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    NLDAS Secondary Forcing Data L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORB0125_M) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: February 22, 2025

    This data set contains the monthly secondary forcing data "File B" 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 secondary forcing data were generated from the NLDAS-2 hourly secondary forcing data, as monthly accumulation for precipitation and convective precipitation and monthly average for other variables. Monthly period of each month is from 00Z at start of the month to 23:59Z at end of the month. The one exception to this is the first month (Jan. 1979) that starts from 00Z 02 Jan 1979, except for the monthly accumulated precipitation and convective precipitation that both start from 12Z 01 Jan 1979.

    The monthly land surface forcing fields for NLDAS-2 are grouped into two files, "File A" and "File B". "File B" is the secondary (optional) forcing file and contains ten meteorological forcing fields. Details about the generation of the NLDAS-2.0 forcing datasets 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/10.1029/2002JD003118
    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 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from nasa test json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 22, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1887991357-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/10.5067/7EF175EAK5NA
    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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    Source Hash e1061200aba8e3b1fa6fba16a36231734b91fe0fdaa0d153707bc770f363cf56
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z/2023-02-28T00:00:00Z

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