Morin, Samuel; Lejeune, Yves; Lesaffre, Bernard; Panel, Jean-Michel; Poncet, Daniel; David, Pierre; Sudul, Marcel (2012): A 18-years long (1993-2011) snow and meteorological dataset from a mid-altitude mountain site (Col de Porte, France, 1325 altitude) [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.774249, Supplement to: Morin, S et al. (2012): A 18-yr long (1993-2011) snow and meteorological dataset from a mid-altitude mountain site (Col de Porte, France, 1325 m alt.) for driving and evaluating snowpack models. Earth System Science Data, 4(1), 13-21, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-4-13-2012
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Abstract:
A quality-controlled snow and meteorological dataset spanning the period 1 August 1993-31 July 2011 is presented, originating from the experimental station Col de Porte (1325 m altitude, Chartreuse range, France). Emphasis is placed on meteorological data relevant to the observation and modelling of the seasonal snowpack. In-situ driving data, at the hourly resolution, consist of measurements of air temperature, relative humidity, windspeed, incoming short-wave and long-wave radiation, precipitation rate partitioned between snow- and rainfall, with a focus on the snow-dominated season. Meteorological data for the three summer months (generally from 10 June to 20 September), when the continuity of the field record is not warranted, are taken from a local meteorological reanalysis (SAFRAN), in order to provide a continuous and consistent gap-free record. Data relevant to snowpack properties are provided at the daily (snow depth, snow water equivalent, runoff and albedo) and hourly (snow depth, albedo, runoff, surface temperature, soil temperature) time resolution. Internal snowpack information is provided from weekly manual snowpit observations (mostly consisting in penetration resistance, snow type, snow temperature and density profiles) and from a hourly record of temperature and height of vertically free ''settling'' disks. This dataset has been partially used in the past to assist in developing snowpack models and is presented here comprehensively for the purpose of multi-year model performance assessment. The data is placed on the PANGAEA repository (doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.774249) as well as on the public ftp server ftp://ftp-cnrm.meteo.fr/pub-cencdp/.
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Latitude: 45.300000 * Longitude: 5.770000
Date/Time Start: 1993-08-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2011-07-31T00:00:00
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In case of questions pertaining to this dataset, please contact col_de_porte@meteo.fr.
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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- Morin, S; Lejeune, Y; Lesaffre, B et al. (2012): Daily snow thickness, snow water equivalent, runoff and albedo at Col de Porte, France. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.774237
- Morin, S; Lejeune, Y; Lesaffre, B et al. (2012): Snow and meteorological data from Col de Porte, France, with links to files in NetCDF and ASCII format. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.774246
- Morin, S; Lejeune, Y; Lesaffre, B et al. (2012): Hourly measurements of total snow thickness, and settling disks height and temperature at Col de Porte, France. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.774221
- Morin, S; Lejeune, Y; Lesaffre, B et al. (2012): Hourly snow thickness, snow surface temperature, runoff, ground flux, and albedo at Col de Porte, France. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.774238
- Morin, S; Lejeune, Y; Lesaffre, B et al. (2012): Hourly meteorological observations at Col de Porte, France. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.774240
- Morin, S; Lejeune, Y; Lesaffre, B et al. (2012): Soil temperature at Col de Porte, France. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.774219
- Morin, S; Lejeune, Y; Lesaffre, B et al. (2012): Solar masks at Col de Porte, France. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.774217