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Daily precipitation data at three locations in Norway.
Description
Observed (obsprecip) and simulated (modprecip) daily
precipitation data for three locations in Norway covering the 1961 -
1990 period.
Usage
data(obsprecip)
data(modprecip)
Format
Data frame(s) with rows representing days and with the following 3 variables.
MOSSDaily Precipitation at Moss [mm/day]
GEIRANGERDaily Precipitation at Geiranger [mm/day]
BARKESTADDaily Precipitation at Barkestad [mm/day]
Details
The time series in obsprecip stem from the observation-system
of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
The time series in modprecip are based on simulations of
HIRHAM2/NorACIA regional climate model forced with simulation the
HadAM3H. The simulation setup is further described in Forland et
al. 2011. The simulations are free-running and there is consequently
no direct correspondence in the temporal evolution of modprecip
and obsprecip.
NOTE that all months in the modelled data (modprecip) have 30
days (in contrast to the observations (obsprecip) which have
true calender days.
Source
The observations are taken form the observation network of the Norwegian meteorological institute (www.met.no). The data are available for download at http://eklima.met.no.
References
Forland, E. J.; Benestad, R.; Hanssen-Bauer, I.; Haugen, J. E. & Skaugen, T. E. Temperature and Precipitation Development at Svalbard 1900-2100. Advances in Meteorology, 2011, Volume 2011, 893790, doi: 10.1155/2011/893790.
Examples
data(obsprecip)
data(modprecip)