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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 The FLDAS regional monthly datasets will no longer be available and have been superseded by the global monthly dataset.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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Agricultural drought monitoring and early warning at the regional scale using a remote sensing-based combined index Satapathy, Trupti, Dietrich, Jorg, Ramadas, Meenu Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Reflectance, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Specific Humidity, Wind Speed, Snow Cover, Snow Depth
A random forest model to predict soil organic carbon storage in Moreno Munoz, Angelica Sofia, Guzman Alvis, Angela Ines, Benavides Martinez, Ivan Felipe 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 closer look into variables controlling hillslope deformations in the Sang, Hongwei, Chang, Ling, Xi, Chuanjie, Dahal, Ashok, Lombardo, Luigi, Van Westen, Cees J., Shi, Bin, Tanyas, Hakan 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 Satellite Soil Moisture Data for Land Cover Ecological Monitoring in Ukraine Yailymov, Bohdan, Yailymova, Hanna, Pidgorodetska, Liudmyla, Kolos, Liudmyla, Fedorov, Oleh, Shelestov, Andrii 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
Global Drivers of Algal Bloom Occurrence: The Role of Climate Ding, Kan, Qin, Boqiang 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
High spatial and temporal resolution multi-source anthropogenic heat estimation for China Qian, Jiangkang, Zhang, Linlin, Schlink, Uwe, Meng, Qingyan, Liu, Xue, Jansco, Tamas 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, Terrain Elevation, RADAR IMAGERY, Topographical Relief Maps
Assessing terrestrial water storage variations in Afghanistan using GRACE and FLDAS-Central Asia data Do, Son K., Akhtar, Fazlullah, Goffin, Benjamin, Aryal, Aashutosh, Tran, Thanh-Nhan-Duc, Lipscomb, Molly, Lakshmi, Venkataraman 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, Ground Water, Air Temperature, Total Runoff, Surface Soil Moisture, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Specific Humidity, Wind Speed
Comprehensive comparison of different gridded precipitation products Khorrami, Behnam, Sahin, Onur Gungor, Gunduz, Orhan 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
Long Term Monitoring of Ecological Status of Major Deserts of the World Kushwaha, Amit, Bhatnagar, Rimjhim, Kumar, Praveen, Zucca, Claudio, Srivastava, Sanjay, Ajai 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
Standing on the shoulder of a giant landslide: A six-year long InSAR look at a slow-moving hillslope in the western Karakoram Ahmad, Said Mukhtar, Sadhasivam, Nitheshnirmal, Lisa, Mona, Lombardo, Luigi, Emil, Mustafa Kemal, Zaki, Amira, Van Westen, Cees J., Fadel, Islam, Tanyas, Hakan 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
Satellite-based ensemble intelligent approach for predicting forest fire: a case of the Hyrcanian forest in Iran Asadollah, Seyed Babak Haji Seyed, Sharafati, Ahmad, Motta, Davide 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
Revealing Decadal Glacial Changes and Lake Evolution in the Cordillera Huang, Yilin, Kinouchi, Tsuyoshi 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
Spatial distribution patterns and drivers of above- and below- biomass in Chinese terrestrial ecosystems Chen, Yusen, Zhang, Shihang, Wang, Yongdong 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
Soil contaminants pose delayed but pervasive threat to shallow Jiao, Jianying, Befus, Kevin M., Zhang, Ye 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
Research on the spatial temporary evolution of urban expansion in Xining Cao, Xiaomin, Gao, Xiaohong, Li, Runxiang 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
Water-balance-based evapotranspiration for 56 large river basins: A benchmarking dataset for global terrestrial evapotranspiration modeling Ma, Ning, Zhang, Yongqiang, Szilagyi, Jozsef 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
Validation of pan-Arctic soil temperatures in modern reanalysis and data assimilation systems Herrington, Tyler C., Fletcher, Christopher G., Kropp, Heather 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, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Temperature, Soil Infiltration, Soil Infiltration, Surface Soil Moisture, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Evaporation, Surface Water, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation, Snow/Ice, Snow Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Two-decadal climate impacts on growth of major forest types of Eastern Himalaya Chanda, Rajdeep, Singh, Salam Suresh, Singh, Ngangbam Somen, Upadhyay, Keshav Kumar, Tripathi, Shri Kant 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, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds, Relative Humidity, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Mass Flux
TPRoGI: a comprehensive rock glacier inventory for the Tibetan Plateau Sun, Zhangyu, Hu, Yan, Racoviteanu, Adina, Liu, Lin, Harrison, Stephan, Wang, Xiaowen, Cai, Jiaxin, Guo, Xin, He, Yujun, Yuan, Hailun 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
Drought Characteristics and Drought-Induced Effects on Vegetation in Sri Lanka Somasundaram, Deepakrishna, Zhu, Jianfeng, Zhang, Yuan, Nie, Yueping, Zhang, Zongke, Yu, Lijun 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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Changes in NDVI, black carbon and soil moisture in the Burtinskaya Steppe of the Orenburg nature reserve according to satellite and ground data in 20002022 Rodionova, N. V. 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, 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)
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