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Description

This dataset contains a series of land surface parameters simulated from the Noah 3.6.1 model in the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Land Data Assimilation System (FLDAS). The data are in 0.10 degree resolution and range from January 1982 to present. The temporal resolution is monthly and the spatial coverage is global (60S, 180W, 90N, 180E). The FLDAS regional monthly datasets will no longer be available and have been superseded by the global monthly dataset.

The simulation was forced by a combination of the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications version 2 (MERRA-2) data and Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station (CHIRPS) 6-hourly rainfall data that has been downscaled using the NASA Land Data Toolkit.

The simulation was initialized on January 1, 1982 using soil moisture and other state fields from a FLDAS/Noah model climatology for that day of the year.

In November 2020, all FLDAS data were post-processed with the MOD44W MODIS land mask.  Previously, some grid boxes over inland water were considered as over land and, thus, had non-missing values.  The post-processing corrected this issue and masked out all model output data over inland water; the post-processing did not affect the meteorological forcing variables. More information on this can be found in the FLDAS README document, and the MOD44W MODIS land mask is available on the FLDAS Project site. If you had downloaded any FLDAS data prior to November 2020, please download the data again to receive the post-processed data. 

Product Summary

Platforms
Noah-LSM
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
0.1 Decimal Degrees x 0.1 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL LAND
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1982-01-01 to Present
Data Partner
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Terrestrial Information Systems Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDI
Concept ID
C1563089663-GES_DISC
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
532
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Surface Pressure ,
Heat Flux ,
Longwave Radiation ,
Shortwave Radiation ,
Air Temperature ,
Specific Humidity ,
Evapotranspiration ,
Wind Speed ,
Rain ,
Snow ,
Soil Moisture/Water Content ,
Soil Temperature ,
Land Surface Temperature ,
Snow Cover ,
Snow Depth ,
Snow Water Equivalent ,
Runoff

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Hydrological Sciences Laboratory (HSL). (2018). FLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Global Monthly 0.1 x 0.1 degree (MERRA-2 and CHIRPS) V001 [Data set]. NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/5NHC22T9375G Date Accessed: 2026-05-31

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Four decades of soil moisture decline: a remote sensing analysis of southern neembucu, Paraguay (1983-2023) Arevalos Vera, Porfirio Domingo, Pereira, Walter Esfrain Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Role of remote-sensing techniques in unveiling the spatiotemporal response of vegetation to climate change in the western Makkah Province of Saudi Arabia Alharbi, Basma Salama Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Wind Speed, Snow Cover, Snow Depth
Optical flow of temperature reveals climate change patterns for agriculture and forestry Shumilo, Leonid, Skakun, Sergii Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Crucial roles of the optimal time-scale of water condition on grassland biomass estimation on QinghaiTibet Plateau Zhang, Yajie, Zhou, Tao, Liu, Xia, Zhang, Jingzhou, Xu, Yixin, Zeng, Jingyu, Wu, Xuemei, Lin, Qiaoyu Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Evaluation of 12 precipitation products and comparison of 8 multi-model averaging methods for estimating precipitation in the Qilian Mountains, Northwest China Yang, Yong, Chen, Rensheng, Ding, Yongjian, Qing, Wenwu, Li, Hongyuan, Han, Chuntan, Liu, Zhangwen, Liu, Junfeng Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Surface Winds, Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount
Evaluating established deep learning methods in constructing integrated remote sensing drought index: A case study in China Xu, Zhenheng, Sun, Hao, Zhang, Tian, Xu, Huanyu, Wu, Dan, Gao, JinHua Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Flood risk assessment of subway stations based on projection pursuit Ju, Weiyi, Wu, Jie, Cao, Haizhen, Kang, Qingchun, Syed Salman Ali, Shah, Xing, Zhixiang Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Identification of the significant parameters in spatial prediction of landslide hazard Tyagi, Ankit, Tiwari, Reet Kamal, James, Naveen Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate
Impact of potential flood on riverbanks in extreme hydro-climatic events, NW Himalaya Sundriyal, Yaspal, Kumar, Vipin, Khan, Firoz, Puniya, Mohit Kumar, Kaushik, Sameeksha, Chauhan, Neha, Bagri, Dhirendra Singh, Rana, Naresh Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Downscaling inversion of GRACE-derived groundwater storage changes based Li, Pengao, Yu, Haiyang, Zhou, Peng, Zhang, Ping, Wang, Ruili Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Enhancing spatial resolution of GRACE-derived groundwater storage anomalies in Urmia catchment using machine learning downscaling methods Sabzehee, F., Amiri-Simkooei, A.R., Iran-Pour, S., Vishwakarma, B.D., Kerachian, R. Evapotranspiration, Latent Heat Flux, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Wind Speed, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Assessing mountain block water storage changes in river basins using Aghayi, Mohammad Mahdi, Tajrishy, Masoud, Guan, Huade Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Clustering and assessment of precipitation climates using satellite Nosratpour, Reza, Rahimzadegan, Majid Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Interpolating Hydrologic Data Using Laplace Formulation Xu, Tianle, Merwade, Venkatesh, Wang, Zhiquan Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
An evaluation of the landscape structure and La Nin & SIM;a climatic Walsh, Michael G., Webb, Cameron, Brookes, Victoria Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Analysis of River Runoff Characteristic Comparability Based on Long-term Fedotova, E. V., Burenina, T. A. Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Field Observation and Micro-mechanism of Roots-induced Preferential Flow by Infiltration Experiment and Phase-field Method Li, Jiaying, Cui, Peng, Yin, Yanzhou Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Groundwater Level Prediction with Machine Learning to Support Li, Wanru, Finsa, Mekuanent Muluneh, Laskey, Kathryn Blackmond, Houser, Paul, Douglas-Bate, Rupert Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Land Surface Temperature, Emissivity, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Assessing the Water Budget Closure Accuracy of Luo, Zengliang, Yu, Han, Liu, Huan, Chen, Jie Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Long-term air pollution exposure and COVID-19 case-severity: An analysis of individual-level data from Switzerland Beloconi, Anton, Vounatsou, Penelope Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Modelling InSAR-derived hillslope velocities with multivariate statistics: A first attempt to generate interpretable predictions He, Kun, Tanyas, Hakan, Chang, Ling, Hu, Xiewen, Luo, Gang, Lombardo, Luigi Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate
Temperature shapes language sonority: Revalidation from a large dataset Wang, Tianheng, Wichmann, Sren, Xia, Quansheng, Ran, Qibin Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Spatiotemporal variability of soil moisture over Ethiopia and its teleconnections with remote and local drivers Jimma, Tamirat B., Demissie, Teferi, Diro, Gulilat T., Ture, Kassahun, Terefe, Tadesse, Solomon, Dawit Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Spatiotemporal analysis of meteorological drought across China based on the high-spatial-resolution multiscale SPI generated by machine learning He, Qian, Wang, Ming, Liu, Kai, Li, Bohao, Jiang, Ziyu Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Spatiotemporal Patterns of Evapotranspiration in Central Asia from 2000 to 2020 Hao, Xingming, Fan, Xue, Zhao, Zhuoyi, Zhang, Jingjing Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
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