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Gridded Soil Moisture and Land Surface Evapotranspiration Global Fields for Climate Models

Entry ID: MINTZ_WALKER_SOIL_AND_EVAPO

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Summary

Abstract: Monthly fields of soil moisture are widely used in numerical weather
predictions and climate simulations with general circulation models
(GCMs). Gridded global fields of normal monthly soil moisture and
land surface evapotranspiration were derived with a simple water
budget model that has precipitation and potential evapotranspiration
as inputs. Precipitation was ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Mintz, Y.A.

Dataset Title: Global Fields of Soil Moisture and Land Surface Evapotranspiration

Dataset Series Name: J. Appl. Meteo.

Issue Identification: Vol. 32, pp. 1305-1334

Online Resource: ftp://climate1.gsfc.nasa.gov/walker/mintz/

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 4.0 Degrees
Longitude Resolution: 5.0 Degrees
Temporal Resolution: Monthly

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > EVAPOTRANSPIRATION

LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

GCM > General Circulation Model

Ancillary Keywords

GCM

GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODELS

Originating Center

GLA

Data Center

Climate and Radiation Branch, Laboratory for Atmospheres, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://climate.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GREG K. WALKER Email: Gregory.K.Walker at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Mailstop 613.2 City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: hardcopy,diskette,anonymous FTP

Personnel

YALE MINTZ

Role: INVESTIGATOR

GREG K. WALKER

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Email: Gregory.K.Walker at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mailstop 613.2

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Jaeger, L. 1976. 'Monatskarten des Niederschlages fur die ganze Erde', Berichte
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Vol. 18, nr 139, 38 pp.

Mintz, Y. and G.K. Walker, 1993: 'Global Fields of Soil Moisture and Land
Surface Evapotranspiration Derived from Observed Precipitation and Surface Air
Temperature', J. Appl. Meteo, Vol. 32, pp. 1305-1334.

Mintz, Y. and Y. Serafini, 1981: 'Global Fields of Soil Moisture and Surface
Evapotranspiration', NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Tech. Memo 83907,
Research Review - 1980/1. pp. 178-180.

Spangler, W.M.L., and R.L. Jenne. 1984. 'Reference Manual: World Monthly
Surface Station Climatology', National Center for Atmospheric Research, 20 pp.

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-04-20

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