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Dr Ben Livneh
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2015-06-09
ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
A spatially comprehensive, hydrologic model-based data set for Mexico, the U.S., and southern Canada 1950-2013
Ben Livneh
CU-Boulder
ben.livneh@colorado.edu
principalInvestigator
A data set of simulated fluxes and states from the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model, gridded to a 1/16° (~6km) resolution that spans the entire country of Mexico, the conterminous U.S. (CONUS), and regions of Canada south of 53º N for the period 1950-2013. Because of the consistent gridding methodology, the current product reduces transboundary discontinuities making it suitable for estimating large-scale hydrologic phenomena.
Related Funding Agency: United States Bureau of Reclamation
Suggested Author List: Ben Livneh1,2, Theodore J. Bohn3, David W. Pierce4, Francisco Munoz-Arriola5, Bart Nijssen6, Russell Vose7, Daniel R. Cayan4, and Levi Brekke8.
Affiliations
1. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, 216 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309.
2. NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Sciences Division, 325 Broadway, Boulder CO, 80309.
3. School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 781 E. Terrace Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287-6004.
4. Climate, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physical Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093-0224.
5. Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 246 L. W. Chase Hall P. O. Box 830726, Lincoln, NE 68583-0726.
6. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Box 352700, Seattle, WA 98195.
7. NOAA/National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801.
8. Water and Climate Research Coordinator, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.
Total Evapotranspiration
Surface runoff
Baseflow
Soil Moisture
Snow Water Equivalent
Canopy Water
Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux
Net Upward Latent Heat Flux
Net Heat Flux into Ground
Net Downwelling Radiation
Potential Evapotranspiration
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Data Types
VIC land surface model
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Sampling Instruments
model output
laboratory analysis
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1950-01-01
2013-12-31
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Total Evapotranspiration (mm)
Surface runoff (mm)
Baseflow (mm)
Soil Moisture (mm)
Snow Water Equivalent (mm)
Canopy Water (mm)
Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux (Watts per meter squared)
Net Upward Latent Heat Flux (Watts per meter squared)
Net Heat Flux into Ground (Watts per meter squared)
Net Downwelling Radiation (Watts per meter squared)
Potential Evapotranspiration (mm)
dataset
dataset
Data Type: Total Evapotranspiration (calculated); Units: mm; Observation Type: model output; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Surface runoff (calculated); Units: mm; Observation Type: model output; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Baseflow (calculated); Units: mm; Observation Type: model output; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Soil Moisture (calculated); Units: mm; Observation Type: model output; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: 3-Layers; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Snow Water Equivalent (calculated); Units: mm; Observation Type: model output; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Canopy Water (calculated); Units: mm; Observation Type: model output; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux (calculated); Units: Watts per meter squared; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Net Upward Latent Heat Flux (calculated); Units: Watts per meter squared; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Net Heat Flux into Ground (calculated); Units: Watts per meter squared; Observation Type: laboratory analysis; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Net Downwelling Radiation (calculated); Units: Watts per meter squared; Observation Type: model output; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information:
Data Type: Potential Evapotranspiration (calculated); Units: mm; Observation Type: model output; Sampling Instrument: VIC land surface model; Sampling and Analyzing Method: ; Data Quality Information: