Data downloaded from: ftp://192.12.137.7/pub/dcp/archive/OBS/livneh2014.1_16deg/README.Livneh.Grids.txt ---- Description of data: These meteorological data represent approximately 30,000 stations across CONUS (NCDC), southern Canada (Environment Canada), and Mexico (SMN/Congua) gridded to 333579 points at a 1/16 degree spatial resolution, running from 1 Jan 1950 - 31 Dec 2013 and with the following fields: ASCII format columns: One file per grid point, with naming convention: data__ netCDF format: One file per month, with naming convention: livneh_NAmerExt_15Oct2014..nc Compression: These data are available in both netCDF and ASCII formats, which were compressed with the bzip2 utility. To uncompress simply type: % bunzip2 Daily VIC-derived outputs: These fields were produced with the VIC model v.4.1.2.c using the above meteorological data and are at a daily output step. Descriptions of these fields from VIC global file: OUTFILE VIC_fluxes_Livneh_CONUSExt_v.1.2_2013 12 OUTVAR OUT_EVAP (mm) Total ET rate-- includes Canopy, Sub-canopy Evaporation, Transpiration, and Snow Sublimation OUTVAR OUT_RUNOFF (mm) Surface Runoff OUTVAR OUT_BASEFLOW (mm) Baseflow OUTVAR OUT_SOIL_MOIST (mm) Three layer values of Soil Moisture, i.e. three columns starting with upper layer OUTVAR OUT_SWE (mm) Snow Water Equivalent OUTVAR OUT_WDEW (mm) Canopy Water OUTVAR OUT_SENSIBLE (W/m^2) Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux OUTVAR OUT_LATENT (W/m^2) Net Upward Sensible Heat Flux OUTVAR OUT_GRND_FLUX (W/m^2) Net Heat Flux into Ground OUTVAR OUT_R_NET (W/m^2) Net Downward Radiation Flux OUTVAR OUT_PET_TALL (mm) Potential Evapotranspiration from tall reference crop (Alfalfa) OUTVAR OUT_PET_SHORT (mm) Potential Evapotranspiration from short reference crop (Grass) OUTVAR OUT_PET_NATVEG (mm) Potential Evapotranspiration from current vegetation and current canopy resistance How to cite the data: A manuscript has been submitted to describe the new data set: Livneh B., D.S. Pierce, T.J. Bohn, F. Munoz-Ariola, B. Nijssen, D. Cayan, R. Vose, and L.D. Brekki, 2015: Development of a spatially comprehensive, daily hydrometeorological data set for Mexico, the conterminous U.S., and southern Canada: 1950-2013, Nature Scientific Data (Submitted). Please check back frequently to get the correct citation. **In the meanwhile use the following citation to acknowledge the data set: Livneh, B., E. A. Rosenberg, C. Lin, B. Nijssen, V. Mishra, K. M. Andreadis, E. P. Maurer, and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2013: A Long-Term Hydrologically Based Dataset of Land Surface Fluxes and States for the Conterminous United States: Update and Extensions. J. Climate, 26, 9384~9392.