Weather variables (AR5) – Legacy
A global dataset at 0.25° degrees resolution of 6 weather variables from 21 climate models under 2 Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) scenarios from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fith Assessment report (AR5). The time resolution is daily from 1951 to 2100.
Specifications
Specification | Description |
Experiment | CMIP5 |
Scenarios | Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) RCP 8.5 and RCP4.5. |
Climate Models | The 4 models selected by the ISIMIP initiative: GFDL- ESM2M, IPSL-CM5A-LR, HadGEM2-ES and MIROC5. |
Spatial Resolution | 0.25° x 0.25° Global |
Temporal resolution | Daily from 1951 to 2100 |
Variables | Mean temperature Maximum temperature Minimum temperature Total precipitation Surface wind speed Solar radiation |
Format | Netcdf |
Reference
- Noël, T., Loukos, H., Defrance, D., Vrac, M., Levavasseur, G., 2021. A high-resolution downscaled CMIP5 projections dataset of essential surface climate variables over the globe coherent with the ERA5 reanalysis for climate change impact assessments. Data in Brief 45, 106900. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106900.
Availability
This data dataset is no longer available except for public research directly from the ESGF IPCC data portal.