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Regional Deterministic Prediction System (RDPS)

The Regional Deterministic Prediction System (RDPS) carries out physics calculations to arrive at deterministic predictions of atmospheric elements from the current day out to 48 hours into the future at a 10.0 km grid (1/11 deg) spatial resolution. The data for mean temperature covers North America and is provided by the Meterological Service of Canada (MSC), a part of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The MSC provides weather forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. MSC also provides federal department, agencies and other levels of government with information to support emergency preparedness and response to events such as storms, floods, wildfires and other weather-related emergencies. You can find additional information here and also on the climate org data page.

Dataset Description

Spatial Information

Parameter Value
Spatial extent United States and Canada
Spatial resolution 10.0 km grid (1/11 deg)
Temporal resolution Daily
Time span 2010-11-01 to present
Update frequency Updated daily with 1 day lag time

Variables

Variable Details
Mean temperature ('Tavg') - Units: Degrees Celsius
- Scale factor: 1.0

Citation

Fillion, L., Tanguay, M., Lapalme, E., Denis, B., Desgagne, M., Lee, V., ... & Pagé, C. (2010). The Canadian regional data assimilation and
forecasting system. Weather and Forecasting, 25(6), 1645-1669.

rdps

Earth Engine Snippet

// Read in Image Collection and get first image
var rdps_ic = ee.ImageCollection('projects/climate-engine-pro/assets/ce-rdps-daily')
var rdps_i = rdps_ic.first()

// Print first image to see bands
print(rdps_i)

// Visualize temperature from first image
var temp_palette = ["#b2182b", "#ef8a62", "#fddbc7", "#f7f7f7", "#d1e5f0", "#67a9cf", "#2166ac"].reverse()
Map.addLayer(rdps_i.select('Tavg'), {min: -10, max: 20, palette: temp_palette}, 'Tavg')

Sample code: https://code.earthengine.google.com/?scriptPath=users/sat-io/awesome-gee-catalog-examples:/weather-climate/CE-RDPS-DAILY

License

Data are subject to the Government of Canada Open Data Licence Agreement: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada. The terms of this Agreement govern your use and reproduction of the data instead of the copyright reproduction statements found in Important Notices on the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada website.

Keywords: climate, daily, United States, Canada, daily, near real-time

Dataset provided by: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Dataset curated in GEE by: Climate Org