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CLPX-Model: Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS) Data

Entry ID: NSIDC-0181

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Summary

Abstract: The LDAS data set contains 43 model and observation-based fields produced by the LDAS uncoupled modeling system at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center using the Mosaic Land Surface Model (LSM). Parameters include snow cover, snow depth, snow melt, albedo, precipitation, temperature, canopy characteristics, longwave and shortwave radiation, heat flux, soil moisture, sublimation, snow water ...

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 42.0

S: 38.5

E: -104.0

W: -108.5

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Mr Brian Cosgrove

Dataset Title: CLPX-Model: Land Data Assimilation System (LDAS) Data

Dataset Release Date: 2003-08-19

Dataset Release Place: Greenbelt, MD, USA

Dataset Publisher: Goddard Space Flight Center

Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0181.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2001-01-01

Stop Date: 2003-08-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > COLORADO

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > WYOMING

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

Platform

Models

Project

CLPX > Cold Land Processes Field Experiment

Quality All data have undergone quality control at GSFC.

Ancillary Keywords

Air Temperature

Albedo

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NSIDC

Data Center

Hydrological Sciences Branch, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/hsb/
Dataset ID: NSIDC-0181

Data Center Personnel
Name: BRIAN COSGROVE Phone: 301-286-5084 Email: brian.a.cosgrove at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mailstop 614.3 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

National Snow and Ice Data Center

Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org

Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC USER SERVICES Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199 Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468 Email: nsidc at nsidc.org Contact Address: National Snow and Ice Data Center CIRES, 449 UCB University of Colorado City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80309-0449 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP

Distribution Size: appx. 225 MB per month. 6.75 GB total

Distribution Format: ASCII

Personnel

BRIAN COSGROVE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 301-286-5084

Email: brian.a.cosgrove at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mailstop 614.3

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

NSIDC USER SERVICES

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +1 (303) 492-6199

Fax: +1 (303) 492-2468

Email: nsidc at nsidc.org

Contact Address:

National Snow and Ice Data Center

CIRES, 449 UCB

University of Colorado

City: Boulder

Province or State: CO

Postal Code: 80309-0449

Country: USA

DON CLINE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 952 361 6610 x252

Fax: 952 361 6634

Email: cline at nohrsc.nws.gov

Contact Address:

National Weather Service

National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center

1735 Lake Drive W.

City: Chanhassen

Province or State: MN

Postal Code: 55317

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2003-08-19

Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-05-15

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