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Meteorological observations collected during the Storms and Precipitation Across the continental Divide Experiment (SPADE), April–June 2019
Julie M. Thériault
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, H3C
3P8, Canada
Stephen J. Déry
Environmental Science Program and Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, V2N 4Z9,
Canada
John W. Pomeroy
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 1K2, Canada
Hilary M. Smith
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, H3C
3P8, Canada
Environmental Science Program and Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, V2N 4Z9,
Canada
Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, R3T 2N2, Canada
Juris Almonte
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, H3C
3P8, Canada
Environmental Science Program and Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, V2N 4Z9,
Canada
André Bertoncini
Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 1K2, Canada
Robert W. Crawford
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H 5T4, Canada
Aurélie Desroches-Lapointe
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, H3C
3P8, Canada
Mathieu Lachapelle
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, H3C
3P8, Canada
Zen Mariani
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H 5T4, Canada
Selina Mitchell
Environmental Science Program and Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, V2N 4Z9,
Canada
Jeremy E. Morris
Environmental Science Program and Natural Resources and Environmental Studies Program, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, V2N 4Z9,
Canada
Charlie Hébert-Pinard
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, H3C
3P8, Canada
Peter Rodriguez
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, M3H 5T4, Canada
Hadleigh D. Thompson
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, H3C
3P8, Canada
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This article discusses the data that were collected during the Storms and Precipitation Across the continental Divide (SPADE) field campaign in spring 2019 in the Canadian Rockies, along the Alberta and British Columbia border. Various instruments were installed at five field sites to gather information about atmospheric conditions focussing on precipitation. Details about the field sites, the instrumentation used, the variables collected, and the collection methods and intervals are presented.
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