Table 2. GM-WICS Data Sets |
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(Bold
data sets available at http://www.gm-wics.sr.unh.edu/html/download.html) |
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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 |
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Precipitation |
NCDC Cooperative Summary of the Day |
United States |
356 |
1970-99 |
Monthly |
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Environment Canada Climate Normals |
Canada |
798 |
1970-99 |
Monthly |
Air Temperature |
NCDC
Cooperative Summary of the Day |
United States |
220 |
1970-99 |
Monthly |
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Environment Canada Climate Normals |
Canada |
693 |
1970-99 |
Monthly |
Snowfall |
NCDC
Cooperative Summary of the Day |
United States |
293 |
1970-99 |
Monthly |
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Environment Canada Climate Normals |
Canada |
34 |
1943-82 |
Monthly |
Discharge |
USGS NWIS-W Archive |
United States |
132 |
1850-1998 |
Daily |
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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 |
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NA |
Canada |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Atmospheric Deposition |
NADP Database |
United States |
25 |
1978-99 |
Weekly |
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Environment Canada Air Quality Research Branch |
Canada |
39 |
1983-99 |
Daily |
Water Quality |
USGS Water-Quality Monitoring Network |
United States |
35 |
1965-1995 |
Monthly |
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Environment Canada Envirodat Database |
Canada |
NA |
NA |
NA |
* The
Simulated Topological Network (STN) was created from the 2 arc-minute mean
elevation grid. |
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