LANDMET: Global Land-Atmosphere Interaction Data, 1998-2007

A global, multi-variate data compilation describing near-surface atmospheric and land surface properties from 1998 to 2007. The product merges measurements from various resources, maps them onto a 1.0-degree equal-area grid, and provides data at daily or 3-hourly intervals. It was produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and is available via the GES DISC.

Use Cases

• Modeling diurnal-to-decadal land-atmosphere interactions based on the described multi-variate property compilation.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of near-surface atmospheric properties based on the global 1.0-degree gridded data.
• Studying temporal trends in land surface properties based on the daily and 3-hourly time sampling over a 10-year period.
• Filling spatial and temporal data gaps in surface measurements using the described interpolation procedures.

Strengths

• Covers a 10-year time period from 1998 to 2007.
• Provides global coverage mapped onto a consistent 1.0-degree equivalent equal-area grid.
• Includes procedures to fill missing values for spatially or temporally sparse source data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The temporal coverage ends in 2007, which may limit analysis of recent trends.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Compilation and reconciliation of multi-variate measurements from various resources.

Time Range

1998 to 2007

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 01:06:51.350211; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global