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    • NLDAS VIC Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_VIC0125_H) at GES DISC

    Metadata Updated: March 26, 2024

    This data set contains forty-four fields simulated from the VIC 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).

    The VIC model was developed at the University of Washington and Princeton University as a macroscale, semi-distributed, grid-based, hydrologic model [Liang et al., 1994; Wood et al., 1997]. The full water and energy balance modes of VIC were used for NLDAS-2. VIC uses three soil layers, with thicknesses that vary spatially. The root zone depends on the vegetation type and its root distribution, and can span all three soil layers. The VIC model includes a two-layer energy balance snow model [Cherkauer et al., 2003].

    Details about the NLDAS-2 configuration of the VIC LSM can be found in Xia et al. (2012). The version of the VIC model for the NLDAS-2 VIC data available from the NASA GES DISC is VIC-4.0.3; this version of the VIC model is the same as used in Sheffield et al. (2003).

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    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/10.1175/1520-0493(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 March 26, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 26, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Graphic Preview

    NLDAS-2 VIC Hourly 0.125 degree Soil moisture content (0-100 cm) [kg m-2] 00Z January 02, 1979.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 26, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date March 26, 2024
    Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2069247359-GES_DISC
    Data First Published 2021-06-17
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2021-06-17
    Category NLDAS, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation NLDAS project. David M. Mocko, NASA/GSFC/HSL. 2021-06-17. NLDAS_VIC0125_H. Version 2.0. NLDAS VIC 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/10.5067/45T7K120BJ2S. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/NLDAS_VIC0125_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 VIC Hourly 0.125 degree Soil moisture content (0-100 cm) kg m-2 00Z January 02, 1979.
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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
    Release Place Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
    Series Name NLDAS_VIC0125_H
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    Temporal 1979-01-02T00:00:00Z/2023-03-01T00:00:00Z

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