Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020)
<p>In situ measurements of water equivalent of snow cover (SWE) – the vertical depth of water that would be obtained if all the snow cover melted completely – are used in many applications including water management, flood forecasting, climate monitoring, and evaluation of hydrological and lan...
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| author | V. Vionnet C. Mortimer M. Brady L. Arnal R. Brown |
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| description | <p>In situ measurements of water equivalent of snow cover (SWE) – the vertical
depth of water that would be obtained if all the snow cover melted
completely – are used in many applications including water management, flood
forecasting, climate monitoring, and evaluation of hydrological and land
surface models. The Canadian historical SWE dataset (CanSWE) combines manual
and automated pan-Canadian SWE observations collected by national,
provincial and territorial agencies as well as hydropower companies. Snow
depth (SD) and bulk snow density (defined as the ratio of SWE to SD) are
also included when available. This new dataset supersedes the previous
Canadian Historical Snow Survey (CHSSD) dataset published by Brown et al.
(2019), and this paper describes the efforts made to correct metadata,
remove duplicate observations and quality control records. The CanSWE
dataset was compiled from 15 different sources and includes SWE information
for all provinces and territories that measure SWE. Data were updated to
July 2020, and new historical data from the Government of Northwest
Territories, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan Water
Security Agency, and Hydro-Québec were included. CanSWE includes over 1 million SWE measurements from 2607 different locations across Canada over
the period 1928–2020. It is publicly available at
<a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4734371">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4734371</a> (Vionnet et al., 2021).</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35ba9419d79040a3b160ef2a91137ccb2022-12-21T20:05:36ZengCopernicus PublicationsEarth System Science Data1866-35081866-35162021-09-01134603461910.5194/essd-13-4603-2021Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020)V. Vionnet0C. Mortimer1M. Brady2L. Arnal3R. Brown4Meteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, CanadaClimate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, CanadaClimate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, CanadaColdwater Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan, Canmore, Alberta, CanadaClimate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Canada<p>In situ measurements of water equivalent of snow cover (SWE) – the vertical depth of water that would be obtained if all the snow cover melted completely – are used in many applications including water management, flood forecasting, climate monitoring, and evaluation of hydrological and land surface models. The Canadian historical SWE dataset (CanSWE) combines manual and automated pan-Canadian SWE observations collected by national, provincial and territorial agencies as well as hydropower companies. Snow depth (SD) and bulk snow density (defined as the ratio of SWE to SD) are also included when available. This new dataset supersedes the previous Canadian Historical Snow Survey (CHSSD) dataset published by Brown et al. (2019), and this paper describes the efforts made to correct metadata, remove duplicate observations and quality control records. The CanSWE dataset was compiled from 15 different sources and includes SWE information for all provinces and territories that measure SWE. Data were updated to July 2020, and new historical data from the Government of Northwest Territories, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan Water Security Agency, and Hydro-Québec were included. CanSWE includes over 1 million SWE measurements from 2607 different locations across Canada over the period 1928–2020. It is publicly available at <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4734371">https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4734371</a> (Vionnet et al., 2021).</p>https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/13/4603/2021/essd-13-4603-2021.pdf |
| spellingShingle | V. Vionnet C. Mortimer M. Brady L. Arnal R. Brown Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020) Earth System Science Data |
| title | Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020) |
| title_full | Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020) |
| title_fullStr | Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020) |
| title_short | Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020) |
| title_sort | canadian historical snow water equivalent dataset canswe 1928 2020 |
| url | https://essd.copernicus.org/articles/13/4603/2021/essd-13-4603-2021.pdf |
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