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Datasets

Daymet v3

Domain: Climate

Variables:
▶ Temperature, minimum; Temperature, maximum; Precipitation; Snow water equivalent; Short-wave radiation;
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Spatial Resolution: 1 kilometer

Temporal Frequency: daily

Temporal Coverage: 1980 - 2019

Spatial Extent: North America, Puerto Rico, Hawaii

Source: ORNL

Update Type: Static

Update Frequency: NA

Update Detail: NA

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Description:

Superseded by Version 4.
This dataset provides Daymet Version 3 data as gridded estimates of daily weather parameters for North America, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Daymet variables include the following parameters: minimum temperature, maximum temperature, precipitation, shortwave radiation, vapor pressure, snow water equivalent, and day length. The dataset covers the period from January 1, 1980, to December 31 (or December 30 in leap years) of the most recent full calendar year for the Continental North America and Hawaii spatial regions. Data for Puerto Rico is available starting in 1950. Each subsequent year is processed individually at the close of a calendar year. Daymet variables are provided as individual files, by variable and year, at a 1 km x 1 km spatial resolution and a daily temporal resolution. Areas of Hawaii and Puerto Rico are available as files separate from the continental North America. Data are in a North America Lambert Conformal Conic projection and are distributed in a standardized Climate and Forecast (CF)-compliant netCDF file format.

Citation:

Thornton, P.E., Thornton, M.M., Mayer, B.W., Wei, Y., Devarakonda, R., Vose, R.S., and Cook, R.B., 2016, Daymet: Daily Surface Weather Data on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 3: ORNL DAAC, accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1328