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HMA_LIS_LandSurfaceHydro·v1·dataset

Modeled water and snow conditions over High Mountain Asia

High Mountain Asia LIS Model Terrestrial Hydrological Parameters V001
land NASA NSIDC_CPRD Level 4 netCDF-4PNG
In plain English

What it measures. Modeled estimates of water and energy conditions over the High Mountain Asia region, including soil and snow water, energy flows, and land surface states.

How it's made. Not a direct satellite measurement; produced by running the Noah-MP land surface model inside NASA's Land Information System to simulate hydrology for the region.

How & where you'd use it. Helps researchers study water and snow availability in the mountains and headwaters of Asia, important for understanding river flow and water supply downstream.

What's measured

LAND SURFACE › SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES › LAND SURFACE TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION › NET RADIATIONTERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE › SNOW/ICE › SNOW COVERTERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE › SNOW/ICE › SNOW WATER EQUIVALENTLAND SURFACE › SOILS › SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2003-02-01 → 2018-01-31
  • Measured byMODELS (NOT APPLICABLE)
  • Processing levelLevel 4
  • Spatial extent66.875, 20.875, 100.875, 40.875
  • FormatsnetCDF-4, PNG
  • StatusCOMPLETE

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

The data provided in this data set are simulated using the Noah-Multiparameterization Land Surface Model (Noah-MP LSM) Version 3.6 within the NASA Land Information System (LIS) Version 7.2. The data files contain estimates of water, energy fluxes, and land surface states for the High Mountain Asia (HMA) region.

Get the data

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

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="HMA_LIS_LandSurfaceHydro",
    version="1",
    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 NSIDC_CPRD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.