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EMDNA: Ensemble Meteorological Dataset for North America

Description: The Ensemble Meteorological Dataset for North America (EMDNA) contains daily precipitation, mean daily temperature, and daily temperature range at the 0.1-degree resolution from 1979 to 2018. Minimum and maximum temperature can be calculated from mean temperature and temperature range. EMDNA merges station observations and reanalysis model outputs to improve the quality of estimates. The dataset is expected to be useful for hydrological and meteorological applications in North America.
Two types of datasets are provided by EMDNA, including the probabilistic dataset and the deterministic dataset. The probabilistic dataset has 100 equally plausible ensemble members, which can be used to evaluate the impact of the uncertainties in a myriad of applications. The deterministic dataset is generated during the production of ensemble members and can be applied in studies that do not need uncertainty estimation.
Authors: Tang, Guoqiang; University of Saskatchewan; ORCID iD 0000-0002-0923-583
Clark, Martyn P.; University of Saskatchewan
Papalexiou, Simon Michael; University of Saskatchewan
Newman, Andrew J.; National Center for Atmospheric Research
Wood, Andrew W.; National Center for Atmospheric Research
Brunet, Dominique; Environment and Climate Change Canada
Whitfield, Paul H.; University of Saskatchewan
Keywords: Precipitation
Temperature
Ensemble
North America
Field of Research: 
Earth and related environmental sciences
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Atmospheric sciences
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Meteorology and weather
Publication Date: 2020-10-08
Publisher: Federated Research Data Repository / dépôt fédéré de données de recherche
Funder: Global Water Futures (GWF)
Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF); Global Water Futures Program (GWF)
Global Water Futures (GWF); Core Modelling and Forecasting
URI: https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0275
Related Identifiers: 
Geographic Coverage: 
Place Name
North America
Geolocation Box: 
West Longitude
-180
East Longitude
-50
North Latitude
85
South Latitude
5
Appears in Collections:Global Water Futures

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Citation
Tang, G., Clark, M., Papalexiou, S., Newman, A., Wood, A., Brunet, D., Whitfield, P. (2020). EMDNA: Ensemble Meteorological Dataset for North America. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0275