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VEMAP 2: U.S. Monthly Climate, 1895-1993, Version 2

Overview

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/568
Version1
Project
Published2000-12-13
Updated2024-04-22
Usage854 downloads
Citations4 publications cited this dataset

Description

An integrated input data set for ecosystem and vegetation modeling for the conterminous United States. The data set is a ~100 year gridded monthly time series of climate that includes realistic interannual variability.

Science Keywords

  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
  • SOLAR IRRADIANCE
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
  • SOLAR RADIATION
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
  • SURFACE TEMPERATURE
  • MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
  • WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
  • HUMIDITY
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
  • WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
  • WATER VAPOR
  • ATMOSPHERE
  • PRECIPITATION
  • PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Data Use and Citation

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Kittel, T.G.F., N.A. Rosenbloom, C. Kaufman, J.A. Royle, C. Daly, H.H. Fisher, W.P. Gibson, S. Aulenbach, D.N. Yates, R. McKeown, D.S. Schimel, and VEMAP 2 Participants. 2000. VEMAP 2: U.S. Monthly Climate, 1895-1993, Version 2 . ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/568

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Companion Files

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Dataset has 11 companion files.

  • is92a.readme
  • Vemap-2_MonthlyClimate.pdf
  • record2gridpt.c
  • grid_mask
  • gridpt2record.c
  • geog3.nc
  • ncREADmon6.c
  • ncREADday7.c
  • README.Tclimate3
  • Phase_2_User_Guide.pdf
  • is92a.dat

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