Gridded Weather Typing Classification

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ssahoo2@alaska.edu

Dataset description

The gridded weather typing classification (GWTC) system is a geographically- and seasonally-relative classification of multivariate surface weather conditions (weather types) for North America. Using six near-surface weather variables (temperature, dew point, sea-level pressure, cloudiness, wind speed, and wind direction) from the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR; Mesinger et al., 2006), the GWTC classifies every day since 1979 into one of 11 different weather types at over 9000 locations. While the 9 'core weather types' mostly relate to different temperature and humidity conditions, the two transitional weather types identify the passage of traditional cold fronts and warm fronts. The GWTC-2 is a global-scale edition of the original GWTC, with some minor differences, and can be found here.

Lee CC. 2014. The development of a gridded weather typing classification scheme. International Journal of Climatology 35, 641-659. DOI: 10.1022/joc.4010.

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Keywords

air mass, weather classification

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[samapriya]

Can you provide a link to the dataset I don't see one