This page describes the model data for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are in 1/8th-degree grid spacing and range from 02 Jan 1979 to present. The temporal resolution is hourly. The file format is WMO GRIB-1.
There are currently four land-surface models with data available over the NLDAS-2 period. They are:
LSM | Reference(s) | Schematic |
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Mosaic | Koster and Suarez (1992) Koster and Suarez (1994) |
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Noah-2.8 | Chen et al. (1996) Koren et al. (1999) Ek et al. (2003) Mitchell et al. (2004) Ek et al. (2011) Xia et al. (2012) |
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SAC | Burnash et al. (1973) Anderson (1973) Koren et al. (2000) |
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VIC-4.0.3 | Liang et al. (1994) Liang et al. (1996) Liang et al. (1996) Wood et al. (1997) |
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NLDAS-2 Mosaic, Noah, and VIC data are available at the NASA GES DISC. NLDAS-2 SAC data will also be added in the near future.
NLDAS-2 Mosaic, Noah, SAC, and VIC data are also available at the NOAA/NCEP/EMC NLDAS ftp servers.