		Divided to 15 areas
17	GSMaP_Gauge (v5)	N/A	2000/3/2 to 2010/11/30	Available	N/A	N/A		N/A		All valid data
18	GSMaP_Gauge (v6)	3-days	2014/3/1 to present	Available	Available	Available		Divided to 15 areas
19	GSMaP_Gauge (v7)	3-days	2014/3/1 to present	Available	Available	Available
20	GSMaP_Gauge (v8)	N/A	1998/1/1 to 2021/11/30	Available	Available	Available		N/A	Global (90N-90S)
		3-days	2021/12/1 to present	Available	Available	Available		Divided to 15 areas
21	GSMaP_Gauge_RNL	N/A	2000/3/1 to 2014/2/28	Available	Available	Available			N/A

GSMaP_CLM is here.

No.	Data Name	Update frequency	Period	Temporal resolution						Coverage	Input Data
				Daily (*1)	3 days	Pentad (*2)	Weekly (*3)	10 days (*4)	Monthly
1	Mean Precipitation	(*5)	2000/4/1 to present	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Global (60N-60S)	According to GSMaP_Gauge_NRT(v6)
2	Climate normals	Every year	2000/4 to 2020/3	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available	Available
3	Percentage of Rainy Days in a month			N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Available
4	Extreme Rainfall			Available	Available	Available	Available	N/A	N/A
5	Drought Index (SPI)	Every month	(*6)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Available

(*1) 24 hours average from 00Z to 23Z of the day
(*2) 5 days
(*3) 7 days
(*4) Basically 10 days (Early and middle resolutions are 10days, Late resolution depends on the month; 8-11 days
(*5) daily : Every day
       3days : Every day
       pentad : Every 5 days
       weekly : Every day
       10 days : Every 10 days
(*6) April 2000 - March 2020 (Before March 2020)
       April 2000 - target month (After April 2020)