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Livneh daily CONUS near-surface gridded meteorological and derived hydrometeorological data.

 

Brief Description:

• This CONUS daily dataset from 1915 to 2011 is 1/16 resolution. The dataset variables have been generated using the Variable Infiltration Capacity VIC hydrologic model v.4.1.2.c which was driven with the companion meteorological data.
• See the related Livneh daily CONUS near-surface gridded observed meteorological data .

Temporal Coverage: Daily means from 1915/01 to 2011/12 Monthly means from 1915/01 to 2011/12 Daily long term means using 1981/01 to 2010/12 Monthly long term means using 1981/01 to 2010/12 Spatial Coverage: .0625 degree latitude x .0625 degree longitude CONUS grid (922x444). 21.21875-52.90625, 235.4688E-293.0312E

Levels:

• Surface

Update Schedule:

• None

Download/Plot Data: (Download Issues) Flux Variables

Variable	Statistic	Level	Plot/Subset File	Download File
Average Radiative Surface Temperature	Daily	Surface		trad.yyyy.nc
Average Radiative Surface Temperature	Monthly	Surface		trad.mon.mean.nc
Average Radiative Surface Temperature	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		trad.day.ltm.nc
Average Radiative Surface Temperature	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		trad.mon.ltm.nc
Baseflow	Daily	Surface		qsb.yyyy.nc
Baseflow	Monthly	Surface		qsb.mon.mean.nc
Baseflow	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		qsb.day.ltm.nc
Baseflow	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		qsb.mon.ltm.nc
Canopy Water	Daily	Surface		wdewyyyy.nc
Canopy Water	Monthly	Surface		wdewmon.mean.nc
Canopy Water	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		wdewday.ltm.nc
Canopy Water	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		wdewday.ltm.nc
Net Downward Radiation Flux	Daily	Surface		qle.yyyy.nc
Net Downward Radiation Flux	Monthly	Surface		qle.mon.mean.nc
Net Downward Radiation Flux	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		qle.day.ltm.nc
Net Downward Radiation Flux	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		qle.mon.ltm.nc
Net Heat Flux into Ground	Daily	Surface		qg.yyyy.nc
Net Heat Flux into Ground	Monthly	Surface		qg.mon.mean.nc
Net Heat Flux into Ground	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		qg.day.ltm.nc
Net Heat Flux into Ground	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		qg.mon.ltm.nc
Net Upward Latent Heat Flux	Daily	Surface		qh.yyyy.nc
Net Upward Latent Heat Flux	Monthly	Surface		qh.mon.mean.nc
Net Upward Latent Heat Flux	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		qh.day.ltm.nc
Net Upward Latent Heat Flux	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		qh.mon.ltm.nc
Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux	Daily	Surface		qh.yyyy.nc
Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux	Monthly	Surface		qh.mon.mean.nc
Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		qh.day.ltm.nc
Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		qh.mon.ltm.nc
Snow Water Equivalent	Daily	Surface		swe.yyyy.nc
Snow Water Equivalent	Monthly	Surface		swe.mon.mean.nc
Snow Water Equivalent	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		swe.day.ltm.nc
Snow Water Equivalent	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		swe.mon.ltm.nc
Soil Moisture	Daily	Surface		soilmoist.yyyy.nc
Soil Moisture	Monthly	Surface		soilmoist.mon.mean.nc
Soil Moisture	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		soilmoist.day.ltm.nc
Soil Moisture	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		soilmoist.mon.ltm.nc
Surface Runoff	Daily	Surface		q.yyyy.nc
Surface Runoff	Monthly	Surface		q.mon.mean.nc
Surface Runoff	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		q.day.ltm.nc
Surface Runoff	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		q.mon.ltm.nc
Total Evapotranspiration	Daily	Surface		et.yyyy.nc
Total Evapotranspiration	Monthly	Surface		et.mon.mean.nc
Total Evapotranspiration	Daily Long Term Mean	Surface		et.day.ltm.nc
Total Evapotranspiration	Monthly Long Term Mean	Surface		et.mon.ltm.nc

Web Rools:

• Monthly Value composite plotting tool (means, anomalies, long term means)

Usage Restrictions:

• None

Detailed Description:

• These meteorological data represent approximately 20,000 NCDC stations across CONUS, (plus a smaller number of Enviro-Can stations for the Canadian portion of the Columbia river) gridded to 211687 points at a 1/16 degree spatial resolution, running from 1 Jan 1915 - 31 Dec 2011.
• Related Datasets
  • NCEP/Reanalysis

Caveats:

• See paper

Related File Naming & Structure Information:

File Names:

• var.time.stat.nc   (In directory: /Datasets/Datasets/livneh/fluxvars/

Dataset Format and Size:

• PSL netCDF4-classic NetCDF (annual files) for all files.

Missing Data:

• There are no missing grids except those outside the CONUS and part of Canada. Grids with no data are stored as 1e+20 for means and -9.96921e+36 for LTMs.

Citation:

• Livneh B., E.A. Rosenberg, C. Lin, B. Nijssen, V. Mishra, K.M. Andreadis, E.P. Maurer, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2013: A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States: Update and Extensions, Journal of Climate, 26, 9384–9392.
• Please note: If you acquire Livneh data products from PSL, we ask that you acknowledge us in your use of the data. This may be done by including text such as Livneh data provided by the NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSL, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site at / in any documents or publications using these data. We would also appreciate receiving a copy of the relevant publications. This will help PSL to justify keeping the Livneh data set freely available online in the future. Thank you!

References:

• Livneh B., E.A. Rosenberg, C. Lin, B. Nijssen, V. Mishra, K.M. Andreadis, E.P. Maurer, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2013: A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States: Update and Extensions, Journal of Climate, 26, 9384–9392.

Original Source:

• CU/CIRES
• Documentation: CU/CIRES Water and Climate Research Group..

Contact:

• Physical Sciences Laboratory: Data Management
  NOAA/ESRL/PSL
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  Boulder, CO 80305-3328
  psl.data@noaa.gov