Publicly available soil moisture datasets: an overview and the UB-SMDC portal
2026
Mohseni, Farzane, Haunert, Jan-Henrik
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, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation , Snow/Ice , Snow Depth , Snow Melt , Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Total Runoff
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXLND) MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXLND) MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXLND)
Artificial intelligence with earth observations provides continuous
2026
Uddin, Shihab, Rajib, Adnan, Haider, M. Rezaul, Vanderhoof, Melanie, Luk Kim, I., Zhao, Lan
Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires , Fire Occurrence, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Surface Thermal Properties , Land Surface Temperature , THERMAL ANOMALIES, Burned Area, Reflectance , Maximum/Minimum Temperature, 24 Hour Precipitation Amount, Snow Water Equivalent , Vapor Pressure, Shortwave Radiation, Evapotranspiration , Latent Heat Flux
Assessing Consistency in Fuel Consumed Between Activity-Based Wildfire
2026
Saide, P. E., Wu, Y., Arnold, M., Thapa, L. H., Soja, A., Gargulinski, E., Li, F., Wiedinmyer, C., Emmons, L. K., Tang, W., Westerling, A. L., Xu, Q., Ordway, E. M., Queally, N., Kueppers, L.
Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Canopy Characteristics, Evergreen Vegetation, Crown, Deciduous Vegetation, Vegetation Cover
Assessing ecosystem services resilience to drought and its drivers in mediterranean forests using a counterfactual, process-based modelling approach
2026
DAdamo, Francesco, Caceres, Miquel De, Espelta, Josep Maria, Roces-Diaz, Jose Valentin, Descals, Adria, Selwyn, Miriam, Lloret, Francisco, Martinez-Vilalta, Jordi
Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
An eco-evolutionary optimality model explains the acclimated temperature
2026
Gan, Wenyao, Alizadeh, Nabil, Best, Martin, Vidale, Pier Luigi, Prentice, I. Colin, Harrison, Sandy P.
Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
A global 0.05 gross primary production dataset from 2001 to 2024 generated using a hybrid LSTM framework
2026
Chen, Shaoyang, Liu, Xinjie, Han, Qizhi, Wu, Yanhong, Liu, Liangyun
Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Albedo , Anisotropy, Reflectance , Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
A High-Resolution Forest Soil Organic Carbon Dataset for China Derived from an Enhanced Quantile Regression Forest Model
2026
Chen, Jizhen, Ou, Yuxing, Fan, Zihao, Zhang, Xin, Xiao, Wenfa, Sun, Qiwu, Sun, Xiangyang, Huang, Zhilin
Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Reflectance , Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
A Transboundary Air Quality CoBenefit of Ecological Restoration in Mongolia
2026
Qiu, Pengcheng, Guan, Xiaodan, Huang, Jianping, Da, Pengbo, Ding, Yuhang, Jin, Zhiyuan
Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Albedo , Anisotropy, Reflectance
Increased precipitation has not synchronously enhanced vegetation carbon sequestration rate along the aridity gradient
2026
Li, Xintao, Wu, Taixia, Xia, Ke, Tang, Hongzhao, Wang, Xuege, Wang, Shudong
Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Informing Robust Functional Relationship Benchmarks: An Evaluation of the Temperature Sensitivity of Ecosystem Respiration Across the ArcticBoreal Region
2026
Poe, Jeralyn, Huntzinger, Deborah, Riley, William J., Wells, Jon M., Schuur, Edward A. G., Schwalm, Christopher, Berner, Logan T., Rodenhizer, Heidi, Bouskill, Nicholas J., Brovkin, Victor, Burke, Eleanor J., Ciais, Philippe, Georgievski, Goran, Gustafson, Adrian, Lawrence, David M., MacDougall, Andrew H., Mekonnen, Zelalem A., Melton, Joe R., Meyer, Gesa, Pongracz, Alexandra, Qiu, Chunjing, Sulman, Benjamin N., Swenson, Sean C., Tao, Jing, Warlind, David, Xi, Yi, Yuan, Fengming, Zhu, Qing, Schadel, Christina
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, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation , Snow/Ice , Snow Depth , Snow Melt , Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Interpretable Machine Learning for Revealing Main and Interactive
2026
Bai, Yang, Chen, Xueyang, Li, Zhengqiang, Zhou, Hao, Li, Ruobin, Han, Yinghui
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, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation , Snow/Ice , Snow Depth , Snow Melt , Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI)
Machine learning technique for net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide simulation and assessment: a regional analysis of Japanese islands
2026
Gorbarenko, Artem, Gorbarenko, Elizaveta, Mikhailov, Dmitry, Vlasov, Alexander, Saeed, Muhammad
Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity
Large Overestimation of Projected Western US Wildfire Burned Forest Area
2026
Cheng, Yu, McColl, Kaighin A., Mickley, Loretta J., Feng, Xu
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, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation , Snow/Ice , Snow Depth , Snow Melt , Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature , Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds , Surface Winds , U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Skin Temperature
MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_lnd_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Land Surface Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXLND) MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_slv_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Single-Level Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXSLV)
Impacts of Salinity Stratification on Sub-Seasonal SST Warming in the Northern Indian Ocean
2026
Kerhalkar, S., Tandon, A., MacKinnon, J. A.
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, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation , Snow/Ice , Snow Depth , Snow Melt , Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Data to support the modelling of integrated groundwater-surface water flow in permafrost regions, using the Carcajou Watershed, Northwest Territories, Canada
2026
Bunn, Melissa I., Khader, Omar, Kessel, Eric, Frey, Steven K., Erler, Andre R., Russell, Hazen A.
Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Assimilating leaf area index and soil moisture into the WOFOST model for improved maize (Zea mays L.) yield estimation in Ethiopia
2026
Abebe, Gebeyehu, Adeniyi, Odunayo David, Abdelhakim, Amazirh, Balemi, Tesfaye, Tadesse, Tsegaye, Gessesse, Berhan, Barnieh, Beatrice Asenso, Szantoi, Zoltan
Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Atmospheric CO2 observations reveal seasonality bias in Arcticboreal carbon flux estimates
2026
Wen, Jiaming, Sun, Wu, Foster, Kelsey T, Bond-Lamberty, Ben, Miller, Charles E, Feng, Liang, Michalak, Anna M
Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide , Atmospheric Ozone, Water Vapor, Respiration Rate, Carbon Flux , Gross Primary Production (gpp), Soil Respiration, NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Boundary Layer Winds, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity , Wind Speed , Wind Dynamics, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Reflectance , Primary Production, Photosynthesis, Chlorophyll
MODIS/Terra+Aqua Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V006 MODIS/Terra+Aqua Leaf Area Index/FPAR 8-Day L4 Global 500m SIN Grid V061 CARVE: L2 Merged Atmospheric CO2, CO, O3 and CH4 Concentrations, Alaska, 2012-2015 Machine learning-based Arctic-boreal terrestrial ecosystem CO2 fluxes, 2001-2020 CARVE: L4 Gridded Footprints from WRF-STILT model, 2012-2016 ABoVE: Atmospheric Profiles of CO, CO2 and CH4 Concentrations from Arctic-CAP, 2017 ABoVE: Level-4 WRF-STILT Footprint Files for Circumpolar Receptors, 2016-2019 L2 Daily Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from MetOp-A GOME-2, 2007-2018, V2
Continental-scale mapping of forest tree density in North America using remote sensing and deep learning with uncertainty quantification
2026
Ahmad, Mustak, Tang, Yun, Lister, Andrew J., Gamarra, Javier G.P., Powell, William G., Beane, Nathan R., Choi, Wook Jin, Mitra, Ankita, Kumar, Amit, Cuchietti, Anibal, Paquette, Alain, Searle, Eric, Chen, Jiaxin, Chen, Han Y.H., Bongers, Frans, Meave, Jorge A., Guevara, Mario, Barreras, Aylin, de la Rosa, Jose Armando Alanis, Mayorga Saucedo, Rafael, Cuenca Lara, Rubi Angelica, Moreno Garcia, Cesar, Godinez Valdivia, Carlos Isaias, Delgado Caballero, Carina Edith, de los Angeles Soriano Luna, Maria, Aldrete Leal, Metzli Ileana, Medina Casillas, Sandra Liliana, Romero Correa, Johny, Villela Gaytan, Sergio Armando, Corral Rivas, J. Javier, Vega-Nieva, Jose Daniel, Briseno-Reyes, Jaime, Lopez-Serrano, Pablito Marcelo, Fayle, Tom M., Altman, Jan, Johnson, Daniel J., Liang, Jingjing
Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Evapotranspiration , Latent Heat Flux
Do Lagged Ecosystem Feedbacks to Hydroclimate Extremes Promote Resilience of Forest Watersheds?
2026
Zhang, Ruoyu, Band, Lawrence E., Hwang, Taehee
Maximum/Minimum Temperature, 24 Hour Precipitation Amount, Snow Water Equivalent , Vapor Pressure, Shortwave Radiation, Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Elevation-dependent groundwater control on baseflow in a himalayan catchment: an integrated isotopichydrological assessment
2026
Arora, Siddharth, Ghosh, Prosenjit, Kulkarni, Anil V., Liang, Mao-Chang
Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Enhanced representation of hydrological processes in urban climate
2026
Huang, Yuqi, Wang, Chenghao, Wang, Zhi-Hua
Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
Ensemble numerical simulation of permafrost thermal regimes over the Tibetan Plateau using the Flexible Permafrost Model: 19502023
2026
Sun, Wen, Cao, Bin
Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Brightness Temperature, Surface Soil Moisture
Evapotranspiration declines prolonged by deforestation and fire in South American biomes
2026
Ahmad, Shahryar K., Holmes, Thomas R., Kumar, Sujay V., Lahmers, Timothy M., Konapala, Goutam, Getirana, Augusto, Nie, Wanshu, Liu, Pang-Wei, Hain, Christopher R., Locke, Kim A., Libonati, Renata
Precipitation , Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate , Snow, Rain , Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles, Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation , Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires , Fire Occurrence, Burned Area
Greening and browning of global drylands: climatic constraints from soil moisture and atmospheric water demand
2026
Daramola, Mojolaoluwa Toluwalase, Li, Renqiang, Xu, Ming
Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Vegetation Index , Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Growing Under the Green Great Wall: Agricultural Impacts of the People's Republic of China's Three-North Shelterbelt Program
2026
GAO, JINGYU, XU, MINGZHI JIMMY, ZHAO, XIANGRUI
Leaf Area Index (LAI) , Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)