tsgettoolbox.tsgettoolbox.ldas_nldas_vic

tsgettoolbox.tsgettoolbox.ldas_nldas_vic(lat=None, lon=None, variables=None, startDate=None, endDate=None, variable=None)

NAmerica:0.125deg:1979-:H:NLDAS VIC hydrology model results

The time zone is always UTC.

The NLDAS-2 Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) land surface model simulations were forced with the NLDAS-2 Forcing Data Sets. More information can be found at https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/nldas/v2/models

Description/Name

Spatial

Lat Range

Lon Range

Time

NLDAS VIC Land Surface Model NLDAS_VIC0125_H V002

0.125x0.125

25, 53

-125, -67

1 hour 1979-01-01T13 till recent
Parameters:

  • lat (float) – Latitude (required): Enter single geographic latitude point. Use positive values for the northern hemisphere and negative for the southern hemisphere. The valid range is specified in the table above.

  • lon (float) – Longitude (required): Enter single geographic longitude point. Use positive for the eastern hemisphere and negative for the western hemisphere. The valid range is specified in the table above.

  • variables (str) –

    For the command line a comma separated string of variable codes from the following table. Using the Python API a list of variable strings. Valid variable names are specified in the table below.

    LDAS “variables” string

    Description

    Units

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_Evap

    Total evapotranspiration

    mm

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_Qg

    Ground heat flux

    W/m**2

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_Qh

    Sensible heat flux

    W/m**2

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_Qle

    Latent heat flux

    W/m**2

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_Qsb

    Subsurface runoff (baseflow)

    mm

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_Qs

    Surface runoff (non- infiltrating)

    mm

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_SoilM_0_100cm

    0-100 cm soil moisture content

    mm

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_SoilM_layer1

    VIC layer 1 soil moisture content

    mm

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_SoilM_layer2

    VIC layer 2 soil moisture content

    mm

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_SoilM_layer3

    VIC layer 3 soil moisture content

    mm

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_SoilM_total

    VIC total column depth soil moisture content

    mm

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_SoilT_layer1

    VIC layer 1 soil temperature

    K

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_SoilT_layer2

    VIC layer 3 soil temperature

    K

    NLDAS_VIC0125_H_2_0_SoilT_layer3

    VIC layer 3 soil temperature

    K

  • startDate (str) –

    The start date of the time series.:

    Example: --startDate=2001-01-01T05

    If startDate and endDate are None, returns the entire series.

  • endDate (str) –

    The end date of the time series.:

    Example: --endDate=2002-01-05T05

    If startDate and endDate are None, returns the entire series.

  • variable (str) – DEPRECATED: use “variables” instead to be consistent across “tsgettoolbox”.