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Hydrometeorological observations at three boreal forest sites (aspen, jack pine, and black spruce) located in central Saskatchewan, Canada

Description: Long-term observations are presented here from two coniferous (jack pine and black spruce) and one deciduous (aspen) forest sites located in central Saskatchewan, Canada. These sites were initiated through the Boreal Ecosystem and Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) program during 1994-96 (http://boreas.gsfc.nasa.gov/) and were later operated under the Boreal Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Sites (BERMS) program. All three sites were equipped with rich instrumentation that include walk-up scaffold towers fitted with sensors to measure air temperature, humidity and wind speed, above canopy shortwave and longwave radiation components, as well as fluxes of energy, carbon and water. Other onsite measurements included precipitation, snow depth, snow density, snow temperature, soil temperature and moisture profiles. These observations are useful for an improved understanding about the contrasts among sites. Moreover, the data is also very useful for modelling applications (calibration and validation). In addition to site observations, dynamically downscaled future meteorological observations by the Weather Research Forecast (WRF) model using Pseudo Global Warming (PGW) approach are included in the dataset. The WRF data was biased corrected by quantile-mapping method using the observed dataset. Thus, the data is ideal for testing, development, calibration, improvement, and validation of hydrological and/or land surface models as well as for projecting future changes in critical processes under changing climate.
Authors: Ahmed, Hafiz Faizan; University of Saskatchewan; ORCID iD 0000-0002-7002-082X
Helgason, Warren; University of Saskatchewan
Barr, Alan G.; Environment and Climate Change Canada
Black, T. Andrew; University of British Columbia
Keywords: Hydrometeorology
Boreal forest
BERMS
Aspen
Jack pine
Black spruce
Field of Research: 
Earth and related environmental sciences
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Hydrology
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Hydrometeorology
Publication Date: 2020-10-28
Publisher: Federated Research Data Repository / dépôt fédéré de données de recherche
Funder: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN); 433923-2012
BIOCAP Canada; Fluxnet-Canada Research Network
Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS); Fluxnet-Canada Research Network
Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS); Canadian Carbon Program
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC); Fluxnet-Canada: Influence of climate and disturbance on carbon cycling in forest and peatland ecosystems
URI: https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0292
Geographic Coverage: 
Province /
Province / Territory
Saskatchewan
Territory
 
Country
Canada
Geographic Point: 
Latitude
53.629
Longitude
-106.198

Latitude
53.916
Longitude
-104.692

Latitude
53.987
Longitude
-105.117
Appears in Collections:Global Water Futures

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Citation
Ahmed, H., Helgason, W., Barr, A., Black, T. (2020). Hydrometeorological observations at three boreal forest sites (aspen, jack pine, and black spruce) located in central Saskatchewan, Canada. Federated Research Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.20383/101.0292

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