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Daymet: Monthly Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4

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Thornton, M.M., R. Shrestha, Y. Wei, P.E. Thornton, S-C. Kao, and B.E. Wilson. 2022. Daymet: Monthly Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R1. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/2131

Overview

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1855
Version4.3
Project
Published2020-12-15
Updated2022-08-31
Usage2879 downloads
Citations5 publications cited this dataset
User GuideResources

Description

This dataset provides Daymet Version 4 monthly climate summaries derived from Daymet Version 4 daily data at a 1 km x 1 km spatial resolution for five Daymet variables: minimum and maximum temperature, precipitation, vapor pressure, and snow water equivalent. Monthly averages are provided for minimum and maximum temperature, vapor pressure, and snow water equivalent, and monthly totals are provided for the precipitation variable. Each data file is yearly by variable with 12 monthly time steps and covers the same period of record as the Daymet V4 daily data. The monthly climatology files are derived from the larger datasets of daily weather parameters produced on a 1 km x 1 km grid for North America, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Separate monthly files are provided for the land areas of continental North America (Canada, the United States, and Mexico), Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. Data are distributed in standardized Climate and Forecast (CF)-compliant netCDF (*.nc) and Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (*.tif) and geoTIFF file formats.

Science Keywords

  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
  • WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
  • VAPOR PRESSURE
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
  • SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
  • SHORTWAVE RADIATION
  • TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE
  • SNOW/ICE
  • SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • PRECIPITATION
  • PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

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Thornton, M.M., R. Shrestha, Y. Wei, P.E. Thornton, S-C. Kao, and B.E. Wilson. 2022. Daymet: Monthly Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1855

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Additional Resources

TypeTitle
TutorialSpatial and Temporal Subsets of Daymet Data Using the THREDDS NetCDF Subset Service (NCSS) for Grids
CodeHyRiver - A suite of Python packages that includes the PyDaymet API and Notebook examples to assess Aridity, Potential Evapotranspiration, and Climates using Daymet inputs.
WebinarToward Analysis Ready Data - Programmatically Discover, Access, and Subset Daymet V4 Data with Python and ArcGIS
WebinarNetCD-what? An Ecologist's Guide to Working with Daymet and other NetCDF-formatted Data

Version History

VersionDataset TitlePublished
2Daymet: Monthly Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 2 2016-03-17
3.4Daymet: Monthly Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 32017-04-19
4.3Daymet: Monthly Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 42020-12-15
4.5Daymet: Monthly Climate Summaries on a 1-km Grid for North America, Version 4 R12022-11-01