NLDAS VIC Land Surface Model L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_VIC0125_M) at GES DISC

Description

This data set contains forty-three fields simulated from the VIC 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 and range from January 1979 to present. The temporal resolution is monthly. The file format is netCDF (converted from GRIB format). The NLDAS-2 monthly Noah model data were generated from the NLDAS-2 hourly Noah model data, as monthly accumulation for rainfall, snowfall, subsurface runoff, surface runoff, total evapotranspiration, snow melt, and monthly averages for other variables. Each monthly period is from 00Z at start of the month to 23:59Z at end of the month, with the exception of the very first month in the data set (January 1979), which starts at 00Z 02 January 1979. Also, for the first month (January 1979), since the variables listed as instantaneous in the README file do not have valid data exactly on 00Z 02 January 1979, this one hour is not included in the average for this one month. Details about the NLDAS-2 configuration of the VIC LSM can be found in Xia et al. (2012).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Access the data via HTTPS. https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/NLDAS/NLDAS_VIC0125_M.2.0/
21 Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/NLDAS_VIC0125_M_2.0.html
21 Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=NLDAS_VIC0125_M
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_VIC0125_M.2.0
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_VIC0125_M.2.0/
33 README Document https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/NLDAS/NLDAS2_README.pdf
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_VIC0125_M.2.0/catalog.html
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FNL7JTZYO2RVK
34 NLDAS-2 VIC Monthly 0.125 degree Soil moisture content (0-100 cm) [kg m-2] January 1979 https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/NLDAS_VIC0125_M_2.0.png

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

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Water