A 2-year global dataset from 1987-1988 provides estimates of soil moisture, temperature, runoff, and surface fluxes. The data was produced by approximately one dozen land surface process modeling groups across five nations. It is an ongoing project of the International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP).
Use Cases
- Validate soil_moisture estimates from satellite products using model-simulated data.
- Analyze spatial patterns of runoff and surface_fluxes for water cycle studies.
- Use soil_temperature data as a boundary condition for regional climate simulations.
- Compare model outputs from different participating land surface process groups.
Strengths
- Global spatial coverage for consistent analysis.
- Multi-model ensemble from approximately one dozen independent modeling groups.
- Standardized 2-year temporal coverage from 1987-1988.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with the last update recorded as the end of 1988.
- Specific row counts, column details, and sample sizes are not provided.
- Model-derived estimates contain inherent uncertainties from the land surface process models used.
Provenance
- Source
- International Satellite Land-Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP), a part of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX).
- Collection Method
- Integration of one-way uncoupled land surface process models using externally specified surface forcings and standardized soil/vegetation distributions from the ISLSCP Initiative I data.
- Time Range
- 1987-1988
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global