Observations of snowpack distribution and meteorological variables at the Izas Experimental Catchment (Spanish Pyrenees) from 2011 to 2016

We present a climatic dataset acquired at Izas Experimental Catchment, in the Central Spanish Pyrenees, from 2011 to 2016 snow seasons. The dataset includes information on different meteorological variables acquired with an Automatic Weather Station including precipitation, air temperature, incoming and reflected short and long-wave radiation, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, atmospheric air pressure, surface temperature (snow or soil surface) and soil temperature; all of them at 10 minute intervals. Snow depth distribution was measured during 23 field campaigns using a Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS), and there are also available time-lapse photographs from which can be derived daily information of different variables such as the Snow Covered Area. The experimental site is located in the southern side of the Pyrenees between 2000 and 2300 m above sea level with an extension of 55 ha. The site is a good example of sub-alpine ambient of mid-latitude mountain ranges. Thus, the dataset has a great potential for understanding environmental processes from a hydrometerological or ecological perspective in which snow dynamics play a determinant role