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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1707-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-1707-2022
Data description paper
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13 Apr 2022
Data description paper |  | 13 Apr 2022

The S2M meteorological and snow cover reanalysis over the French mountainous areas: description and evaluation (1958–2021)

Matthieu Vernay, Matthieu Lafaysse, Diego Monteiro, Pascal Hagenmuller, Rafife Nheili, Raphaëlle Samacoïts, Deborah Verfaillie, and Samuel Morin

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This paper introduces the latest version of the freely available S2M dataset which provides estimates of both meteorological and snow cover variables, as well as various avalanche hazard diagnostics at different elevations, slopes and aspects for the three main French high-elevation mountainous regions. A complete description of the system and the dataset is provided, as well as an overview of the possible uses of this dataset and an objective assessment of its limitations.
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