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FLDAS_NOAHMP001_G_CA_D·v001·dataset

Soil, water and weather over Central Asia (daily)

FLDAS2 Noah-MP GDAS Land Surface Model L4 Central Asia Daily 0.01 degree x 0.01 degree V001 (FLDAS_NOAHMP001_G_CA_D)
land NASA GES_DISC Level 4 active
In plain English

What it measures. Simulates day-by-day conditions of the land surface across Central Asia, including 27 variables such as soil moisture, temperature, and water and energy fluxes, on a fine roughly-1 km grid.

How it's made. Generated by a land surface computer model (Noah-MP) driven by GDAS weather data, as part of the famine early-warning land modeling system (a Level 4 modeled product, not a direct measurement).

How & where you'd use it. Used for food-security and drought monitoring in data-sparse parts of Central Asia, helping analysts assess crop and water conditions.

What's measured

LAND SURFACE › SOILS › SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENTATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE › SURFACE PRESSUREATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › SHORTWAVE RADIATIONATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE › SURFACE TEMPERATURE › AIR TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR › WATER VAPOR INDICATORS › HUMIDITYATMOSPHERE › PRECIPITATION › LIQUID PRECIPITATION › RAINATMOSPHERE › PRECIPITATION › SOLID PRECIPITATION › SNOWLAND SURFACE › SOILS › SOIL TEMPERATURELAND SURFACE › SOILS › SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT › SURFACE SOIL MOISTURELAND SURFACE › SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES › LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURETERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE › SNOW/ICE › SNOW COVERTERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE › SNOW/ICE › SNOW DEPTHTERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE › SNOW/ICE › SNOW MELTTERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE › SURFACE WATER › SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2000-10-01 → ongoing
  • Measured byNoah-LSM (NOT APPLICABLE)
  • Processing levelLevel 4
  • Spatial extent30, 21, 100, 56
  • StatusACTIVE

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

This dataset contains land surface parameters simulated by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) Land Data Assimilation System version 2 (FLDAS2) Central Asia model. The FLDAS2 Central Asia model is a custom instance of the NASA Land Information System that has been adapted to work with domains, data streams, and monitoring and forecast requirements associated with food security assessment in data-sparse, developing country settings. The data are produced using the Noah Multi-Parameterization (Noah-MP) version 4.0.1 Land Surface Model (LSM) forced by Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) meteorological data. The FLDAS2 Central Asia dataset is produced daily with a one-day latency. Data are available from October 1, 2000 to present. The dataset contains 27 parameters at a 0.01 degree spatial resolution over the Central Asia region (30-100°E, 21-56°N).

Get the data

fldas_noahmp001_g_ca_d_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="FLDAS_NOAHMP001_G_CA_D",
    version="001",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from GES_DISC
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.