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    NLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_NOAH0125_M) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: February 23, 2025

    This data set contains fifty-two fields 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 and range from Jan 1979 to the present. The temporal resolution is monthly. The file format is netCDF (converted from the GRIB format).

    The NLDAS-2 monthly Noah model data, containing fifty-two fields, 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. The monthly period of each month 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 (Jan 1979) which starts at 00Z 02 Jan 1979. Also for the first month (Jan 1979), because the variables listed as instantaneous in the README file do not have valid data exactly on 00Z 02 Jan 1979, and this one hour is not included in the average for this month only.

    Details about the NLDAS-2 configuration of the Noah LSM can be found in Xia et al. (2012).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016048
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016051
    https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125%3C2896%3AAOTLSA%3E2.0.CO%3B2
    https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1000531001463
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JD003296
    https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD900232
    https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JHM1174.1
    https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9214

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date February 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 23, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date February 23, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 23, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1887990023-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2020-06-18
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-19
    Category NLDAS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016048, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016051, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125%3C2896%3AAOTLSA%3E2.0.CO%3B2, https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1000531001463, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JD003296, https://doi.org/10.1029/1999JD900232, https://doi.org/10.1175/2009JHM1174.1, https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9214
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    Temporal 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z/2023-03-01T00:00:00Z

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