Projected Decadal Averages of Monthly Snowfall Equivalent 771m CMIP5/AR5

These files include downscaled projections of decadal average monthly snowfall (water) equivalent (SWE) in millimeters for each month of the decades from 2010-2019 to 2090-2099 at 771 x 771 m spatial resolution. Each file represents a decadal average monthly mean. Output is available for the NCAR-CCSM4, GFDL-CM3, GISS-E2-R, IPSL-CM5A-LR, and MRI-CGCM3 models and three emissions scenarios (RCP 4.5, RCP 6.0 and RCP 8.5).

SWE estimates were produced by multiplying snow-day fraction ("fs") by decadal average monthly precipitation ("Pr") such that

SWE = (fs * Pr) / 100

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Date (Creation)
2018-05-04
Credit
Matthew Leonawicz
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Michael Lindgren
Credit
Tom Kurkowski
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John Walsh
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Scott Rupp
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Stephanie McAfee
Credit
Jeremy Littell
Status
On going
Point of contact
  Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Keywords
  • snow
  • snow water equivalent
  • precipitation
  • projected
  • modeled
  • CMIP5
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Distance
771  m
Metadata language
eng
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UTF8
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Begin date
2010-01-01
End date
2099-12-31
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OnLine resource
Projected Decadal Averages of Monthly Snowfall Equivalent 771m CMIP5/AR5 ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

URL to web-accessible folder containing downloads for this data set.

OnLine resource
McAfee et al., 2013: Statistically downscaled projections of snow/rain partitioning for Alaska ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Detailed information on the construction of this data and its implications.

OnLine resource
Littell et al., 2018: Alaska Snowpack Response to Climate Change: Statewide Snowfall Equivalent and Snowpack Water Scenarios ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Publication. Note that in this publication, "SWE" is referred to as "SFE" and "fs" is referred to as "PSF".

OnLine resource
ScienceBase Catalog Record ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

ScienceBase Catalog Record: "Collection: Historical and Projected Estimates of Snow Fraction and and the Amount of Precipitation that Likely Falls as Snow Across Alaska"

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File identifier
7c0c1a65-794e-4770-aa72-4628d357808e XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Date stamp
2023-09-12T14:28:14
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning
 
 

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