Canadian National and Regional Standardized Annual Precipitation Departures, in CDIAC, Trends '93
Entry ID:
CDIAC_CANADA_PRECIP_TRENDS
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Summary
Abstract:
The Canadian precipitation departures series were prepared from data contained in the Historical Canadian Climate Database (HCCD). The HCCD contains a collection of total precipitation data sets (rainfall and snow water equivalent) for 131 reporting stations across Canada. Beginning in 1948, approximately 90% of the 131 precipitation reporting stations were used. ... Before 1915, fewer than 40% of the stations had precipitation data, and before 1948 most of Northern Canada was not represented. Some southern regions have suitable coverage from 1895 onward. Time series of standardized annual precipitation departures from the 1951-80 reference period averages were prepared for the 131 individual stations in the HCCD. The precipitation data are for national Canada and the following regions: Canada (1948-1992) Atlantic Canada (1895-1992) Great Lakes Basin/St. Lawrence Lowlands (1895-1992) Northeastern Forest (1938-1992) Northwestern Forest (1932-1992) Prairies (1895-1992) South British Columbia Mountains (1895-1992) Pacific Coast (1911-1992) Yukon/North British Columbia Mountains (1939-1992) Mackenzie District (1928-1992) Arctic Tundra (1948-1992) Arctic Mountains and Fiords (1948-1992) The citation for this dataset is: Findlay, B.F., D.W. Gullett, L. Malone, J. Reycraft, W.R. Skinner, L. Vincent, and R. Whitewood. 1994. pp. 800-828. In T.A. Boden, D.P. Kaiser, R.J. Sepanski, and F.W. Stoss (eds.), Trends '93: A Compendium of Data on Global Change. ORNL/CDIAC-65. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA The Canadian precipitation data is available via ftp from: ftp://cdiac.esd.ornl.gov/pub/trends93/precip CDIAC has provided an anonymous FTP area to all data files, retrieval codes, and descriptive files for all data available in CDIAC's anonymous FTP in pub/trends93/co2. The FTP address is CDIAC.ESD.ORNL.GOV and 128.219.24.36 and input your email address as the password. The data bases are arranged as subdirectories in /pub/trends93/ (co2, ch4, trace, emiss, precip, and temp) that correspond to major chapter headings in Trends '93. The data files are arranged as xxxxx.yyy where xxxxx is the name of the station, country, site, region, or principle investigator and yyy is the page number in Trends '93 (example: vostok.009 refers to the Vostok ice core dataset as tabulated on page 9. Related data are available as Numeric Data Packages from CDIAC:
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates
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N: 90.0
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S: 45.0
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E: -50.0
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W: -150.0
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Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1895-01-01
Stop Date:
1992-12-31
Personnel
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Environment Canada
Atmospheric Environment Service
Climate Research Branch
City:
Downsview
Province or State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
M3H 5T4
Country:
Canada
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Environment Canada
Atmospheric Environment Service
Climate Research Branch
City:
Downsview
Province or State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
M3H 5T4
Country:
Canada
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Email:
gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Environment Canada
Atmospheric Environment Service
Climate Research Branch
City:
Downsview
Province or State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
M3H 5T4
Country:
Canada
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Environment Canada
Atmospheric Environment Service
Climate Research Branch
City:
Downsview
Province or State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
M3H 5T4
Country:
CANADA
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
(416)739-4327
Fax:
(416)739-4297
Contact Address:
Environment Canada
Atmospheric Environment Service
Climate Research Branch
City:
DOWNSVIEW
Province or State:
ONTARIO
Postal Code:
M3H 5T4
Country:
CANADA
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Phone:
+01-416-739-4337
Fax:
+01-416-739-5700
Email:
Lucie.Vincent at ec.gc.ca
Contact Address:
Climate Research Branch (CCRM)
4905 Dufferin Street
City:
Downsview
Province or State:
Ontario
Postal Code:
M3H 5T4
Country:
Canada
Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Contact Address:
Environment Canada
Atmospheric Environment Service
Climate Research Branch
City:
DOWNSVIEW
Province or State:
ONTARIO
Postal Code:
M3H 5T4
Country:
CANADA
Publications/References
Boden, T.A., D.P. Kaiser, R.J. Sepanski, and F.W. Stoss (eds.). 1994. 'Trends '93: A compendium of data on global change',ORNL/CDIAC-65, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. Environment Canada. 1989. "Ecoclimatic Regions of Canada", Ecological Land Classification Series, No. 23, Ottawa. Findlay, ... B.F., D.W. Gullett, L. Malone, J. Reycraft, W.R. Skinner, L. Vincent, and R. Whitewood. 1994. pp. 800-828. In T.A. Boden, D.P. Kaiser, R.J. Sepanski, and F.W. Stoss (eds.), Trends '93: A Compendium of Data on Global Change. ORNL/CDIAC-65. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA Goodison, B.E., and P.Y.T. Louie. 1986. "Canadian methods for precipitation measurement and correction", pp. 141-45. In WMO/TD-No. 104. Instruments and observing methods report No. 25 (Workshop on correcting precipitation methods, Zurich). Groisman, P. Ya., and D.R. Easterling. 1994. "Variability and trends of total precipitation and snowfall over the United States and Canada", J. of Climate, Vol. 7, pp. 184-205. Gullett, D.W., and W.R. Skinner. 1992. "The state of Canada's climate: temperature change in Canada 1895-1991." A State of the Environment Report, SOE Report No. 92-2, Atmospheric Environment Service, Downsview, Ontario.
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date:
2009-01-15
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