Sample Data Sets¶
- Stehekin Basin (vic.sample.stehekin.tgz): example of meteorological forcings, VIC parameters, routing model parameters, for learning to use VIC and the routing model.
- Forcings and VIC parameters for the PILPS-2E experiment, Torne-Kalix basin, Sweden: pilps.tar
- Forcings, VIC parameters, and observations of snow depth and soil moisture and temperatures for the Rosemount site, Illinois: RosemountTestSet.tgz.
VIC Input and Output Data Sets¶
Here are some notable input and output data sets for VIC. If you use these data sets, please cite the corresponding references.
Global Datasets¶
- Global VIC Input Parameters at 0.5-Degree Resolution
- NOTE: There are some grid cells in this dataset for which total soil depth exceeds the thermal damping depth of 4 meters. This causes VIC 4.1.2 (and later) to crash on those cells. The solution is to either increase the thermal damping depth (dp in the soil parameter file) to be >= total soil depth (= sum of layer depths 1, 2, 3). We are working on fixing this. For most users, this will not be a problem in their basins.
- Spatial Resolution: 0.5-degree
- Available data:
- Soil Parameter File
- Vegetation Parameter File
- Vegetation Library File
- Snowbands File
- References: Nijssen et al. (2001b)
- Global Meteorological Forcing Files at 0.5-Degree Resolution
- Spatial Resolution: 0.5-degree
- Temporal Resolution: daily
- Time period: 1948-2007
- Available data:
- Precipitation
- Max Temperature
- Min Temperature
- Wind Speed
- References: Adam and Lettenmaier (2003); Adam et al (2006)
- Global Simulations at 2-Degree Resolution
- Spatial Resolution: 2-degree
- Temporal Resolution: daily
- Time period: 1980-1993
- Model Version: VIC 4.0.3
- Simulation Mode: daily water balance
- Available data:
- Daily Meteorological Forcings (Precip, Tmax, Tmin, Wind, Vapor Pressure, Downward Shortwave, Net Longwave)
- Daily Hydrologic Budget Terms (EvapoTranspiration, Runoff, Snow Water Equivalent, Soil Moisture Storage, Total Storage)
- Maps of Gridded Parameters (Land/sea mask, depth of top 2 soil layers, total storage capacity)
- References: Nijssen et al, 2001a,b,c
- Global River Routing Networks at Various Resolutions
- Spatial Resolution: 2-, 1-, 1/2-, 1/4-, 1/8-, and 1/16-degree
- Coarser resolutions were upscaled from finer resolutions using DRT algorithm
- Available data:
- Grids of flow direction and flow accumulation
- References: Wu et al., 2011
Continental US Datasets¶
- Simulations of Continental US at 1/8-degree resolution
- Spatial Resolution: 1/8-degree
- Time period: 1950-2000
- Model Version: VIC 4.0.3
- Simulation Mode: 3-hour energy balance
- Available data:
- Daily Meteorological Forcings (Precip, Tmax, Tmin, Wind)
- 3-hourly/Daily/Monthly Water and Energy Budget Terms (EvapoTranspiration, Runoff, Snow Water Equivalent, Soil Moisture, Net Shortwave and Longwave Radiation, Latent and Sensible Heat Fluxes, Ground Flux, Surface Temperature)
- Maps of Gridded Parameters (Elevation, Soil Properties, Land Cover)
- References: Maurer et al, 2002
- Gridded Meteorological Forcings Over Continental US at 1/8-degree resolution
- Spatial Resolution: 1/8-degree
- Fields: Daily Precip, Tmax, Tmin, Wind
- Available data:
- Colorado River Basin, 1915-2006, using method of Maurer et al. (2002)
- Continental US, 1949-2005, using method of Maurer et al. (2002)
- Continental US, 1915-2003, using method of Hamlet and Lettenmaier (2005)
- Continental US, Near-real-time, 1915-present (1-day lag), as used by the UW Surface Water Monitor, using method of Wood (2008)