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Datasets

gridMET

Domain: Climate

Variables:
▶ Temperature, maximum; Temperature, minimum; Precipitation accumulation; Downward surface shortwave radiation; Reference evapotranspiration (ASCE Penman-Montieth);
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Spatial Resolution: 4 kilometer

Temporal Frequency: daily

Temporal Coverage: 1979 - Present

Spatial Extent: CONUS

Source: Academic Institution

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Description:

These data blend the high quality spatial attributes of PRISM with the temporal attributes and additional data from NLDAS-2.
gridMET is a dataset of daily high-spatial resolution (~4-km, 1/24th degree) surface meteorological data covering the contiguous US from 1979-yesterday. Climatology Lab have also extended these data to cover southern British Columbia in our real time products. These data can provide important inputs for ecological, agricultural, and hydrological models. These data are updated daily. gridMET is the preferred naming convention for these data; however, the data are also known as cited as METDATA.

Citation:

Abatzoglou, J.T., 2013, Development of gridded surface meteorological data for ecological applications and modelling. Int. J. Climatol., 33: 121-131. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3413

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