Daily measurements of near-surface humidity from a mesonet in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, 2005–2010

Wood, Wendy H.; Marshall, Shawn J.; Fargey, Shannon E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-23-2019

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Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

09 Jan 2019

| 09 Jan 2019

Daily measurements of near-surface humidity from a mesonet in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, 2005–2010

Wendy H. Wood, Shawn J. Marshall, and Shannon E. Fargey

Data sets

Near-surface atmospheric humidity data from a mesoscale meteorological network in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, 2005-2010 W. H. Wood, S. J. Marshall, S. E. Fargey, and T. L. Whitehead https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.889435

Daily temperature data from the Foothills Climate Array mesonet, Canadian Rocky Mountains, 2005-2010 W. H. Wood, S. J. Marshall, S. E. Fargey, and T. L. Whitehead https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.880611

Short summary

We recorded hourly temperature and relative humidity in a dense meteorological network in the foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains over the period 2005–2010. The observations reveal spatial patterns of specific and relative humidity, their relation with the terrain, seasonal cycles in the humidity patterns, and humidity characteristics of different weather systems. The results provide guidance to ecological and hydrological models that require downscaled weather data in mountain terrain.