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 | ||||
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Urban 3D Form | ||||
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 |
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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 |
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SUNSET-RASTER-MEAN-BUILDING-HEIGHTS-50M | Mean height of all surface elements classified as buildings | m | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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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 |
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 |
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Vegetation Data | ||||
SUNSET-RASTER-LAI-TREES-50M | Modelled summer peak leaf area index of tall trees (> 2m) | m2 / m2 | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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SUNSET-RASTER-LAI-LAWN-50M | Modelled summer peak leaf area index of lawns | m2 / m2 | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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SUNSET-RASTER-LAI-COMPLETE-50M | Modelled summer peak leaf area index of lawns and trees | m2 / m2 | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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Radiation | ||||
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Carbon-Pools | ||||
SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONPOOL-SOILS-50M | Carbon stored in soils | kg C / m2 | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONPOOL-VEGETATION-50M | Carbon stored in vegetation (trees, lawns) | kg C / m2 | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONPOOL-HUMANS-50M | Carbon stored in human bodies (night-time population) | kg C / m2 | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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SUNSET-RASTER-CARBONPOOL-ALL-ORGANIC-50M | Carbon stored in soils, vegetation and human bodies | kg C / m2 | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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Carbon-Dioxide Fluxes - Biosphere | ||||
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 |
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SUNSET-RASTER-RESPIRATION-TREE-2009-YEAR-50M | Modelled above-ground respiration of urban trees | kg C m-2 year-1 | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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SUNSET-RASTER-PHOTOSYN-TOTALVEG-2009-YEAR-50M | Modelled lawn and above-ground photosynthesis | kg C m-2 year-1 | Geotiff: 50m Statistics: 50m |
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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 |
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Carbon-Dioxide Fluxes - Buildings | ||||
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Carbon-Dioxide Fluxes - Transportation | ||||
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 |
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Carbon-Dioxide Fluxes - Summation | ||||
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 |