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NLDAS Secondary Forcing Data L4 Monthly Climatology 0.125 x 0.125 degree V2.0 (NLDAS_FORB0125_MC) at GES DISC

Published by NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDISC | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Metadata Last Checked: August 09, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-08-06
This data set contains the monthly climatology (MC) data of the secondary forcing data for Phase 2 of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS-2). The data are in 1/8th degree grid spacing. The temporal resolution is monthly, ranging from January to December. The NLDAS-2 monthly climatology data are the NLDAS-2 monthly data averaged over forty years (1981 - 2020). The file format is netCDF. The previous version of this dataset (NLDAS_MC 002) was a 30-year average and was stored in GRIB file format.A brief description about the NLDAS-2 hourly and monthly secondary forcing data can be found from the NLDAS_FORB0125_H_2.0 and NLDAS_FORB0125_M_2.0 landing pages.Details about the generation of the NLDAS-2 forcing datasets can be found in Xia et al. (2012).For more information, please see the README Document.

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