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.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get a related visualization | PNG | 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 | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | HTML | ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation | Open resource |
| Download this dataset | HTML | This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login | Open resource |
| View documentation related to this dataset | NACP: Climate Data Inputs (3-hourly) for Community Land Model, Western USA, 1979-2015: Climate_Data_Disaggregation_Methods_CompanionFile.pdf | Open resource | |
| View documentation related to this dataset | NACP: Climate Data Inputs (3-hourly) for Community Land Model, Western USA, 1979-2015: HighRes_ClimateData_Western_US.pdf | Open resource | |
| This dataset's landing page | HTML | Data set Landing Page DOI URL | Open resource |
| Use OPeNDAP to access the dataset's data | HTML | USE SERVICE API | Open resource |
| Google Scholar search results | HTML | Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. | Open resource |