Table 2. GM-WICS Data Sets
(Bold data sets available at http://www.gm-wics.sr.unh.edu/html/download.html) 
Static Variables Source Country Resolution Temporal Time Step
or # of Stations Domain
­         Elevation USGS GTOPO30 (30 arc second) digital elevation model US & Canada 2 arc-minute NA NA
­         STN-2min River Network* 2 arc-minute Elevation grid US & Canada 2 arc-minute NA NA
­         Land Cover 1 km2 AVHRR - North American Land Cover Characteristics Database US & Canada 2 arc-minute 1992-93 NA
­         Soils FAO Digital Soil Map of the World US & Canada 2 arc-minute NA NA
Time Varying Variables          
­         Precipitation NCDC Cooperative Summary of the Day United States 356 1970-99 Monthly
  Environment Canada Climate Normals Canada 798 1970-99 Monthly
­         Air Temperature NCDC Cooperative Summary of the Day United States 220 1970-99 Monthly
  Environment Canada Climate Normals Canada 693 1970-99 Monthly
­         Snowfall NCDC Cooperative Summary of the Day  United States 293 1970-99 Monthly
  Environment Canada Climate Normals Canada 34 1943-82 Monthly
­         Discharge USGS NWIS-W Archive United States 132 1850-1998 Daily
  Environment Canada HY-DAT CD Canada 64 1920-98 Daily
­         Real Time Discharge USGS Real-Time Web Sites United States 106 11/1999 - present Daily
  NA Canada NA NA NA
­         Atmospheric Deposition NADP Database United States 25 1978-99 Weekly
  Environment Canada Air Quality Research Branch Canada 39 1983-99 Daily
­         Water Quality USGS Water-Quality Monitoring Network United States 35 1965-1995 Monthly
  Environment Canada Envirodat Database Canada NA NA NA
* The Simulated Topological Network (STN) was created from the 2 arc-minute mean elevation grid.