Yao et al. 2026: European Precipitation and Climate Variables from CLM5.0 Model

A 2.3 GB geospatial dataset from the CLM5.0 model, likely containing precipitation, evapotranspiration, altitude, and 3D wind variables for Europe. The data was authored by Yi Yao and published on figshare in April 2026. It appears to focus on the impacts of forest changes on European precipitation patterns.

Use Cases

• Modeling precipitation patterns based on the separated RAIN and SNOW data.
• Analyzing land-atmosphere moisture exchange based on the evapotranspiration data.
• Studying atmospheric dynamics based on the 3-dimensional wind variables at different pressure levels.
• Investigating the impact of topography on climate based on the altitude data.
• Tracking moisture sources and sinks based on the moisture-tracking results.

Strengths

• Dataset size is 2.3 GB, indicating substantial model output.
• Includes multiple climate variables such as precipitation, evapotranspiration, and 3D wind data.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect modeling bias inherent to the CLM5.0 simulation.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Yi Yao.

Collection Method

Output from the CLM5.0 (Community Land Model) climate simulation.

Time Range

Control simulation period likely includes 2020-2024 based on file naming.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-14 08:09:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Europe, at a 0.5-degree spatial resolution suggested by the file name 'eur0.5'.