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Tetzlaff, D.; Lessels, J.; Wookey, P.

Meteorological data for the Siksik catchment, North West Territories, Canada for 2013 and 2014

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https://doi.org/10.5285/5bb560ee-15bf-4ab9-8c2e-3a76c688e69d
Data comprise meteorological measurements (mean, minimum and maximum daily air temperature, minimum and maximum daily relative humidity, wind speed (kilometres per second at 10metres height), dew point temperature, estimated actual vapour pressure, precipitation, estimated surface resistance, estimated albedo and estimated Potential evapotranspiration (PET)) for the Siksik catchment, North West Territories, Canada for 2013 and 2014.

The data were collected under Project HYDRA, a NERC funded UK research project linking Heriot Watt University, the Universities of Durham, Aberdeen and Stirling, and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), Edinburgh. Project HYDRA is part of the UK Arctic Research Programme. Project HYDRA studies sites in Arctic Canada to investigate the biological, chemical and physical controls on the release of greenhouse gases from permafrost into melt water and to the atmosphere and how these emissions will influence global warming.
Publication date: 2016-05-13
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Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

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Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2013-01-01    to    2014-12-31

Provenance & quality

Meteorological data for the Siksik catchment, North West Territories, Canada at Longitude: 133. 26' 26" W, Latitude: 68. 44' 17"N Elevation: 85 metres, Watershed area: ~1 kilometre squared, time zone: Mountain Standard Time.

Daily air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, dew point and precipitation data was taken from http://climate.weather.gc.ca. Climate data was used to estimate actual vapour pressure and surface resistance using FAO methods. Potential evapotranspiration (PET) was estimated using the data and the Penman-Monteith method. Albedo was estimated using hobo shortwave sensor. Thaw depth was estimated using observations and the square root of degree day temperature. Thaw volume was based on thaw depth estimates.

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This dataset is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

Cite this dataset as:
Tetzlaff, D.; Lessels, J.; Wookey, P. (2016). Meteorological data for the Siksik catchment, North West Territories, Canada for 2013 and 2014. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/5bb560ee-15bf-4ab9-8c2e-3a76c688e69d

© NERC/University of Aberdeen

Correspondence/contact details

Sprenger, M.
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen
UK
 matthias.sprenger@abdn.ac.uk

Authors

Tetzlaff, D.
University of Aberdeen
Lessels, J.
University of Aberdeen
Wookey, P.
University of Aberdeen

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NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
Keywords
albedo , atmospheric humidity , Canada , catchment , evapotranspiration , HYDRA , meteorology , NERC Arctic programme , North West Territories , Perma-Hydro-C , pressure , resistance , Siksik catchment , temperature , wind speed
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21 March 2025 13:36