The NA-CORDEX dataset, version 1.0
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| DOI: 10.5065/D6SJ1JCH
Abstract:
The North America CORDEX (NA-CORDEX) dataset contains regional climate change scenario data and guide for North America, for use in impacts, decision-making, and climate science. This dataset contains output from regional climate models (RCMs) run over a domain covering most of North America using boundary conditions from global climate model (GCM) simulations in the CMIP5 archive. These simulations run from 1950 to 2100 with a spatial resolution of 0.22 degree (25km) or 0.44 degree (50km). This version of the data is the same as the AWS S3 version. It includes selected variables converted to the Zarr format from the original NetCDF. Only daily data are currently available; all daily data were mapped to the standard calendar.
Temporal Range:
1949-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2101-01-01 00:00 +0000
(Entire dataset)
Period details by dataset product
Period details by dataset product
1949-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2101-01-01 00:00 +0000 (CORDEX-NA mbcn-Daymet)
1949-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2101-01-01 00:00 +0000 (CORDEX-NA mbcn-gridMET)
1949-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2101-01-01 00:00 +0000 (CORDEX-NA raw)
Updates:
Irregularly
Variables:
| Air Temperature | Cloud Fraction | Downwelling Shortwave Radiation | Evaporation |
| Fire Weather Index | Geopotential Height | Maximum/Minimum Temperature | Precipitation Rate |
| Relative Humidity | Runoff | Sea Level Pressure | Shortwave Radiation |
| Snow | Snow Melt | Soil Moisture/Water Content | Specific Humidity |
| Sunshine | Surface Pressure | Terrain Elevation | Total Runoff |
| U/V Wind Components | Wildland Fuels |
Vertical Levels:
See the detailed metadata for level information.
Data Types:
Grid
Spatial Coverage:
Longitude Range: Westernmost=178.185W Easternmost=15.959W
Latitude Range: Southernmost=8.334N Northernmost=78.829N Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information 0.25° x 0.25° from 171.875W to 22.125W and 12.125N to 76.375N (600 x 258 Latitude/Longitude) 0.25° x 0.25° from 188.125E to 337.875E and 12.125N to 76.375N (600 x 258 Latitude/Longitude) 0.5° x 0.5° from 171.75W to 22.25W and 12.25N to 76.25N (300 x 129 Latitude/Longitude) 0.5° x 0.5° from 188.25E to 337.75E and 12.25N to 76.25N (300 x 129 Latitude/Longitude) 12km x 12km (at 58N) oriented 97W (655x640 Lambert Conformal starting at 8.334N, 125.341W) 22km x 24km (at 73N) oriented 97W (340x300 Lambert Conformal starting at 10.402N, 126.254W) 22km x 24km (at 73N) oriented 97W (340x320 Lambert Conformal starting at 8.403N, 125.322W) 26km x 26km (at 46N) oriented 97W (297x281 Lambert Conformal starting at 9.907N, 126.145W) 49km x 49km (at 48N) oriented 97W (155x130 Lambert Conformal starting at 12.539N, 127.155W)
Latitude Range: Southernmost=8.334N Northernmost=78.829N Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information 0.25° x 0.25° from 171.875W to 22.125W and 12.125N to 76.375N (600 x 258 Latitude/Longitude) 0.25° x 0.25° from 188.125E to 337.875E and 12.125N to 76.375N (600 x 258 Latitude/Longitude) 0.5° x 0.5° from 171.75W to 22.25W and 12.25N to 76.25N (300 x 129 Latitude/Longitude) 0.5° x 0.5° from 188.25E to 337.75E and 12.25N to 76.25N (300 x 129 Latitude/Longitude) 12km x 12km (at 58N) oriented 97W (655x640 Lambert Conformal starting at 8.334N, 125.341W) 22km x 24km (at 73N) oriented 97W (340x300 Lambert Conformal starting at 10.402N, 126.254W) 22km x 24km (at 73N) oriented 97W (340x320 Lambert Conformal starting at 8.403N, 125.322W) 26km x 26km (at 46N) oriented 97W (297x281 Lambert Conformal starting at 9.907N, 126.145W) 49km x 49km (at 48N) oriented 97W (155x130 Lambert Conformal starting at 12.539N, 127.155W)
Data Contributors:
UCAR/NCAR/RAL
Research Application Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Related Resources:
Total Volume:
55.5 TB
(Entire dataset)
Volume details by dataset product
Volume details by dataset product
CORDEX-NA mbcn-Daymet: 4.33 TB
CORDEX-NA mbcn-gridMET: 6.53 TB
CORDEX-NA raw: 44.64 TB
Data Formats:
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More Details:
View a more detailed summary of the data, including specific date ranges and locations by parameter
Metadata Record:
Data License:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International License.
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