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ANUSPLIN

ANUSPLIN Gridded Climate Dataset for Canada (DAILY, 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.

Organization: Agriculture and Agri-food Canada

Spatial resolution: 10-km (~0.1-deg)

Time Span: 1950-01-01 to 2015-12-31 (Daily and Monthly)

Variables:

  • Minimum/Maximum Temperature (mint/maxt)
  • Precipitation (pcp)

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References:

  • 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.
  • 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.

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