Water Security Indicator Model - Global Land Data Assimilation System (WSIM-GLDAS) Monthly Grids, Version 1
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Originator: ISciences, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
Publication Date: 20220824
Title: Water Security Indicator Model - Global Land Data Assimilation System (WSIM-GLDAS) Monthly Grids, Version 1
Edition: 1.00
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster, map
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Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.7927/z1fn-kf73
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The Water Security Indicator Model - Global Land Data Assimilation System (WSIM-GLDAS) Monthly Grids, Version 1 data set identifies and characterizes surpluses and deficits of freshwater, and the parameters determining these anomalies, at monthly intervals over the period January 1948 to December 2014. The data set uses the land surface model outputs from NASA's Global Land Data Assimilation System, covering the global extent, to generate anomaly values for the following parameters at a gridded resolution of 0.25 degrees: temperature, precipitation, soil moisture, potential minus actual evapotranspiration, runoff, total blue water (flow-accumulated runoff), composite index of water surplus, and composite index of water deficits. These data are provided in terms of return periods, scientific units, and standardized (normalized) anomalies, and are computed over 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month temporal periods of accumulation, referred to as integration periods. Anomaly values are present in terms of return periods with respect to a fitted Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) probability distribution function over a historical baseline period of January 1950 to December 2009, at a global spatial resolution of 0.25 degrees over the monthly, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month periods of integration. Parameter values (location, scale, shape) of the fitted GEV probability distribution, which are fit separately for each calendar month, are distributed per parameter for each integration period.
Purpose: To provide data characterizing 67 years (1948-2014) of anomalous freshwater surpluses, deficits, and the parameters determining them, across the global terrestrial surface.
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Beginning Date: 1948/01/01
Ending Date: 2014/12/31
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Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed
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West Bounding Coordinate: -180.000000
East Bounding Coordinate: 180.000000
North Bounding Coordinate: 90.000000
South Bounding Coordinate: -90.000000
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Theme Keyword Thesaurus: ISO Topic
Theme Keyword: Inland Waters
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Theme Keyword: Sustainability
Theme Keyword: Water
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Theme Keyword: Global
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Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER
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Postal Code: 10964
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Originator: Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Isciences
Publication Date: 20220824
Title: Documentation for the Water Security (WSIM-GLDAS) Monthly Grids, v1 (1948 - 2014)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: documentation
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Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.7927/x7fj-jj41
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Raster Object Type: Grid Cell
Row Count: 600
Column Count: 1440
Vertical Count: 1
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Latitude Resolution: 0.250000
Longitude Resolution: 0.250000
Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees
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Horizontal Datum Name: WGS84
Ellipsoid Name: WGS84
Semi-major Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257224
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Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State or Province: New York
Postal Code: 10964
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Contact Voice Telephone: +1 845-365-8920
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Contact Electronic Mail Address: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu
Resource Description: CIESIN_SEDAC_WATER_WSIM_GLDAS_V1
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Beginning Date: 2022/08/24
Ending Date: Present
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Metadata Date: 2020/11/06
Metadata Review Date: 2022/08/24
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Address: CIESIN, Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000
City: Palisades
State or Province: New York
Postal Code: 10964
Country: United States
Contact Voice Telephone: +1 845-365-8988
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