We are pleased to accounce the release of the new and reprocessed Global Land Data Assimilation System Version 2 data.  Please read the announcement of 

With the upgraded Land Surface Models (LSMs) and updated forcing data sets, the GLDAS-2.1 production stream serves as a replacement for GLDAS-1.  Therefore, the GLDAS-1 production stream will end with the March 2020 data.  The entire collection will be aviable at the

Famine Early Warning Systems Network Land Data Assimilation System (FLDAS) global data are now publicly available on Climate Engine.

NLDAS Phase 1 (NLDAS-1) data will be removed from the NASA GES DISC on 1 April 2020.

2019 Short Rains in East Africa Among the Wettest on Historical Record

6 Jan 2020: NCA-LDAS v2.0 trends data are now publicly available from the NASA GES DISC.

McNally, A., et.al. 2019, Water, 11(10), 1968; https://doi.org/10.3390/w11101968

5 Sep 2019: NCA-LDAS v2.0 Noah-3.3 LSM datasets are now publicly available from the NASA GES DISC.

30 July 2019: Two papers describing NCA-LDAS are published in the Journal of Hydrometeorology:

When Drought Threatens Crops: NASA’s Role in Famine Warnings

July 1, 2019