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    • NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_MOS0125_H) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    This data set contains thirty-eight fields simulated from the Mosaic 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 hourly. The file format is netCDF (converted from the GRIB format).

    Mosaic was developed by Koster and Suarez (1994, 1996) to account for subgrid vegetation variability with a tile approach. Each vegetation tile carries its own energy and water balance and soil moisture and temperature. Each tile has three soil layers, with the first two in the root zone. In NLDAS, Mosaic is configured to support a maximum of 10 tiles per grid cell with a 5% cutoff that ignores vegetation classes covering less than 5% of the cell. Additionally in NLDAS, all tiles of Mosaic in a grid cell have a predominant soil type and three soil layers with fixed thickness values of 10, 30, and 160 cm (hence constant rooting depth of 40 cm and constant total column depth of 200 cm).

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

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016048
    https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD016051
    https://doi.org/10.1016/0309-1708(94)90024-8

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    NLDAS-2 Mosaic Hourly 0.125 degree Soil moisture content (0-10 cm) [kg m-2] 00Z January 2, 1979.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2069247178-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2021-06-16
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-06-16
    Category NLDAS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation NLDAS project. David M. Mocko, NASA/GSFC/HSL. 2021-06-16. NLDAS_MOS0125_H. Version 2.0. NLDAS Mosaic Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0. Greenbelt, Maryland, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC). https://doi.org/10.5067/TS58ZCJZIWT5. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/NLDAS_MOS0125_H_2.0.html. Digital Science Data.
    Creator NLDAS project
    Data Presentation Form Digital Science Data
    Editor David M. Mocko, NASA/GSFC/HSL
    Graphic Preview Description NLDAS-2 Mosaic Hourly 0.125 degree Soil moisture content (0-10 cm) kg m-2 00Z January 2, 1979.
    Graphic Preview File https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/NLDAS_MOS0125_H_2.0.png
    Harvest Object Id 3a8520c1-76c6-4e3d-bbce-f6d1121589ee
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/TS58ZCJZIWT5
    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/10.1016/0309-1708(94)90024-8
    Release Place Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
    Series Name NLDAS_MOS0125_H
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5c7742b0e4271dd83ec6187f72164ac1dc8e02d53ee58431758691754c06242a
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1979-01-02T00:00:00Z/2023-03-01T00:00:00Z

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