FLDAS

Datasets:

  • FLDAS Dataset

Description: Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Land Data Assimilation System

Organization: NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) 

Website: NASA FLDAS Website

Google Earth Engine Catalog: FLDAS Info (NASA/FLDAS/NOAH01/C/GL/M/V001)

Spatial resolution: 9.6-km grid (1/10-deg)

Time Span: Jan 1, 1982 - Present (updated around the 20th of the month (i.e., data for Jan 2020 will be available on or around Feb 20, 2020.)

Variables:

  • Evapotranspiration
  • Surface Runoff
  • Total Runoff
  • Surface Soil Moisture (0-10cm)
  • Root Zone Soil Moisture (0-100cm)
  • Snow depth
  • Snow water equivalent

Terms of Use:

  • Distribution of data from the Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) is funded by NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD). Consistent with NASA Earth Science Data and Information Policy, data from the GES DISC archive are available free to the user community. For more information visit the GES DISC Data Policy page.

References:

  • If you use these data in your research or applications, please include a reference in your publication(s) similar to the following example: Amy McNally NASA/GSFC/HSL (2018), FLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Global Monthly 0.1 x 0.1 degree (MERRA-2 and CHIRPS), Greenbelt, MD, USA, Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC), Accessed: [Data Access Date], 10.5067/5NHC22T9375G
  • McNally, A., Arsenault, K., Kumar, S., Shukla, S., Peterson, P., Wang, S., Funk, C., Peters-Lidard, C.D., & Verdin, J. P. (2017). A land data assimilation system for sub-Saharan Africa food and water security applications. Scientific Data, 4, 170012.

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