Vancouver Sunset - Raster Data Archive

All rasters are centered on Tower Vancouver-Sunset and have a 1900 x 1900 m extent, with either 1m or 50m raster cell size.

Please cite relevant work when using the fillowing datasets:

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Land Cover Fractions
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-VEGFRAC-TREES-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-VEGFRAC-TREES-50M
Land cover data / mask of fractional plan area covered by tall vegetation (trees h > 2m). fractional coverage Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-VEGFRAC-GROUND-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-VEGFRAC-GROUND-50M
Land cover data / mask of fractional plan area covered by ground vegetation (lawns, gardens, bushes). fractional coverage Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-VEGFRAC-ALL-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-VEGFRAC-ALL-50M
Land cover data / mask of fractional plan area covered by ground and tall vegetation. fractional coverage Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-BUILDINGFRAC-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-BUILDINGFRAC-50M
Land cover data / mask of fractional plan area covered by buildings. fractional coverage Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-NONVEGFRAC-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-NONVEGFRAC-50M
Land cover data / mask of fractional plan area covered by non-vegetated ground surfaces (streets, driveways, gravel, etc.). fractional coverage Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Urban 3D Form
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-SKYVIEWFACTOR-ALL-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-SKYVIEWFACTOR-ALL-50M
Calculated Sky View Factor of all horizontal surfaces (includes Roofs and Tree elements in the LIDAR) (dimesnionless) Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-SKYVIEWFACTOR-GROUND-ONLY-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-SKYVIEWFACTOR-GROUND-ONLY-50M
Calculated average Sky View Factor for horizontal surfaces at ground level only (in buildings, trees = 0) (dimesnionless) Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-MEAN-BUILDING-HEIGHTS-50M Mean height of all surface elements classified as buildings m Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-MAX-BUILDING-HEIGHTS-50M Characteristic building height. Height of highest 25 m2 classified as buildings within 50 x 50 m subset m Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Census Data
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-POPULATION-DENSITY-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-POPULATION-DENSITY-50M
Modelled nighttime population density (census data distributed on buildings based on type and volume). Inh./m2 Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Vegetation Data
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-LAI-TREES-50M Modelled summer peak leaf area index of tall trees (> 2m) m2 / m2 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-LAI-LAWN-50M Modelled summer peak leaf area index of lawns m2 / m2 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-LAI-COMPLETE-50M Modelled summer peak leaf area index of lawns and trees m2 / m2 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Radiation
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-KIN-GLOBAL-2009-YEAR-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-KIN-GLOBAL-2009-YEAR-50M
Average global (direct and diffuse) short-wave irradiance on horizontal surfaces for 2009 W m-2 Geotiff: 1m,50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-KIN-DIRECT-2009-YEAR-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-KIN-DIRECT-2009-YEAR-50M
Average direct short-wave irradiance on horizontal surfaces for 2009 W m-2 Geotiff: 1m,50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-KIN-DIFFUSE-2009-YEAR-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-KIN-DIFFUSE-2009-YEAR-50M
Average diffuse short-wave irradiance on horizontal surfaces for 2009 W m-2 Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-PAR-GLOBAL-2009-YEAR-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-PAR-GLOBAL-2009-YEAR-50M
Average global photosynthetically active irradiance on horizontal surfaces for 2009 µmol s-1 m-2 Geotiff: 1m, 50m
Statistics: 1m, 50m
Carbon-Pools
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONPOOL-SOILS-50M Carbon stored in soils kg C / m2 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONPOOL-VEGETATION-50M Carbon stored in vegetation (trees, lawns) kg C / m2 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONPOOL-HUMANS-50M Carbon stored in human bodies (night-time population) kg C / m2 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONPOOL-ALL-ORGANIC-50M Carbon stored in soils, vegetation and human bodies kg C / m2 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Carbon-Dioxide Fluxes - Biosphere
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-HUMAN-RESP-50M Modelled carbon respired by humans into the atmopshere based on nighttime population kg C m-2 year-1) Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-RESPIRATION-TREE-2009-YEAR-50M Modelled above-ground respiration of urban trees kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-RESPIRATION-LAWN-2009-YEAR-50M Modelled respiration of lawns and soils (empirically as a function of soil temperature and soil volumetric water content) for the year 2009. kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-RESPIRATION-TOTALVEG-2009-YEAR-50M Modelled soil, lawn and above-ground tree respiration kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-PHOTOSYN-LAWN-2009-YEAR-50M Modelled photosynthesis of lawn surfaces (empirically as a function of measured PAR and soil volumetric water content) for the year 2009. kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-PHOTOSYN-TREE-2009-YEAR-50M Modelled photosynthesis by trees (multi-layer model) for the year 2009. kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-PHOTOSYN-TOTALVEG-2009-YEAR-50M Modelled lawn and above-ground photosynthesis kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-TOTALVEG-2009-YEAR-50M Modelled carbon uptake [respiration (soil + trees) - photosynthesis(lawns + trees)] kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics: 50m
Monthly rasters
Carbon-Dioxide Fluxes - Buildings
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-BUILDINGS-LOCAL-CIB-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-BUILDINGS-LOCAL-CIB-50M
Modelled local building-sector emissions from commercial and institutional buildings kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics:50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-BUILDINGS-LOCAL-RES-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-BUILDINGS-LOCAL-RES-50M
Modelled local building-sector emissions from residential buildings kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics:50m
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-BUILDINGS-LOCAL-TTL-1M
SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-BUILDINGS-LOCAL-TTL-50M
Modelled local building-sector emissions from all (commercial, institutional and residential) buildings kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics:50m
Monthly rasters
Carbon-Dioxide Fluxes - Transportation
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-TRANSPORT-ALL-50M Modelled emissions from transportation (local and through-traffic). kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics:50m
Monthly rasters
Carbon-Dioxide Fluxes - Summation
Download Preview SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONFLUX-SUM-50M Modelled local carbon emissions from all sources (buildings, transportation, human respiration, vegetation). kg C m-2 year-1 Geotiff: 50m
Statistics:50m
Monthly rasters