March Snow Water Equivalent Trends Since Mid-20th Century from Reanalyses and CMIP6 Models

Jouni Räisänen from the University of Helsinki provides data and scripts for a 2022 Cryosphere manuscript. The 1.9 GB archive contains GrADS binaries and scripts for reproducing figures on snow water equivalent trends. This dataset supports analysis of climatic changes in snowpack from the mid-twentieth century onward.

Use Cases

• Reproducing scientific figures based on the provided GrADS scripts and data.
• Analyzing long-term trends in March mean snow water equivalent based on the described time series.
• Comparing snowpack simulations from CMIP6 climate models against reanalysis products as referenced in the description.
• Conducting spatial trend analysis of snow water equivalent using the included geospatial data.

Strengths

• Includes a 1.9 GB data archive containing the primary analysis data.
• Provides GrADS scripts for full reproducibility of the manuscript's figures and numerical results.
• Data originates from a submitted peer-reviewed manuscript to The Cryosphere journal.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific file formats within the archives are unknown.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

University of Helsinki

Collection Method

Likely contains model outputs from CMIP6 climate models and observational reanalysis products.

Time Range

Mid-twentieth century onward