CLASS simulations for ALMIP2 (AMMA Land surface Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 2)
This dataset consists of CLASS (Canadian Land Surface Scheme) simulations for ALMIP2 (AMMA [African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis] Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 2). The results of the intercomparison is published in the paper "Streamflows over a West African Basin from the ALMIP2 Model Ensemble" ( https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/JHM-D-16-0233.1).
Output files from the simulations contain variables for surface and sub-surface state, evaporation, water and energy balance and other hydrological processes for the ALMIP2 study area covering Benin, Niger and Mali in West Africa over the years 2005 to 2008.
The AMMA project was organized with the main goal of obtaining a better understanding of the intraseasonal and interannual variability of the West-African monsoon. Land-atmosphere coupling is expected to be significant in this region, so a high priority goal of AMMA is to better understand and model the influence of the spatiotemporal variability of surface processes on the atmospheric circulation patterns and the regional water cycle.
ALMIP2 deals with the local to mesoscales. Participating land surface, vegetation and hydrological models are evaluated and inter-compared in order to identify key processes which are not well modeled over this region, and to offer guidelines for future model development.
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Metadata Record Information
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- 6ecaea54-c950-4db6-a8f6-1ac7fdbb758f XML
- Date Stamp
- 2024-06-06T14:20:18.035Z
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eng; CAN
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- UTF8
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- Dataset
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html
Data identification
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CLASS simulations for ALMIP2 (AMMA Land surface Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 2)
- Date (Creation)
- 2012-12-11
- Date (Publication)
- 2017-06-22
- Status
- Completed
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eng
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- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Not planned
- Spatial representation type
- Text, table
Keywords
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CLASS (Canadian Land Surface Scheme), Land surface model, Model intercomparison, Africa
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
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Climate
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ECCC Information Category EN
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Weather and Climate
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Business Functions
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Provide Climate Information Products and Services
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Expand Scientific Knowledge for Climate Monitoring and Prediction
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Geography
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International
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external.theme.EC_Branch
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Science and Technology Branch
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external.theme.EC_Directorate
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Atmospheric Science and Technology
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external.theme.GC_Security_Level
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Unclassified
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- Use Limitation
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Access Constraints
- License
- Use Constraints
- License
- Begin Date
- 2017-07-25
Extent
))
Ref. system Reference Systems
- Reference system identifier
- https://epsg.io / EPSG:4326 / 1
Distribution
Distribution Formats
- Distribution format
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- NetCDF ( 1)
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html
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