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    NLDAS Primary Forcing Data L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORA0125_MC) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: February 23, 2025

    This data set contains the monthly climatology data of the primary forcing data 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 primary forcing data can be found from the NLDAS_FORA0125_H_2.0 and NLDAS_FORA0125_M_2.0 landing pages.

    Details about the generation of the NLDAS-2 forcing datasets can be found in Xia et al. (2012).

    For more information, please see the README Document.

    Access & Use Information

    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/10.1029/2002JD003118
    https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1984)023%3C0222%3ATIOASO%3E2.0.CO%3B2
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JD003301

    Dates

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

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

    Other Data Resources

    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 C1889390708-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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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/37FBOUKUWCOV
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -125.0 25.0 -67.0 53.0
    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016048, https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016051, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JD003118, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1984)023%3C0222%3ATIOASO%3E2.0.CO%3B2, https://doi.org/10.1029/2002JD003301
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    Temporal 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z/2020-12-31T23:59:59.999Z

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