Western Patagonia (40-56ºS), one of the largest and best-preserved freshwater ecosystems in the world, is a clear example of how the systematic lack of data (or publicly accessible), and poor-quality control protocols, have hindered further hydrometeorological studies. To address these limitations, we present PatagoniaMet (PMET), a compilation of ground-based hydrometeorological data (PMET-obs; 1950-2020), and a daily gridded product of precipitation and maximum and minimum temperature (PMET-sim; 0.05º, 1980-2020). The latest version of PatagoniaMet can be found at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7992760
This repository contains all the code used to process the raw data and generate the figures in the corresponding manuscript. This repository also acts as a website to publicly discuss changes and add new data to this region.
PatagoniaMet is a collaborative and open dataset that is designed to continuously evolve by incorporating new records, meteorological variables, institutions, and time-steps as they become accessible. This dynamic dataset serves as a fundamental resource for future hydrometeorological research in Western Patagonia, available to and reviewable by the entire community. A guide to sharing new data is currently being developed.
The manuscript was submitted to Scientific Data. If you use the dataset in your research/work, the recommended citation is:
@article{aguayo2023,
title={PatagoniaMet: A multi-source hydrometeorological dataset for Western Patagonia},
author={Aguayo, R., León-Muñoz, J., Aguayo, M., Baez-Villanueva, O., Fernandez, A. Zambrano-Bigiarini, M., and Jacques-Coper, M.},
journal={Scientific Data. in review},
publisher={Nature Publishing Group UK London}
}If you have any questions regarding the PMET dataset, please contact Rodrigo Aguayo roodaguayo(at)gmail.com