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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 The FLDAS regional monthly datasets will no longer be available and have been superseded by the global monthly dataset.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: 2026-05-30

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An Artificial IntelligenceBased Framework for Modeling Vegetation Photosynthesis Anomalies in India Corresponding to Tropical Oceanic Variability Varghese, Roma, Behera, Swadhin, Behera, Mukunda Dev 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, Land Use/Land Cover Classification
Abiotic Factors and Plant Communities Shape the Distribution of Soil Pathogenic Oomycetes in Chinese Grasslands Ke, Junsheng, Zhu, Chen, Jiang, Peixi, Zhang, Peng, Hu, Kui, Dang, Yilin, Xiao, Yao, Liu, Mu, Liu, Huiying, Liu, Xiang, Friman, VillePetri 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
A Multi-Scale Comprehensive Evaluation for Nine Evapotranspiration Products Across Mainland China Under Extreme Climatic Conditions Qian, Long, Wu, Lifeng, Dong, Ning, Dai, Tianjin, Yu, Xingjiao, Bai, Xuqian, Yang, Qiliang, Liu, Xiaogang, Chen, Junying, Zhang, Zhitao 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, Ground Water, Latent Heat Flux
Heterogenous impact of China's place-based environmental regulations on Cheng, Nieyan, Zhang, Wendong, Xiong, Tao 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 Runoff
Assessment of spatial and temporal variations in precipitation using mixing methods based on multiple precipitation products on the Chinese Loess Plateau Zhang, YuanYuan, Zhang, MingJun, Du, QinQin, Sun, MeiPing, Che, CunWei, Li, BeiBei 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, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
Linking declared and undeclared water demands with climate variability to assess the sustainability of the Aculeo Lagoon in Central Chile Alaniz, Alberto J., Pantoja, Matias, Vergara, Pablo M., Hidalgo-Corrotea, Claudia, Barrios-Saravia, Alexis, Valdes-Pineda, Rodrigo, Garcia-Chevesich, Pablo, Borquez, Cristian, Garate-Lagos, Jeremy 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
Spatial prediction of InSAR-derived hillslope velocities via deep learning He, Jun, Tanyas, Hakan, Dahal, Ashok, Huang, Da, 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
Satellite-based assessment of Phenological Informatics and associated drivers over a biodiversity hotspot in the North Eastern Region of India Bhuyan, Mallika, Jeganathan, C., Pujar, Girish S. 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), Emissivity
Space-time explainable modelling of regional hillslope deformation, an He, Jun, Tanyas, Hakan, Huang, Da, 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
Spatial disaggregation of coarse-scaled gridded rainfall data using open-source earth observation in a semi-arid region for water resources management Karan, Kunal, Singh, Dharmaveer, Laskar, Amzad Hussain, Noble, Jacob, Kumar, Nikhil, Chatterjee, Debrupa, Wilson, John P. 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 ocean and climate in terrestrial ecosystems Behera, Swadhin K., Varghese, Roma, Ratnam, J.V., Doi, Takeshi, Behera, Mukunda Dev 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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Triggers of the Record-Breaking 2023 Canadian Wildfires: Extreme Heat Wu, Dongyou, Zhang, Jinxia, Niu, Xiaoying, Shi, Rui, Wang, Xiaofan, Liu, Jun, Wen, Hui, Zhou, Yue, Pu, Wei, Zhang, Baoqing, Zhang, Daizhou, Wang, Xin 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, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Wind Speed, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), Geopotential Height, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Vertical Profiles, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles, Skin Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Radiance, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Nitrate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms
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