NLDAS-2: January 1979 - present

NLDAS-2 Forcing Overview

NLDAS-2 README

List of NLDAS-2 Forcing File A Contents - GrADS control file
List of NLDAS-2 Forcing File B Contents - GrADS control file

NOTE: There are small differences between the NLDAS-2 "Forcing Overview" and the README/control files.
The README/control files should be considered to be the authoritative source.

File Format: Hourly GRIB1 Files

FTP ACCESS: (Individual Hourly Files)
NLDAS-2 Forcing File A data
NLDAS-2 Forcing File B data

GDS ACCESS: (GrADS Data Server)
NLDAS-2 GDS

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NLDAS-1: late September 1996 - end of December 2007

NLDAS-1 Forcing Overview

List of NLDAS-1 V1 Forcing File Contents

File Format: Hourly GRIB1 Files

FTP ACCESS: (Hourly files tarred and compressed by month)
NLDAS-1 V2 data

This bash shell script is useful for downloading the NLDAS-1 V2 Forcing Data (our thanks to Kristi Arsenault for contributing this script).

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