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North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS)

The goal of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) is to construct quality-controlled, and spatially and temporally consistent, land-surface model (LSM) datasets from the best available observations and model output to support modeling activities.

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The goal of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) is to construct quality-controlled, and spatially and temporally consistent, land-surface model (LSM) datasets from the best available observations and model output to support modeling activities.

Related Publications

2025. "The HyMAP-3 Hydrodynamic Model.", NASA Technical Memorandum, NASA/TM-20250009546 [Report]

2021. "Advances in land surface models and indicators for drought monitoring and prediction.", Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102 (5): E1099–E1122 [10.1175/bams-d-20-0087.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "A high‐resolution land data assimilation system optimized for the western United States.", JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 57 (5): 692-710 [10.1111/1752-1688.12910] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Assimilation of vegetation conditions improves the representation of drought over agricultural areas.", J. Hydrometeor., 22 (5): 1085-1098 [10.1175/jhm-d-20-0065.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Assimilation of remotely sensed Leaf Area Index into the Noah-MP land surface model: Impacts on water and carbon fluxes and states over the continental U.S.", J. Hydrometeor., 20 (7): 1359-1377 [10.1175/jhm-d-18-0237.1] [Journal Article/Letter]