These parameters represent the unification of several existing model
builds and calibrations, including Livneh et al., 2013 (L13) over CONUS and then Tang et al. 
(2009) over Mexico, filling in the rest with LDAS.

If you use these parameters please cite:
Livneh, B., Bohn, T. J., Pierce, D. W., Munoz-Arriola, F., Nijssen, B., Vose, R., and Brekke, L. (2015). A spatially comprehensive, hydrometeorological data set for Mexico, the US, and Southern Canada 1950–2013. Scientific data, 2.

Also consider citing:
(CONUS domain) Livneh, B., Rosenberg, E. A., Lin, C., Nijssen, B., Mishra, V., Andreadis, K. M., ... & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2013). A long-term hydrologically based dataset of land surface fluxes and states for the conterminous United States: update and extensions*. Journal of Climate, 26(23), 9384.
(NLDAS domain) Maurer E. P., A.W. Wood, J.C. Adam, D.P. Lettenmaier, and B. Nijssen, 2002: A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States*. Journal of Climate, 15, 3237–3251.
(Mexico domain) Zhu, C., T. Cavazos, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2007: Role of antecedent land surface conditions in warm season precipitation over northwestern Mexico.Journal of climate, 20(9), 1774-1791.
(Mexico domain) Tang, Q., E.R. Vivoni, F. Muñoz-Arriola, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2012: Predictability of evapotranspiration patterns using remotely sensed vegetation dynamics during the North American monsoon. Journal of Hydrometeorology,13(1), 103-121.