Gridded historical daily Okanagan climate data

Description:

An inverse distance weighting (IDW) interpolation algorithm was used in conjunction with regional linear and non-linear regression to generate the climate surfaces from weather station data. In addition to latitudinal and elevation influences on temperature and precipitation, temperature inversions are accounted for using a two-layer method and lake effects are modelled by establishing the average long term temperature modification on station Tmax values [Neilsen et al. (2010)].

Last Updated:
2009

Primary Developer:
OBWB, ECCC, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), University of Lethbridge

Timeframe:
1961 to 2006

Spatial Resolution:
500m

Temporal Resolution:
daily

Spatial Extent:
Okanagan Basin

Climate Parameters:

maximum temperature
minimum temperature
total precipitation

Approximate Dataset Volume/Primary Format:
10 GB/ASCII*
(*data available in subsets of full volume) GB=gigabyte TB=terabyte

Usage:

Used in Phase 2 Okanagan Basin Water Supply and Demand study to drive hydrology and water demand models.

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