NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Land Information System (LIS)
The Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Land Information System (SPoRT-LIS) is a gridded observations-driven run of the Noah land surface model (LSM) in both reanalysis and real-time mode. The long-term climatology and real-time solution is driven by the North American Land Data Assimilation System – version 2. The SPoRT-LIS consists of a 1929 x 929 grid of the Noah LSM at 0.03-deg grid spacing in the west-east, and south-north dimensions, spanning -124.925 to -67.085 deg E longitude, and 25.075 to 52.915 deg N latitude. A climatology run was made spanning 1981-2013, then extended into real-time beginning in April of 2015. The real-time production run has continued since then to present, running in a cycled mode every 6 hours.
Complete Metadata
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| accessLevel | public |
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| description | The Short-term Prediction Research and Transition Land Information System (SPoRT-LIS) is a gridded observations-driven run of the Noah land surface model (LSM) in both reanalysis and real-time mode. The long-term climatology and real-time solution is driven by the North American Land Data Assimilation System – version 2. The SPoRT-LIS consists of a 1929 x 929 grid of the Noah LSM at 0.03-deg grid spacing in the west-east, and south-north dimensions, spanning -124.925 to -67.085 deg E longitude, and 25.075 to 52.915 deg N latitude. A climatology run was made spanning 1981-2013, then extended into real-time beginning in April of 2015. The real-time production run has continued since then to present, running in a cycled mode every 6 hours. |
| distribution |
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| identifier | 10.5067/SPORT/LIS/DATA101 |
| keyword |
[
"earth-science-soils-agriculture-soil-moisture-water-content",
"earth-science-soils-land-surface-soil-moisture-water-content-root-zone-soil-moisture",
"earth-science-soils-land-surface-soil-moisture-water-content-surface-soil-moisture"
]
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| landingPage | https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?portal=ghrc&q=sportlis |
| modified | 2026-02-17 |
| programCode |
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"026:000"
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| publisher |
{
"name": "NASA/MSFC/GHRC",
"@type": "org:Organization"
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| spatial |
"[[{"NorthBoundingCoordinate":52.915,"WestBoundingCoordinate":-124.925,"SouthBoundingCoordinate":24.396,"EastBoundingCoordinate":-66.885}],"CARTESIAN"]"
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| temporal | 1981-01-01/1981-01-01 |
| theme |
[
"Earth Science"
]
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| title | NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Land Information System (LIS) |