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ESM-SnowMIP meteorological and evaluation datasets at ten reference sites (in situ and bias corrected reanalysis data)

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2020-03-05
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2020-04-23
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 31 Files | 315MB
Abstract

In situ meteorological forcing and evaluation data, and bias-corrected reanalysis forcing data for cold regions modelling at ten sites: one maritime (Sapporo, Japan), one arctic (Sodankylä, Finland), three boreal (Old Aspen, Old Jack Pine and Old Black Spruce, Saskatchewan, Canada) and five mid-latitude alpine (Col de Porte, France; Reynolds Mountain East, Idaho, USA, Senator Beck and Swamp Angel, Colorado, USA; Weissfluhjoch, Switzerland).

The long-term datasets are the reference sites chosen for evaluating models participating in the Earth System Model-Snow Model Intercomparison Project (ESM-SnowMIP). Periods covered by the in situ data span from 1994 to 2016 with the period of available data varying by location from between 7 and 20 years of hourly meteorological data, with evaluation data (snow depth, snow water equivalent, albedo, soil temperature and surface temperature) available at varying temporal intervals.

30-year (1980-2010) time-series have been extracted from a global gridded surface meteorology dataset (Global Soil Wetness Project Phase 3) for the grid cells containing the reference sites, interpolated to one-hour timesteps and bias corrected.

Citable as:  Menard, C.; Essery, R. (2020): ESM-SnowMIP meteorological and evaluation datasets at ten reference sites (in situ and bias corrected reanalysis data). Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b6b6266415634a6ab242702d7ee6be05
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Snow, Long-Term Record, Modelling, Observation

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Data lineage:

Data are as delivered by ReSCUES project.
Data Quality:
The ESM-SnowMIP data were quality controlled by the data providers prior to being made available to CEDA.
File Format:
Data are netCDF format.

Related Documents

 Meteorological and evaluation datasets for snow modelling at 10 reference sites: description of in situ and bias-corrected reanalysis data

Process overview

This dataset was generated by a combination of instruments deployed on platforms and computations as detailed below.

Computation Element: 1

Title Bias corrected time-series data extracted from the global gridded surface meteorology dataset Global Soil Wetness Project Phase 3) for grid cells containing the ESM-SnowMIP reference sites
Abstract 30-year (1980-2010) time-series have been extracted from a global gridded surface meteorology dataset (Global Soil Wetness Project Phase 3) for the grid cells containing the Earth System Model - Snow Model Intercomparison Project (ESM-SnowMIP) reference sites, interpolated to one-hour timesteps and bias corrected. Although applied to all sites. The bias corrections are particularly important for mountain sites that are hundreds of meters higher than the grid elevations; as a result, uncorrected air temperatures are too high and snowfall amounts are too low in comparison with in situ measurements. The ten in situ sites are characterised as maritime (Sapporo, Japan), arctic (Sodankylä, Finland), boreal (Old Aspen, Old Jack Pine and Old Black Spruce, Saskatchewan, Canada) and mid-latitude alpine (Col de Porte, France; Reynolds Mountain East, Idaho, USA, Senator Beck and Swamp Angel, Colorado, USA; Weissfluhjoch, Switzerland). The locations of the in situ measurement sites are listed as follows: CDP (Col de Porte), Latitude: 45.29, Longitude: 5.77, Elevation: 1325.0 m, Location: France; OAS (Old Aspen), Latitude: 54.05, Longitude: -106.33, Location: Canada; OBS (Old Black Spruce), Latitude: 54.65, Longitude: -105.20, Location: Canada; OJP (Old Jack Pine), Latitude: 54.53, Longitude: -105.00, Location: Canada; RME (Reynolds Mountain East), Latitude: 43.19, Longitude: -116.78, Location: United States; SAP (Sapporo), Latitude: 43.06, Longitude: 141.33, Elevation: 17.0 m, Location: Japan; SNB (Senator Beck Basin Study Area (SBBSA)), Latitude: 37.91, Longitude: -107.73, Location: United States; SOD (Sodankyla), Latitude: 67.42, Longitude: 26.59, Location: Finland; SWA (Swamp Angel Study Plot (SASP)), Latitude: 37.91, Longitude: -107.71, Elevation: 3371.0 m, Location: United States; WFJ (Weissfluhjoch), Latitude: 46.83, Longitude: 9.81, Location: Switzerland.
Input Description None
Output Description None
Software Reference None
Output Description

None
  • units: K
  • var_id: Tair
  • long_name: Near-surface air temperature
  • units: kg/kg
  • long_name: Near-surface specific humidity
  • var_id: Qair
  • units: m/s
  • long_name: Near-surface wind speed
  • var_id: Wind
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • long_name: Rainfall rate
  • var_id: Rainf
  • units: kg/m2/s
  • long_name: Snowfall rate
  • var_id: Snowf
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: Surface downward longwave radiation
  • var_id: Psurf
  • units: W/m2
  • long_name: Surface downward shortwave radiation
  • var_id: SWdown
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: Surface pressure
  • var_id: Psurf
  • units: -
  • var_id: albs
  • long_name: above-canopy daily albedo
  • units: W m-2
  • var_id: rlus
  • long_name: above-canopy upwelling longwave radiation
  • units: -
  • var_id: albs
  • long_name: daily albedo
  • units: m
  • var_id: sdepth
  • long_name: depth in soil
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: mass of snowpack, automatic measurement
  • var_id: snw_auto
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: mass of snowpack, manual measurement
  • var_id: snw_man
  • units: kg m-2
  • var_id: snw_man
  • long_name: mass of snowpack, manual transect
  • units: m
  • long_name: snowdepth, automatic measurement
  • var_id: snd_auto
  • units: m
  • long_name: snowdepth, automatic measurement at NE soil pit
  • var_id: snd_gap1_auto
  • units: m
  • long_name: snowdepth, automatic measurement at NW soil pit
  • var_id: snd_gap2_auto
  • units: m
  • long_name: snowdepth, automatic measurement under canopy
  • var_id: snd_can_auto
  • units: m
  • long_name: snowdepth, manual measurement
  • var_id: snd_man
  • units: m
  • var_id: snd_man
  • long_name: snowdepth, manual transect
  • units: C
  • var_id: tsl
  • long_name: soil temperature
  • units: -
  • var_id: albs
  • long_name: surface albedo
  • units: C
  • var_id: ts
  • long_name: surface temperature
  • units: W m-2
  • var_id: rlus
  • long_name: surface upwelling longwave radiation
  • var_id: time

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1980-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
2016-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
67.4000°
  
-116.8000°
  
141.3000°
 
37.9000°
  
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