Hydro-Climate Variables Acronym Available Resolution Available Resolution Description and Access Link
Temporal Spatial
Terrestrial Water Storage
TWS
Monthly [2002-2020]
0.5º
GRACE JPL Mascon’s https://earth.gsfc.nasa.gov/geo/data/grace-mascons
Groundwater Storage
GWS
Daily [1948-2014]
0.25º
GLDAS_CLSM025_D https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets?keywords=GLDAS
Soil Moisture Storage
SMS
Monthly [2000-2019]
0.25º
GLDAS_NOAH025_M https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets?keywords=GLDAS
Snow Water Equivalent
SWE
Monthly [2000-2020]
0.25º
GLDAS_NOAH025_M https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets?keywords=GLDAS
Precipitation
P
Monthly [1901-2016]
0.0083º
CHELSAcruts http://chelsa-climate.org
Temperature
T
Monthly [1981-2020]
0.1º
FLDAS_NOAH01_C_GL_M https://earthdata.nasa.gov/