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ANUSPLIN - 10km - Monthly

ANUSPLIN - 10km - Monthly

Description

The ANUSPLIN Gridded Climate Dataset for Canada is a station based interpolated dataset produced using the Australian National University Spline (ANUSPLIN) model. It is produced by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and covers all of Canada. The dataset is available from 1950-2015 at daily timesteps for maximum temperature, minimum temperature, and total precipitation at 10km resolution.

Climate Engine details

Dataset type
Climate/Hydrology
Climate Engine ID
ANUSPLIN_MONTHLY
Documentation
https://support.climateengine.org/article/48-anusplin

Dataset details

Scale
10km
Frequency
Monthly
Coverage
Canada
Start year
1950
End year
2015

Earth Engine collection details

Earth Engine asset
projects/climate-engine-pro/assets/ce-anusplin-monthly
Earth Engine asset URL
https://gee-community-catalog.org/projects/anusplin/?h=anusp
Earth Engine source catalog
ClimateEngine.org

Variables

API variable docs: #anusplin-gridded-climate-for-canada

Name Units
Evap. Demand Drought Index Hargreaves (EDDI) N/A
Maximum Temperature K
Minimum Temperature K
Potential ET Hargreaves mm
Potential ET Thornthwaite mm
Potential Water Deficit Hargreaves mm
Precipitation mm
Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index Hargreaves (SPEI) N/A
Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index Thornthwaite (SPEI) N/A
Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) N/A

References

  1. Hutchinson, M. F., McKenney, D.W., Lawrence, K., Pedlar, J.H., Hopkinson, R.F., Milewska, E., Papadopol, P. (2009). Development and testing of Canada-Wide Interpolated Spatial Models of Daily Minimum-Maximum Temperature and Precipitation for 1961-2003. American Meteorological Society(April): 725-741.
  2. McKenney, D. W., Hutchinson, M.F., Papadopol, P., Lawrence, K., Pedlar, J., Campbell, K., Milewska, E., Hopkinson, R., Price, D., Owen, T. (2011). Customized spatial climate models for North America. Bulletin of American Meteorological Society-BAMS December: 1612-1622.

Website: https://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/projects/3/4

Terms of use

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