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    • NLDAS Secondary Forcing Data L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORB0125_MC) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: March 12, 2026

    This data set contains the monthly climatology (MC) data of the secondary 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 secondary forcing data can be found from the NLDAS_FORB0125_H_2.0 and NLDAS_FORB0125_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.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 12, 2026
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/9QBO4LB8AMBF
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-10
    Category Earth Science
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff "Water"
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 72f79393-9f61-43c4-9fda-1720a14faca8
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
    Old Spatial "CARTESIAN",{"WestBoundingCoordinate":-125,"NorthBoundingCoordinate":53,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-67,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":25}
    Program Code 026:000
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2dfd34a4af054b1f5d4a7b8495d728b69ea05ceaca47b5fbf6a1fc5802c42fe6
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1981-01-01/2020-12-31

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