NACP: Climate Data Inputs (3-hourly) for Community Land Model, Western USA, 1979-2015

Description

This dataset provides sub-daily, high-resolution, climate data inputs including temperature, precipitation, near surface specific humidity, incoming short-wave radiation, and near-surface wind speed over 11 states of the western USA. States included are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. These data were derived for use in the Community Land Model (CLM v4.5) and are at 3-hourly temporal and 4 x 4 km spatial resolutions for the 1979 through 2015 time period. The source for observational data was METDATA (now called GRIDMET), at a daily resolution. Modeling efforts using these data estimated annual carbon stocks, fluxes, and productivity across the western United States.

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Name Format Description Link
34 Four variables for the same 3-hour timestep, December 8, 2015, 12:00 AM to 3:00 AM, a) precipitation flux (kg m-2 s-1) b) air temperature (K) c) shortwave radiation flux (W m-2) d) specific humidity. Source: western_USA_precipitation_3hr_2015-12.nc4 https://daac.ornl.gov/NACP/guides/HighRes_ClimateData_Western_US_Fig1.png
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/nacp/HighRes_ClimateData_Western_US/
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1682
21 USE SERVICE API https://opendap.earthdata.nasa.gov/
33 NACP: Climate Data Inputs (3-hourly) for Community Land Model, Western USA, 1979-2015: Climate_Data_Disaggregation_Methods_CompanionFile.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/HighRes_ClimateData_Western_US/comp/Climate_Data_Disaggregation_Methods_CompanionFile.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F1682
33 NACP: Climate Data Inputs (3-hourly) for Community Land Model, Western USA, 1979-2015: HighRes_ClimateData_Western_US.pdf https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/nacp/HighRes_ClimateData_Western_US/comp/HighRes_ClimateData_Western_US.pdf
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/NACP/guides/HighRes_ClimateData_Western_US.html

Tags

  • atmospheric-radiation
  • precipitation
  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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