NLDAS VIC Land Surface Model L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_VIC0125_MC) at GES DISC

Description

This data set contains a series of land surface parameters 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. The temporal resolution is monthly, ranging from January to December. The NLDAS-2 monthly climatology data are the NLDAS-2 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 VIC LSM data can be found from the NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2.0 and NLDAS_VIC0125_M_2.0 landing pages. Details about the NLDAS-2 configuration of the VIC LSM can be found in Xia et al. (2012). The version of the VIC model for the NLDAS-2 VIC data available from the NASA GES DISC is VIC-4.0.3; this version of the VIC model is the same as used in Sheffield et al. (2003). For more information, please see the README Document.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
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_VIC0125_MC
21 NLDAS Project Web Site https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/nldas/
21 Access the data via HTTPS. https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/NLDAS/NLDAS_VIC0125_MC.2.0/
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_MC.2.0/
21 Time aggregated THREDDS Data Server (TDS) https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/thredds/catalog/NLDAS_aggregation/NLDAS_VIC0125_MC.2.0/catalog.html
21 How to read and plot the data. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/howto?tags=hydrology
34 NLDAS-2 VIC 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_VIC0125_MC_2.0.png
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_MC.2.0
33 README Document https://hydro1.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/NLDAS/NLDAS2_README.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FVSF4LKP6AC4H
21 Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/NLDAS_VIC0125_MC_2.0.html

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