diff --git a/ingestion-data/staging/collections/nldas2.json b/ingestion-data/staging/collections/nldas2.json
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+{
+    "id": "nldas2",
+    "type": "Collection",
+    "title": "NLDAS2 precipitation",
+    "links": [],
+    "description": "NLDAS-2 provides a fine-scale (1 km) meteorological forcing (precipitation) in both retrospective and near real-time over North and Central America, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, by leveraging high-quality gauge, satellite, and model datasets through advanced data assimilation methods. Read more: https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/nldas/v2",
+    "extent": {
+        "spatial": {
+            "bbox": [
+                [
+                    -41.2,
+                    -82.6,
+                    9.8,
+                    -59
+                ]
+            ]
+        },
+        "temporal": {
+            "interval": [
+                [
+                    "2001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+                    "2023-06-01T00:00:00Z"
+                ]
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "stac_extensions": [
+        "https://stac-extensions.github.io/render/v1.0.0/schema.json",
+        "https://stac-extensions.github.io/item-assets/v1.0.0/schema.json"
+    ],
+    "item_assets": {
+        "cog_default": {
+            "type": "image/tiff; application=geotiff; profile=cloud-optimized",
+            "roles": [
+                "data",
+                "layer"
+            ],
+            "title": "Default COG Layer",
+            "description": "Cloud optimized default layer to display on map"
+        }
+    },
+    "dashboard:is_periodic": false,
+    "dashboard:time_density": "month",
+    "stac_version": "1.0.0",
+    "renders": {
+        "dashboard": {
+            "colormap": {
+                "1": [
+                    120,
+                    120,
+                    120
+                ],
+                "2": [
+                    130,
+                    65,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "3": [
+                    66,
+                    207,
+                    56
+                ],
+                "4": [
+                    245,
+                    239,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "5": [
+                    241,
+                    89,
+                    32
+                ],
+                "6": [
+                    168,
+                    0,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "7": [
+                    0,
+                    143,
+                    201
+                ]
+            },
+            "bidx": [
+                1
+            ],
+            "unscale": false,
+            "resampling": "nearest",
+            "max_size": 1024,
+            "return_mask": true,
+            "assets": [
+                "cog_default"
+            ],
+            "title": "VEDA Dashboard Render Parameters"
+        }
+    },
+    "providers": [
+        {
+            "name": "NLDAS",
+            "url": "https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/nldas",
+            "roles": [
+                "producer",
+                "processor",
+                "licensor"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "NASA VEDA",
+            "url": "https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/",
+            "roles": [
+                "host"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/ingestion-data/staging/collections/nldas3.json b/ingestion-data/staging/collections/nldas3.json
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+{
+    "id": "nldas3",
+    "type": "Collection",
+    "title": "NLDAS3 precipitation",
+    "links": [],
+    "description": "NLDAS-3 provides a fine-scale (1 km) meteorological forcing (precipitation) in both retrospective and near real-time over North and Central America, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, by leveraging high-quality gauge, satellite, and model datasets through advanced data assimilation methods. Read more: https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/nldas/v3",
+    "extent": {
+        "spatial": {
+            "bbox": [
+                [
+                    -41.2,
+                    -82.6,
+                    9.8,
+                    -59
+                ]
+            ]
+        },
+        "temporal": {
+            "interval": [
+                [
+                    "2001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
+                    "2023-06-01T00:00:00Z"
+                ]
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "stac_extensions": [
+        "https://stac-extensions.github.io/render/v1.0.0/schema.json",
+        "https://stac-extensions.github.io/item-assets/v1.0.0/schema.json"
+    ],
+    "item_assets": {
+        "cog_default": {
+            "type": "image/tiff; application=geotiff; profile=cloud-optimized",
+            "roles": [
+                "data",
+                "layer"
+            ],
+            "title": "Default COG Layer",
+            "description": "Cloud optimized default layer to display on map"
+        }
+    },
+    "dashboard:is_periodic": false,
+    "dashboard:time_density": "month",
+    "stac_version": "1.0.0",
+    "renders": {
+        "dashboard": {
+            "colormap": {
+                "1": [
+                    120,
+                    120,
+                    120
+                ],
+                "2": [
+                    130,
+                    65,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "3": [
+                    66,
+                    207,
+                    56
+                ],
+                "4": [
+                    245,
+                    239,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "5": [
+                    241,
+                    89,
+                    32
+                ],
+                "6": [
+                    168,
+                    0,
+                    0
+                ],
+                "7": [
+                    0,
+                    143,
+                    201
+                ]
+            },
+            "bidx": [
+                1
+            ],
+            "unscale": false,
+            "resampling": "nearest",
+            "max_size": 1024,
+            "return_mask": true,
+            "assets": [
+                "cog_default"
+            ],
+            "title": "VEDA Dashboard Render Parameters"
+        }
+    },
+    "providers": [
+        {
+            "name": "NLDAS",
+            "url": "https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/nldas",
+            "roles": [
+                "producer",
+                "processor",
+                "licensor"
+            ]
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "NASA VEDA",
+            "url": "https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/dashboard/",
+            "roles": [
+                "host"
+            ]
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/ingestion-data/staging/discovery-items/nldas2.json b/ingestion-data/staging/discovery-items/nldas2.json
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index 00000000..3a535daa
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+++ b/ingestion-data/staging/discovery-items/nldas2.json
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+{
+    "collection": "nldas2",
+    "prefix": "EIS/nldas2monthly/",
+    "bucket": "veda-data-store-staging",
+    "filename_regex": ".*_\\d{6}.tif$",
+    "discovery": "s3",
+    "datetime_range": "month"
+}
diff --git a/ingestion-data/staging/discovery-items/nldas3.json b/ingestion-data/staging/discovery-items/nldas3.json
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index 00000000..fdfd3ccf
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+++ b/ingestion-data/staging/discovery-items/nldas3.json
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+{
+    "collection": "nldas3",
+    "prefix": "EIS/nldas3monthly/",
+    "bucket": "veda-data-store-staging",
+    "filename_regex": ".*_\\d{6}.tif$",
+    "discovery": "s3",
+    "datetime_range": "month"
+}