README.md

Global Soil Moisture Data from GLDAS

Short description

Gridded and global soil moisture data developed by integrating satellite- and ground-based observational data products, using advanced land surface modeling and data assimilation techniques.

Link

https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/gldas/model-output

Publisher

NASA

Dataset owner

NASA

Data card author

Ritvik Sahajpal

Dataset overview

GLDAS provides information on root zone soil moisture data

Variables [unit]: kg/m^2

Temporal coverage: 2003 - 2023

Temporal resolution: 1 day

Spatial resolution: 0.25 deg x 0.25 deg

Provenance

How is the data produced?

GLDAS 2.2

License

Available for public use at https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets?keywords=GLDAS

How to cite

Rodell, M., P.R. Houser, U. Jambor, J. Gottschalck, K. Mitchell, C.-J. Meng, K. Arsenault, B. Cosgrove, J. Radakovich, M. Bosilovich, J.K. Entin, J.P. Walker, D. Lohmann, and D. Toll, The Global Land Data Assimilation System, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85(3), 381-394, 2004.

References

Rodell, M., P.R. Houser, U. Jambor, J. Gottschalck, K. Mitchell, C.-J. Meng, K. Arsenault, B. Cosgrove, J. Radakovich, M. Bosilovich, J.K. Entin, J.P. Walker, D. Lohmann, and D. Toll, The Global Land Data Assimilation System, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85(3), 381-394, 2004.