NLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC) at GES DISC

Description

This monthly climatology data set contains a series of land surface parameters simulated from the Noah land-surface model (LSM) for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are in 1/8th degree grid spacing. The temporal resolution is monthly, ranging from January to December. The NLDAS-2 monthly climatology data are the monthly data averaged over forty years (1981 - 2020). The file format is netCDF. The previous version of this dataset (NLDAS_MC 002) was a 30-year average and was stored in GRIB file format. A brief description about the NLDAS-2 hourly and monthly Noah LSM data can be found from the dataset landing pages for NLDAS_NOAH0125_H_2.0 and NLDAS_NOAH0125_M_2.0. Details about the NLDAS-2 configuration of the Noah LSM can be found in Xia et al. (2012). For more information, please see the README Document.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Access the data via HTTPS. https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/NLDAS/NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC.2.0/
21 NLDAS Project Web Site https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/nldas/
21 Time aggregated THREDDS Data Server (TDS) https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/thredds/catalog/NLDAS_aggregation/NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC.2.0/catalog.html
34 NLDAS-2 Noah Monthly Climatology 0.125-degree Soil moisture content 0-100 cm [kg m-2] January (1981 - 2020) https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC_2.0.png
21 Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC_2.0.html
33 README Document https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/NLDAS/NLDAS2_README.pdf
21 How to read and plot the data. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/howto?tags=hydrology
21 GES DISC Hydrology Documentation https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/documents?title=Hydrology+Documentation
21 Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol. https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/NLDAS/NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC.2.0/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FQLW535AYJ498
21 Use the Earthdata Search Client (EDSC) to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC
21 The GrADS Data Server (GDS) is another form of OPeNDAP that provides subsetting and some analysis services across the Internet. https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC.2.0

Tags

  • atmospheric-radiation
  • precipitation
  • snow-ice
  • soils
  • land-surface
  • biosphere
  • surface-water
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • terrestrial-hydrosphere
  • vegetation
  • surface-radiative-properties
  • surface-thermal-properties
  • earth-science

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