fwiSpain
Fire weather index data from observations and reanalysis at 7 locations in Spain
This dataset contains data of temperature, relative humidity, precipitation and wind velocity from 7 locations in Spain, as well as the resulting Fire Weather Index series, corresponding to both weather station observations and reanalysis data.
A list of two elements, containing data of the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and observations data respectively. For each element of the list, a second list of length 7 is provided, each corresponding to a particular location in Spain, each of them containing a dataframe with the following fields:
- fecha A vector of class Date with dates of the records
- T A numeric vector of temperature records, in degree C
- H A numeric vector of relative hunidity records, in degree \%
- P A numeric vector of precipitation records, in mm, see details
- W A numeric vector of wind speed records, in km/h
- FWI A numeric vector with the Fire Weather Index series (dimensionless, see https://github.com/jbedia/fireDanger/wiki/fwi
Data correspond both to observations from the Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET, all recorded at noon excepting precipitation, recorded at 07:00 UTC and corresponding to values accumulated during the last 24h) and the NCEP reanalysis interpolated to the same locations (12:00 UTC), encompassing a period of approximately 6 years (2006-2011). These records are therefore appropriate for the calculation of several fire danger indices, requiring data measured around noon. Further details on this dataset are provided in Bedia et al. (2012).
- J. Bedia, S. Herrera, J.M. Gutierrez, G. Zavala, I. R. Urbieta and J.M. Moreno (2012). Sensitivity of Fire Weather Index to different reanalysis products in the Iberian Peninsula. at. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 699-708. http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/12/699/2012/nhess-12-699-2012.html
- Kistler, R., Kalnay, E., Collins,W., Saha, S., White, G., Woollen, J., Chelliah, M., Ebisuzaki,W., Kanamitsu, M., Kousky, V., van den Dool, H., Jenne, R., and Fiorino, M.: The NCEP-NCAR 50-year reanalysis: Monthly means CD-ROM and documentation, Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 82, 247-267, 2001.
