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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 The FLDAS regional monthly datasets will no longer be available and have been superseded by the global monthly dataset.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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Apple yield prediction mapping using machine learning techniques through the Google Earth Engine cloud in Kashmir Valley, India Singha, Chiranjit, Gulzar, Shahid, Swain, Kishore Chandra, Pradhan, Devendra 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
Aerosol Variability at Coastal Bhola Island (Bangladesh), an IGP Outflow Region Nair, Anjali S, Soni, Kirti, Singh, Priyanka, Meena, Kuldeep, Sharma, Rina Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff
Possibility of global gridded streamflow dataset correction: applications of large-scale watersheds with different climates Barkhordari, Hesam, Nasseri, Mohsen, Rezazadeh, Hamidreza Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Temperature, Soil Temperature, Soil Infiltration, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Surface Soil Moisture, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Evaporation, Surface Water, Total Runoff, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation, Snow/Ice, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Wind Speed, Snow Cover
Plasticity in the Morphology of Growing Bamboo: A Bayesian Analysis of Wu, Chongyang, Bai, Yucong, Cao, Zhihua, Xu, Junlei, Xie, Yali, Zheng, Huifang, Jiang, Jutang, Mu, Changhong, Cheng, Wenlong, Fang, Hui, Gao, Jian 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
Varying effects of tree cover on relationships between satellite-observed vegetation greenup date and spring temperature across Eurasian boreal forests Ding, Chao, Meng, Yuanyuan, Huang, Wenjiang, Xie, Qiaoyun 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, Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Plant Phenology, Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Quantifying the human cost of global warming Lenton, Timothy M., Xu, Chi, Abrams, Jesse F., Ghadiali, Ashish, Loriani, Sina, Sakschewski, Boris, Zimm, Caroline, Ebi, Kristie L., Dunn, Robert R., Svenning, Jens-Christian, Scheffer, Marten 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
Multi-Tempo Forecasting of Soil Temperature Data; Application over Quebec, Canada Zeynoddin, Mohammad, Bonakdari, Hossein, Gumiere, Silvio Jose, Rousseau, Alain N. 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
Hydrological Droughts of 20172018 Explained by the Bayesian Reconstruction of GRACE (FO) Fields Mo, Shaoxing, Zhong, Yulong, Forootan, Ehsan, Shi, Xiaoqing, Feng, Wei, Yin, Xin, Wu, Jichun 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, 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), Canopy Characteristics, Leaf Characteristics, Vegetation Cover, Albedo
Hop: An Emerging Crop in Subtropical Areas in Brazil Jastrombek, Jessiane Mary, Faguerazzi, Mariana Mendes, de Cassio Pierezan, Hyan, Rufato, Leo, Sato, Alessandro Jefferson, da Silva Ricce, Wilian, Marques, Viviani Vieira, Leles, Nathalia Rodrigues, Roberto, Sergio Ruffo 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 Central Asia hydrologic monitoring dataset for food and water security applications in Afghanistan McNally, Amy, Jacob, Jossy, Arsenault, Kristi, Slinski, Kimberly, Sarmiento, Daniel P., Hoell, Andrew, Pervez, Shahriar, Rowland, James, Budde, Mike, Kumar, Sujay, Peters-Lidard, Christa, Verdin, James 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, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Reflectance, Total Surface Water, Brightness Temperature, SIGMA NAUGHT, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate
Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Potential Evapotranspiration in Akmola Oblast, Kazakhstan, and the Driving Factors 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
Characterizing global satellite-based indicators for coastal vulnerability to erosion management as exemplified by a regional level analysis from Northeast Brazil Queiroz, Heithor Alexandre de Araujo, Goncalves, Rodrigo Mikosz, Mishra, Manoranjan 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, Population Density, Emissivity
Investigating the propagation of droughts under the influence of large-scale climate indices in India Das, Subhadarsini, Das, Jew, Umamahesh, 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
A Non-Stationary Based Approach to Understand the Propagation of Meteorological to Agricultural Droughts Das, Subhadarsini, Das, Jew, Umamahesh, 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
A coupled Lagrangian-Eulerian model for microplastics as vectors of Guerrini, Federica, Mari, Lorenzo, Casagrandi, Renato 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
Exploring the Individualized Effect of Climatic Drivers on MODIS Net Li, Luyi, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Zhang, Guo, Duan, Kai, Liu, Bingjun, Cai, Xitian 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, Emissivity, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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Assessing Variations in Water Use Efficiency and Linkages with Land-Use Sun, Huaiwei, Chen, Lin, Yang, Yong, Lu, Mengge, Qin, Hui, Zhao, Bingqian, Lu, Mengtian, Xue, Jie, Yan, Dong 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, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
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Spatial variation characteristics and driving factors of soil multifunctionality in the Junggar desert, China Zhang, Shihang, Tao, Ye, Chen, Yusen, Guo, Hao, Lu, Yongxing, Guo, Xing, Liu, Chaohong, Zhou, Xiaobing, Zhang, Yuanming 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, Emissivity
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