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Runoff Data Access and Tools

NASA has runoff datasets that help researchers measure and determine how precipitation and other sources of surface water flow influence waterbodies. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, ArcGIS importing tutorials, and NASAaccess to make the most of runoff data.

Runoff Datasets

Dataset Sort descending Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
NLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_NOAH0125_H) at GES DISC 2.0 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

NLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_NOAH0125_M) at GES DISC 2.0 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

NLDAS Noah Land Surface Model L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_NOAH0125_MC) at GES DISC 2.0 Noah-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1981-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

NLDAS VIC Land Surface Model L4 Hourly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_VIC0125_H) at GES DISC 2.0 VIC-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

NLDAS VIC Land Surface Model L4 Monthly 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_VIC0125_M) at GES DISC 2.0 VIC-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-01 to Present

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

NLDAS VIC Land Surface Model L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_VIC0125_MC) at GES DISC 2.0 VIC-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1981-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 53 S: 25 E: -67 W: -125

SAFARI 2000 Hydrographic Data, 1-Deg, Release 2.2 (Cogley) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 1990-01-01

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
SWOT Level 4 Sword of Science River Discharge Products, Version 3 3 SWOT KaRIn 2023-03-29 to 2025-05-02

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

netCDF-4
WLDAS Noah-MP 3.6 Land Surface Model L4 Daily 0.01 degree x 0.01 degree Version D1.0 (WLDAS_NOAHMP001_DA1) at GES DISC D1.0 Noah-MP-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1979-01-02

N: 52.925 S: 25.065 E: -89.025 W: -124.925

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Runoff Data Tools

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Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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