Historical Observations Datasets
| Name | Source | Data type | Spatial domain | Spatial resolution | Temporal coverage | Time step | Data format | Details |
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20CRv3
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CIRES; NOAA; DOE | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) | 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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20CRv3
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CIRES; NOAA; DOE | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) | 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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20CRv3
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CIRES; NOAA; DOE | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) | 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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20CRv3
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NOAA-CIRES-DOE | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) | 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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20CRv3
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CIRES; NOAA; DOE | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) | 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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20CRv3
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CIRES; NOAA; DOE | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | T254 (approximately 75 km at the equator) | 20CRv3.SI is available for years 1836-1980 and 20CRv3.MO is available for years 1981-2015 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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AHCCD
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CRD/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1950 to present) | Daily; Monthly; Seasonal; Annual | ASCII; CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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AHCCD
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CRD/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1950 to 2014) | Monthly | ASCII; CSV;GeoJSON | details |
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AHCCD
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CRD/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1950 to present) | Daily; Monthly; Seasonal; Annual | ASCII; CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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AMSR-E Historical Algorithm
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NSIDC | Satellite data | The Northern Hemisphere | 25 km EASE (equal area) | 2002-06-19 to 2010-08-27 | Daily; Weekly; Monthly | HDF | details |
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AMSR-E Operational Algorithm
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NSIDC | Satellite data | The Northern Hemisphere | 25 km EASE (equal area) | 2010-08-27 to 2011-10-3 | Daily; Weekly; Monthly | HDF | details |
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ANUSPLIN
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CFS/NRCan | Gridded observations | Canada and North America | (10 km x 10 km) and (2 km x 2 km) | 1950 - 2017 | Daily; Pentad; Monthly; Climatological means | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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ANUSPLIN
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CFS/NRCan | Gridded observations | Canada and North America | (10 km x 10 km) and (2 km x 2 km) | 1950-2017 | Daily; Pentad; Monthly; Climatological means | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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ANUSPLIN
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CFS/NRCan | Gridded observations | Canada | 10 km x 10 km | 1955-2017 | Monthly | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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ASRv2
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Byrd Polar Research Center/The Ohio State University; UCAR/NCAR | Regional reanalysis | Arctic | 15 km x 15 km | 2000-2016 | 3h; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ASRv2
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Byrd Polar Research Center/The Ohio State University; UCAR/NCAR | Regional reanalysis | Arctic | 15 km x 15 km | 2000/01 to 2016/12 | 3h; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ASRv2
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Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University/ David Bromwich,NCAR,CIRES,U Illinois | Regional reanalysis | Arctic | 15 km x 15 km | 2000/01 to 2016/12 | 3h;Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ASRv2
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Byrd Polar Research Center/The Ohio State University; UCAR/NCAR | Regional reanalysis | Arctic | 15 km x 15 km | 2000/01 to 2016/12 | 3h; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ASRv2
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Byrd Polar Research Center/The Ohio State University; UCAR/NCAR | Regional reanalysis | Arctic | 15 km x 15 km | 2000/01 to 2016/12 | 3h; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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ASRv2
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Byrd Polar Research Center/The Ohio State University; UCAR/NCAR | Regional reanalysis | Arctic | 15 km x 15 km | 2000-2016 | 3h; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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AgCFSR
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25°× 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgCFSR
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgCFSR
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgCFSR
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgERA
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ECMWF | Re-gridded reanalysis | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° | 1979- present | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgERA
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ECMWF | Re-gridded reanalysis | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° | 1979 to present | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgERA
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ECMWF | Re-gridded reanalysis | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° | 1979- present | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgERA5
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ECMWF | Re-gridded reanalysis | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° | 1979 to present | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgMERRA
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgMERRA
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgMERRA
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25°× 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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AgMERRA
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NASA | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1980-2010 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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Air and near-surface ground temperatures for Mackenzie Valley Corridor
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GEOSCAN | Station data | Northwestern Canada | Point data | 1993-2012 | Daily; Monthly | CSV | details |
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An inventory of rock glaciers in the central B.C. Coast Mountains, Canada, from high resolution Google Earth imagery
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University of Victoria | Map, manual delineation | Central British Columbia | 15 cm – 15 m | 2004/2005 | n.a. | CSV | details |
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Arctic sea ice thickness climate data record
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Copernicus | Satellite data | Polar | 25 km x 25 km | October to April, 2003 – present | Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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Baker Creek Research Site, Northwest Territories
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Chris Spence/ECCC; University of Saskatchewan; Carleton University | Station data | 7 stations in Northwest Territories | Point data | 2005-2013 | 30 min. | n.a. | details |
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Baker Creek Research Site, Northwest Territories
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Chris Spence/ECCC; University of Saskatchewan; Carleton University | Station data | Baker Creek, Northwest Territories | Point data | from 2004 | Annual | n.a. | details |
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Bennett Townsite, Yukon
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Parks Canada | Station data | 1 station in Yukon | Point data | Since 2015 | Hourly | n.a. | details |
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Bennett Townsite, Yukon
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Parks Canada | Station data | 1 site | Point data | Since 2015 | Hourly | n.a. | details |
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Borehole and near-surface ground temperatures in northeastern Canada
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CEN | Station data | Northeastern Canada | Point data | Variable 1990-present | n.a. | CSV | details |
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Broad-scale mapping of terrain impacted by retrogressive thaw slumping in Northwestern Canada
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Northwest Territories Geological Survey/GNWT | Map, manual delineation | Northwest Territories | 2005-201015 km | 2005-2010 | n.a. | Shapefiles | details |
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CANGRD
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CRD/ECCC | Gridded observations | Canada | 50 km x 50 km | 1948-2017 (anomalies) | Monthly; Seasonal; Annual | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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CANGRD
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CRD/ECCC | Gridded observations | Canada | 50 km x 50 km | 1948 - 2017 (anomalies) | Monthly; Seasonal; Annual | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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CERSAT
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IFREMER | Satellite data | Global | 62.5 km x 62.5 km | 10/1999 – 05/2020 | Daily; Weekly; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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CFSR
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NCEP | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1979/01 to 2017/11 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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CFSR
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NCEP | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1979-2017 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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CFSR
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NCEP | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.5°x0.5° | 1979/01 to 2017/11 | Sub-daily;Monthly | GRIB | details |
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CFSR
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NCEP | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1979-2017 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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CFSR + CFSv2
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NCEP | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1979-2010 (CFSR)2011-present (CFSv2) | Hourly; 6h; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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CFSR + CFSv2
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NCEP | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1979-2010(CFSR)2011-present (CFSv2) | Hourly; 6h; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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CIS Ice Charts, Ice Atlas and the Icegraph tool
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MSC/ECCC | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite | Canada | 200 m | Canadian Western Arctic (1968 to present), Canadian Eastern Arctic (1968 to present), Hudson Bay (1971 to present) and the East Coast of Canada (1968 to present) | Weekly | Digital charts; Shapefiles; DEX; GIG; CSV; Interactive web-tool images | details |
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CMAP/A - CPC
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CPC/NOAA | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite, reanalyses | 88.75 N-S | 2.5° x 2.5° | 1979-2020 | Pentad; Monthly; Climatological means | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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CMAP/O - CPC
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CPC/NOAA | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite | 88.75 N-S | 2.5° x 2.5° | 1979-2020 | Pentad; Monthly; Climatological means | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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CRU CL v. 2.0
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Gridded observations | Global (land surface) | 10 arcminutes (0.1666667 degree) | 1961-1990 | Climatological means | ASCII | details |
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CRU JRA
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.5° × 0.5° | 1901-2018 | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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CRU JRA
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.5° × 0.5° | 1901-2020 | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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CRU JRA v2.1
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.5° × 0.5° | Jan.1901 - Dec. 2020 | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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CRU JRA v2.1
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University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU) | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.5°× 0.5° | Jan.1901 - Dec. 2020 | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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CRU TS Version 4
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Gridded observations | Global | 0.5 x 0.5 | 1901-2015 | Monthly | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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CRU TS Version 4
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CRU/University of East Anglia | Gridded observations | Global (land only) | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1901–2018 | Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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CanSWE
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CRD/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data; Transects, network peaks at ~2000 surveys in period 1965 -1985; most data located south of ~55 N | 1928 - 2020 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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Canadian Historical Daily Snow Depth Data
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CRD/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data; peak of ~2000 stations in 1980s; most data located south of ~55 N; rapid decline in station numbers after 1995 | variable1883-2017; Pan-Canadian coverage after ~1955 | Daily | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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Canadian Ice Thickness Program
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canadian Arctic | Point data | 1947 – 2002;2002 – present (limited number of stations), during ice-cover season | Weekly | Excel files | details |
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Canadian Wind Atlas
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ECCC | Numerical simulations | Canada | 2 km | 2008 – 2010 | 10 min | CSV | details |
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Cape Bounty Arctic Watershed Observatory
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Queen’s University | Station data | Paired watersheds (East and West) Cape Bounty, Melville Island | Basin-scale data | 2003-present | Sub-daily | n.a. | details |
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Centre d’Expertise Hydrique du Québec’ dataset
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Quebec Gouvernement | Station data | Québec including Nunavik | Basin-scale data | Variable | Daily | TXT | details |
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Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-Ice Conditions, Version 2
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NSIDC | Map, manual delineation | Global | Polygons from 1:10,000,000 paper map | mid-late 20th century | n.a. | Shapefiles | details |
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Circum-Arctic Map of Permafrost and Ground-Ice Conditions, Version 2
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NSIDC | Map, manual delineation | Global | Polygons from 1:10,000,000 paper map | Variable | n.a. | Shapefiles | details |
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Circumpolar permafrost maps
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Published in Scientific Data | Model based on reanalyses | North of N30º | ~1 km x 1 km | equilibrium 2000–2014 | n.a. | GeoTIFF | details |
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CloudSat
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CIRA/Colorado State University | Satellite data | Between 80 N-S due to orbit - along track - product disseminated as tiles; retrieval not performed over land | Nominally 2 km along track and 1 km across track. The radar has a native vertical resolution of 480 m. | 2006-2011, 2011-2020 (daytime only operations, interrupted record) | Monthly | Binary; HDF | details |
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Crocus-ERA5
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Météo-France | Model based on reanalyses | Global | 0.25ᵒ x 0.25ᵒ | Jan 1981-- present (ongoing, annual updates) | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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CryoSat-2
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Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research/AWI | Satellite data | Polar | 25 km x 25 km | October to April, 2010 - present | Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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Daymet Version 4
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Environmental Sciences Division/Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Gridded observations | North America (land only) | 1 km x 1 km | 1980-2019 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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ECOA
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ECMWF | Operational analysis | global | 7 km | 2016-present | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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ERA5
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ECMWF | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.25° x 0.25° | 1950 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5
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ECMWF | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.25° x 0.25° | 1950 - present | Hourly;Daily;Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5
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ECMWF | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.25° x 0.25° | 1950 - present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5
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ECMWF | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.25° x 0.25° | 1950 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | GRIB;NetCDF | details |
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ERA5
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ECMWF | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.25ᵒ x 0.25ᵒ | 1950 - present | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global | 0,1° x 0,1° (9 km) | Jan 1950-- present (ongoing, ~3 month latency) | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global | 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) | Jan 1950-- present (ongoing, ~3 month latency) | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) | 1950 to present | Hourly;Monthly | GRIB;NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) | 1950 - present | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) | 1981 to present | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global (land only) | 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) | 1950 to present | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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ERA5-Land
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ECMWF | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global | 0.1° x 0.1° (9 km) | Jan 1950-- present (ongoing, ~3 month latency) | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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Extremes of summer climate trigger thousands of thermokarst landslides in a High Arctic environment
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University of Ottawa | n.a. | Banks Island, NWT | 30 m or 60 m | 1984–2016 | n.a. | CSV | details |
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GLDAS-2.0 (Noah LSM)
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NASA | Land surface reanalysis/model | Global | 0.25ᵒ x 0.25ᵒ | 1948-2014 | 3h; Monthly | GeoTIFF; KMZ; NetCDF | details |
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GLoFAS discharge reanalysis
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Copernicus | Model based on reanalyses | Global | 0.10ᵒ x 0.10ᵒ | 1980-2018 | Daily | n.a. | details |
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GMFD
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Princeton University | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25°× 0.25° | 1948-2016 | 3h;Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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GMFD
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Princeton University | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1948-2016 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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GMFD
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Princeton University | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1948-2016 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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GMFD
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Princeton University | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global (land only) | 0.25° × 0.25° | 1948-2016 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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GPCC
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WMO | Gridded observations | Global | 0.5° x 0.5°;1° x 1°;2.5° x2.5° | 1891-2016 | Daily; Monthly; Climatological means | Binary; NetCDF | details |
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GPCP Daily
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GSFC/NASA | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite | Global | 1° x 1° | 1996-2015 | Daily | Binary; NetCDF | details |
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GPCP V2.3
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GSFC/NASA | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite | Global | 2.5° x 2.5° | 1979 to present | Monthly; Climatological means | Binary; NetCDF | details |
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GPCP V3.1
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GSFC/NASA | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1983 to present | Monthly | Binary; NetCDF | details |
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GTN-P
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IPA | Station data | Global | Point data | Variable (1950 to present) | Daily; Annual | CSV | details |
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GeoYukon Water Resources Branch, Yukon Hydrometric Network
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Yukon Government | Station data | Individual watersheds | Basin-scale data | 16 active stns: Mean yrs: 15 Median yrs: 15 Max yrs: 36 8 ≥ 20 yrs 1 ≥ 30 yrs Min start 1983 12 inactive stns: Mean yrs: 5 Median yrs: 3 Max yrs: 13 Min Start 1975 Also 4 inactive stns for level only - short duration | n.a. | n.a. | details |
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Geomorphologic feature mapping methodology for the Dempster Highway and Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway corridors
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NRCan | Map, manual delineation | Dempster Highway and Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway corridors | 0.6 m | 2004–2016 | n.a. | details | |
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GlobSnow
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ESA | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite | The Northern Hemisphere | 25 km EASE1 (equal area) | 1979-2018 | Daily; Weekly; Monthly | Matlab; NetCDF | details |
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Ground ice map of Canada
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NRCan | Map, manual and heuristic rules | Canada | Polygons from 1:5,000,000 digital maps | Late 20th century | n.a. | GeoTIFF; WMS | details |
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HadISDH
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Met Office/Hadley Centre | Gridded observations; Station data | Global | 5° x 5° for gridded data and point for stations | 1973 - 2020 | Monthly | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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Havikpak Creek Research Site, Northwest Territories
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Dr. Phil Marsh/Wilfred Laurier University | Station data | Havikpak Creek, Northwest Territories | Point data | Since 1991: not every year included | Annual | n.a. | details |
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Havikpak Creek Research Site, Northwest Territories
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Dr. Phil Marsh/Wilfred Laurier University | Station data | 1 station in Northwest Territories | Point data | 1991-2013 | 30 min. | n.a. | details |
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Hydro-Québec Station data
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Hydro-Québec | Station data | Northern Québec at hydroelectric stations | Point Data | Variable,1990 to present | Variable ( sub-daily to daily) | n.a. | details |
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Hydro-Québec Station data
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Hydro-Québec | Station data | Northern Québec at hydroelectric stations | Point Data | Variable (1990 to present) | Variable ( sub-daily to daily) | n.a. | details |
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Hydro-Québec Station data
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Hydro-Québec | Station data | Québec (regulated waterways) | Basin-scale data | Variable | Sub-daily; Daily | Excel files | details |
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Hydro-Québec Station data
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Hydro-Québec | Station data | Northern Québec at hydroelectric stations | Point Data | Variable,1990 to present | Variable (hourly to daily) | - | details |
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Hydro-Québec Station data
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Hydro-Québec | Station data | Northern Québec at hydroelectric stations | Point Data | Variable (1990 to present) | Variable ( sub-daily to daily) | n.a. | details |
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IABP
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University of Washington | Station data | irregular | Point data | 1979 to present | Variable ( sub-daily to daily) | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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ICESat-2
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NASA; NSIDC | Satellite data | Global | 25 km x 25 km | Two to three times per year in winter months; 09/2018 - present | One or several times per year | PNG; Binary; GeoTIFF; ASCII | details |
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IMERG v6
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NASA | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite | Global | 0.1° x 0.1° | 2000 to present | 30 min.; Daily; Monthly | Binary; HDF | details |
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ISD
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NCEI/NOAA | Station data | Global | Point data; ~20,000 stations; NH coverage most dense over mid-latitudes | Variable, 1902 - present | Sub-daily; Daily | ASCII | details |
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Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
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NASA; NSIDC | Satellite data | Global | 25 km x 25 km | Two to three times per year in winter months; 01/2003-02/2010 | One or several times per year | PNG; Binary; GeoTIFF; ASCII | details |
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Inventory of active retrogressive thaw slumps in the Peel Plateau, N.W.T.
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Northwest Territories Geological Survey/GNWT | Map, manual delineation | Peel Plateau, NWT | 10 m | 2016-2017 | n.a. | Shapefiles | details |
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Inventory of active retrogressive thaw slumps on eastern Banks Island, N.W.T.
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Northwest Territories Geological Survey/GNWT | Map, manual delineation | Eastern Banks Island, NWT | 10 m | 2016-2017 | n.a. | Shapefiles | details |
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Inventory of retrogressive thaw slumps in the Willow River watershed, mapped using 1986, 2002, and 2018 Landsat imagery
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Northwest Territories Geological Survey/GNWT | Map, manual delineation | Willow River Watershed, NWT | 30 m | 1986, 2002, 2018 | n.a. | Shapefiles | details |
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Inventory of retrogressive thaw slumps on the Peel Plateau and on southeastern Banks Island, N.W.T. using 2017 Sentinel imagery
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Northwest Territories Geological Survey/GNWT | Map, manual delineation | Peel Plateau and southeastern Banks Island, NWT | 10 m | 2017 | n.a. | Shapefiles | details |
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JRA-55
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JMA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.6258ᵒ x 0.6258ᵒ | 1957-2021 | 3h; 6h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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JRA-55
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JMA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.6258ᵒ x 0.6258ᵒ | 1958 - present | 3h; 6h; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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JRA-55
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JMA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.6258ᵒ x 0.6258ᵒ | 1957/12 to 2021/05 | 3h; 6h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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JRA-55
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JMA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.6258ᵒ x 0.6258ᵒ | 1957-2021 | 3h; 6h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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JRA-55
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JMA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.6258ᵒ x 0.6258ᵒ | 1957/12 to 2021/05 | 3h; 6h; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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Kluane Lake Research Station
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Arctic Institute of North America/University of Calgary | Station data | Single weather station in Yukon | Point data | Depends on variable; most of them are from June 2017 to present. | Sub-daily | CSV; Excel files; NetCDF | details |
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Kluane Lake Research Station
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Arctic Institute of North America/University of Calgary | Station data | Single weather station | Point data | June 2017 to present | 30 min. | CSV; Excel files; NetCDF | details |
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Liston and Hiemstra (2011) dataset
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UCAR/NCAR | Model based on reanalyses | Northern Hemisphere land area, north of ~55 N | 10 km x 10 km | 1979-2009 | 3h | CTL; Gdat | details |
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Low Resolution OSISAFOSI-405 series
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EUMETSAT | Satellite data | Global | 62.5 km x 62.5 km | 12/2009 – 07/2021 Summer data available following 2017 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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MERRA-2
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NASA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | 0.625ᵒ x 0.5ᵒ | 1980-present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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MERRA-2
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NASA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | ½° latitude x ⅝° longitude | 1980-present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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MERRA-2
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NASA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | ½° latitude x ⅝° longitude | 1980/01 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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MERRA-2
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NASA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | ½° latitude x ⅝° longitude | 1980 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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MERRA-2
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NASA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | ½° latitude x ⅝° longitude | 1980 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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MERRA2
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NASA | Global atmospheric reanalysis | Global | ½° latitude x ⅝° longitude | 1980/01 to present | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | NetCDF | details |
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MISU
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Bolin Centre for Climate ResearchStockholm University | Ship-based data | Oden cruise trajectory | Point data | August, September, 2018 | 1-minute and 30-minute averages | MatlabNetCDFCSV | details |
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MODIS Terra / Aqua
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NSIDC; NASA | Interpreted/diagnosed from optical imagery | Global | 500 m (nominal) on sinusoidal grid 0.05° Climate Modelling Grid | Terra: 24 Feb. 2000 - present Aqua: 4 Jul. 2002 - present | Sub-daily; Daily; Monthly | GeoTIFF; HDF | details |
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MSC Climate Normals
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | 1941-1970; 1951-1980; 1961-1990; 1971-2000; 1981-2010. | Climatological means | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Climate Normals
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | 1941-1970, 1951-1980, 1961-1990, 1971-2000 and 1981-2010 | 30-year means with a decadal increment | CSV;GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Climate Normals
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | 1941-1970; 1951-1980; 1961-1990; 1971-2000; 1981-2010. | Climatological means | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Daily Climate Records (LTCE, Long Term Climate Extremes)
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable | Records for each day of the year | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Daily Climate Records (LTCE, Long Term Climate Extremes)
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable | Records for each day of the year | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Observations
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1940 to present) | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Observations
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1940- present) | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Observations
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1940 to present) | Hourly; Daily; Monthly | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Observations
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1940 to present) | Hourly;Daily; Monthly | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSC Snow Depth Observations
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MSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable (1970-2019) | Daily | CSV; GeoJSON | details |
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MSWEP version 2
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GloH2O | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite, reanalyses | Global | 0.1° x 0.1° | 1979 to present | 3h | NetCDF | details |
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Manitoba Hydro dataset
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Manitoba Hydro | Station data | Manitoba (regulated waterways) | Basin-scale data | Variable | Sub-daily; Daily | Excel files | details |
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Map and summary database of permafrost temperatures in Nunavut
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GEOSCAN | Station data | Nunavut | Point data | Variable1995 - 2012 Summary statistics | Variable | Excel files | details |
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Medium-resolution OSISAFOSI-407 series
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EUMETSAT | Satellite data | Global | 20 km x 20 km | 12/2009 – 07/2021 Summer data available following 2017 | 6h | NetCDF | details |
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Met1km
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NRCan | Blend of gridded products | Canada | 1 km x 1 km | 1901–2017 | Daily | n.a. | details |
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Met1km
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NRCan | Blend of gridded products | Canada | 1 km x 1 km | 1901–2100 | Daily | n.a. | details |
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Met1km
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NRCan | Blend of gridded products | Canada | 1 km x 1 km | 1901–2017 | Daily | n.a. | details |
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N.W.T. Permafrost Database
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Northwest Territories Geological Survey/GNWT | Station data | NWT | Point data | Variable | Variable | CSV | details |
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N.W.T. Permafrost Database
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Northwest Territories Geological Survey/GNWT | Station data | NWT | Point data | Variable | n.a. | CSV | details |
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N.W.T. Thermokarst Collective
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Northwest Territories Geological Survey/GNWT | Map, manual delineation | Northwest Territories | 7.5 km | 2018 | n.a. | Shapefiles | details |
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NARR
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NCEP | Regional reanalysis | North America | 32 km x 32 km | 1979/01/01 to May 31, 2021 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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NARR
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NCEP | Regional reanalysis | North America | 32 km x 32 km | 1979/01/01 to May 31, 2021 | 3h; Daily; Monthly | GRIB; NetCDF | details |
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NARR
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NCEP | Regional reanalysis | North America | 32 km x 32 km | 1979/01 to 2021/04 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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NARR
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NCEP | Regional reanalysis | North America | 32 km x 32 km | 1979-2021 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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NARR
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NCEP | Regional reanalysis | North America | 32 km x 32 km | 1979-2021 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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NARR
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NCEP | Regional reanalysis | North America | 32 km x 32 km | 1979/01 to 2021/04 | Sub-daily; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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NLDAS LSM
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NASA | Land surface reanalysis/model | Central North America (25-53 North). | 0.125 deg. | 1979 - present | Hourly; Monthly | GRIB | details |
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NOAA Climate Data Record of Northern Hemisphere Snow Cover Extent version 1
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NCEI/NOAA; Rutgers U. | Interpreted/diagnosed from optical imagery | Northern Hemisphere | 89 x 89 grid: cell size varies with latitude, from ∼10,700 km² near lat. 0° to ∼41,800 km² near lat. 90°N | Record begins in 1966 (but more reliable from 1970) | Weekly | NetCDF | details |
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NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration Version 4 and the sea ice tools
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NSIDC | Satellite data | Global | 25 km x 25 km | 1978 to present | Daily | NetCDF; CSV; Interactive web-tool images | details |
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Northwest Territories dataset
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Department of Environment and Natural Resources/GNWT | Station data | Northwest Territories Wide; approx 67 sites. | Point data | Information not available | One or several times per year | n.a. | details |
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OSI-SAF version 2
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EUMETSAT | Satellite data | Global | 25 km x 25 km | 1979 to present | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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Ontario Power Generation dataset
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Ontario Power Generation | Station data | Ontario (regulated waterways) | Basin-scale data | Variable | Sub-daily; Daily | Excel files | details |
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Operation Ice Bridge
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NASA | Aircraft surveys | Arctic Antarctic Alaska | 40 m x 200 m | March and April, 2009 – 2020 | Variable | ASCII | details |
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PNWNAMET
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PCIC | Gridded observations | North-western North America | 3.75 arc minutes (~6 km) | 1945-2012 | Daily | ASCII;NetCDF | details |
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PNWNAMET
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PCIC | Gridded observations | North-western North America | 3.75 arc minutes (~6 km) | 1945-2012 | Daily | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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PNWNAMET
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PCIC | Gridded observations | North-western North America | 3.75 arc minutes (~6 km) | 1945-2012 | Daily | ASCII; NetCDF | details |
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Permafrost Ground Temperature for the Northern Hemisphere, v3.0
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CEDA Archive/ESA Permafrost CCI+ | Model based on reanalyses | North of N30º | 1 km x 1m | A: 2003–2019B: 1997–2002 | Annual | NetCDF | details |
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Permafrost Information Network
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NRCan | Station data | Canada | Point data | Variable,1953-2009 | n.a. | n.a. | details |
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Permafrost Map of Canada
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NRCan | Map, manual delineation | Canada | Polygons from 1:7,500,000 map | mid-late 20th century | n.a. | details | |
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Permafrost Map of Canada
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NRCan | Map, manual delineation | Canada | Polygons from 1:7,500,000 map | n.a. | n.a. | details | |
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Permafrost Zonation Index
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University of Zurich | Model based on reanalyses | Global | ~1 km x 1 km | equilibrium 1960–1990 | n.a. | WMS; Binary | details |
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Permafrost and ground ice conditions of northwestern Canada
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NRCan | Map, manual delineation | Northwest Canada | 1:1,000,000 | n.a. | n.a. | details | |
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Permafrost extent for the Northern Hemisphere, v3.0
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CEDA Archive/ESA Permafrost CCI+ | Model based on reanalyses | North of N30º | ~1 km x 1 km | A: 2003–2019B: 1997–2002 | Annual | NetCDF | details |
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Phil Marsh dataset for basins in Nunavut
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Phil Marsh/ McMaster University | Station data | Individual watersheds | Basin-scale data | Baker Creek at Outlet of Lower Martin Lake4/1/1991 to 11/1/2015Flat River near mouth1/1/1996 to 11/1/2015South Nahanni River above Virginia Falls1/1/1996 to 11/1/2015Scotty Creek at Highway No. 71/1/1996 to 11/1/2015Havikpak Creek near Inuvik1/1/1996 to 11/1/2015Trail Valley Creek near Inuvik1/1/1996 to 11/1/2015 | Hourly | n.a. | details |
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Polar Bear Pass dataset
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York University | Station data | Paired watersheds (Windy and Landing Strip creeks), Bathurst Island | Basin-scale data | 2007-present | n.a. | n.a. | details |
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Polar Pathfinder 25 km daily EASE-grid sea ice motion vectors
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NSIDC | Satellite data | Global | 25 km x 25 km | 25/10/1978 – 30/12/2020 | Daily; Weekly | PNG; NetCDF | details |
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R-ArcticNet
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University of New Hampshire | Station data | Pan-Arctic (North America and Eurasia) | Basin-scale data | Variable. Time series end in 2000 | Daily; Monthly | TXT | details |
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RDRSv2
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CCMEP/ECCC | Regional reanalysis | North America | 10 km x 10 km | 2000 -2017,(1980 - 1999 pending) | Hourly | RPN | details |
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RDRSv2
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CCMEP/ECCC | Regional reanalysis | North America | 10 km x 10 km | 2000-2017(1980-1999 pending) | Hourly | RPN | details |
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RDRSv2
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CCMEP/ECCC | Regional reanalysis | North America | 10 km | 2000 - 2017,(1980 - 1999 pending) | Hourly | RPN | details |
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RDRSv2
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CCMEP/ECCC | Regional reanalysis | North America | 10 km x 10 km | 2000-2017(1980-1999 pending) | Hourly | RPN | details |
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RDRSv2.1
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CCMEP/ECCC | Regional reanalysis | North America | 10 km x 10 km | 2000 - 2017,(1980 - 1999 pending) | Hourly | RPN | details |
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Rutgers Northern Hemisphere 24 km Weekly Snow Cover Extent
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Rutgers U.; NSIDC | Interpreted/diagnosed from optical imagery | Northern Hemisphere | 1024 x 1024 grid: Cell areas range from ~159 km2 at the equator to ~651 km2 near the pole | Sept 1980 - present | Weekly | NetCDF | details |
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S14FD
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Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS) | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1958-2013 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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S14FD
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DIAS | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1958-2013 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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S14FD
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DIAS | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1958-2013 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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S14FD
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DIAS | Re-gridded reanalysis with corrections | Global | 0.5° x 0.5° | 1958-2013 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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SCDNA
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University of Saskatchewan | Station data and reanalyses blend | North America | Point data | 1979-2018 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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SCDNA
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University of Saskatchewan | Station data and reanalyses blend | North America | Point data | 1979-2018 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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SMAP
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NASA | Satellite data | polar | 36 km x 47 km | 2015 - 2020 | Daily | HDF | details |
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SMOS
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ESA | Satellite data | Polar | 12.5 km x 12.5 km | October to April, 2010 - present | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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Scotty Creek Research Site, Northwest Territories
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Bill Quinton/Wilfred Laurier University | Station data | Scotty Creek, Deh Tah region of Northwest Territories | Point Data | Since 1995 | n.a. | n.a. | details |
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Scotty Creek Research Site, Northwest Territories
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Bill Quinton/Wilfred Laurier University | Station data | 3 stations in Northwest Territories | Point data | Depends on station ( staring in 2001, 2004, and 2007) | 30 min. | n.a. | details |
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Sea Ice Index Version 3
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NSIDC | Satellite data | Global | 25 km x 25 km | 1978 to present | Daily | PNG; Shapefiles; CSV; GeoTIFF | details |
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Snow CCI
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ESA | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite | The Northern Hemisphere | 25 km; 12.5 km EASE2 | 1979-2018 | Daily | NetCDF | details |
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Trail Valley Creek Research Site, Northwest Territories.
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Dr. Phil Marsh/Wilfred Laurier University | Station data | Trail Valley Creek, Northwest Territories | Point data | Since 1991: not every year included | Annual | n.a. | details |
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Trail Valley Creek Research Site, Northwest Territories.
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Dr. Phil Marsh/Wilfred Laurier University | Station data | 3 stations in Northwest Territories | Point data | 1991-2013 | 30 min. | n.a. | details |
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USDA snow courses
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NRCS/US Dept. of Agriculture | Station data | Western US, Canada, and Alaska | Point data; 1,111 courses concentrated in mountains of western USA, Canada and Alaska | 1935-- | Monthly | n.a. | details |
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Unified Sea Ice Thickness Climate Data Record
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R.W. Lindsay; A. Schweiger; NSIDC | Gridded hybrid data: observations, satellite | Arctic | 50 km x 50 km | 1947 - 2017 | Monthly | ASCII | details |
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WSC Observations
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WSC/ECCC | Station data | Canada | basin-scale data | variable | Daily | CSV; TXT | details |
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White Pass Railway & River Divisions dataset, Yukon
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Yukon Research Centre | Station data | 25 stations, from coast to interior Yukon - Skagway to Dawson and Wernecke | Point data | Earliest start Apr. 1902, latest finish Dec. 1957: median 25 yrs, max. 55.7 yrs | Daily | Excel files | details |
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White Pass Railway & River Divisions dataset, Yukon
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Yukon Research Centre | Station data from archives | The upper Yukon River basin | Point data | 1902-1957 | Daily | Excel files | details |
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Wolf Creek Research Basin, Yukon
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Dr. Sean Carey/McMaster University | Station data | 6 stations in Yukon | Point data | Varies with the station (from 1993 to 2018) | 30 min. | n.a. | details |
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Wolf Creek Research Basin, Yukon
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Dr. Sean Carey/McMaster University | Station data | Wolf Creek, Yukon | Point data | Various: observatory has been operating since 1992 Note, though, that some individual instrumentation arrays have been more permanent, than others- the latter more sporadic, to support specific projects. | Monthly | n.a. | details |
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WorldClim2
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UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) | Gridded observations | Global (land only) | 30 arc s (1 km) | 1970-2000 | Monthly | GeoTIFF | details |
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WorldClim2
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre/UNEP | Gridded observations | Global (land only) | 10 arc minutes (~340 km);5 arc minutes;2.5 arc minutes; 30 arc seconds (1 km) | 1970-2000 | Monthly | GeoTIFF | details |
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WorldClim2
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre/UNEP | Gridded observations | Global (land only) | 10 arc minutes (~340 km);5 arc minutes;2.5 arc minutes; 30 arc seconds (1 km) | 1970-2000 | Monthly | GeoTIFF | details |
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Yukon Avalanche Association Weather Network
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Yukon Avalanche Association | Station data | 2 sites | Point data | Since 2011, 2018 | n.a. | n.a. | details |
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Yukon Avalanche Association Weather Network
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Yukon Avalanche Association | Station data | 1 to 7 stations (depending on variable) in Yukon | Point data | Variable (some starts in 1970, other in 2018) | Variable ( sub-daily to daily) | n.a. | details |
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Yukon Permafrost Database
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Yukon Geological Survey/Yukon Government | Station data | Yukon | Point data | Variable | n.a. | n.a. | details |
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Yukon Permafrost Database
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Yukon Geological Survey/Yukon Government | Station data | Yukon | Point data | variable | Variable | CSV | details |
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Yukon Snow Survey Network
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Department of Environment/Yukon Government | Station data | Yukon-wide; 57 active sites, 28 discontinued | Point data | Variable(~1975-05-01 - present) | One or several times per year | CSV | details |
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Yukon Water Resources Meteorological Network
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Yukon Government | Station data | Of a total of 4 active AWSs, 2 have 30+ yr records - Tagish (09AA-M1), Withers Lake (09DB-M1). | Point data | Installed 1989, 1991 | n.a. | n.a. | details |