Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020)

Vionnet, Vincent; Mortimer, Colleen; Brady, Mike; Arnal, Louise; Brown, Ross

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4603-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 4603–4619, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4603-2021

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Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 4603–4619, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4603-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 9

Data description paper

24 Sep 2021

Data description paper | 24 Sep 2021

Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928–2020)

Vincent Vionnet et al.

Data sets

Canadian historical Snow Water Equivalent dataset (CanSWE, 1928-2020) Vionnet V., Mortimer C., Brady M., Arnal L. and Brown R. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4734371

Short summary

Water equivalent of snow cover (SWE) is a key variable for water management, hydrological forecasting and climate monitoring. A new Canadian SWE dataset (CanSWE) is presented in this paper. It compiles data collected by multiple agencies and companies at more than 2500 different locations across Canada over the period 1928–2020. Snow depth and derived bulk snow density are also included when available.