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NACP_MsTMIP_TBMO_1225·v1·dataset

Global ecosystem-model outputs in a shared format

NACP MsTMIP: Global 0.5-degree Model Outputs in Standard Format, Version 1.0
hydrosphere NASA ORNL_CLOUD Level 4 netCDF-4 classic
In plain English

What it measures. Model-generated estimates of how carbon, energy, and water move between land and the atmosphere worldwide, drawn from 15 different ecosystem models and put into one shared, comparable format.

How it's made. These are computer model outputs (not direct satellite measurements), provided monthly and yearly from 1900 to 2010 on a roughly 50-kilometer global grid.

How & where you'd use it. Comparing how different ecosystem models behave and studying the global carbon and water cycles over the past century.

What's measured

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE › GROUND WATER › GROUND WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS › DISCHARGELAND SURFACE › SOILS › SOIL DEPTHBIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › BIOMASSLAND SURFACE › SOILS › SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENTLAND SURFACE › SURFACE RADIATIVE PROPERTIES › ALBEDOBIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › LEAF CHARACTERISTICSBIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATIONBIOSPHERE › VEGETATION › CARBONBIOSPHERE › ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS › ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS › RESPIRATION RATEATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPORTERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE › SURFACE WATER › SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS › RUNOFF

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span1900-01-01 → 2010-12-31
  • Measured byMODELS (Computer)
  • Processing levelLevel 4
  • Spatial extent-180, -90, 180, 90
  • FormatsnetCDF-4 classic
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Follow rainfall, floods and surface-water extent
  • Track soil moisture and the onset of drought
  • Monitor lakes, rivers and groundwater storage
Official description

This data set provides global gridded estimates of carbon, energy, and hydrologic fluxes between the land and atmosphere from 15 Terrestrial Biosphere Models (TBMs) in a standard format. Model estimates are at monthly and yearly time steps for the period 1900 to 2010, with a spatial resolution of 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree globally, excluding Antarctica.

Get the data

nacp_mstmip_tbmo_1225_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="NACP_MsTMIP_TBMO_1225",
    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 ORNL_CLOUD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.