NSF NCAR GDEX Dataset d612000

High Resolution WRF Simulations of the Current and Future Climate of North America

d612000

| DOI: 10.5065/D6V40SXP

This historical dataset is recommended for ancillary use only and not as a primary research dataset. It has likely been superseded by a newer, improved dataset.

Abstract:

Note: d559000 Four-kilometer long-term regional hydroclimate reanalysis over the conterminous United States (CONUS) has superseded this dataset.

The dataset is from a high resolution climate change simulation that permits convection and resolves mesoscale orography at 4 km grid spacing over much of North America using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. Two 13 years simulations were performed, consisting of a retrospective simulation (October 2000 to September 2013) with initial and boundary conditions from ERA-Interim and a future climate sensitivity simulation with initial and boundary conditions derived from reanalysis and modified by adding the CMIP5 ensemble mean of the high emission scenario climate change.

Temporal Range:

2000-10-01 00:00 +0000 to 2013-09-30 23:00 +0000

Variables:

Air Temperature	Canopy Characteristics	Geopotential Height	Land Surface Temperature
Longwave Radiation	Outgoing Longwave Radiation	Planetary Boundary Layer Height	Sea Surface Temperature
Shortwave Radiation	Skin Temperature	Snow Water Equivalent	Snow/Ice Temperature
Soil Moisture/Water Content	Soil Temperature	Surface Pressure	Surface Winds
Total Precipitable Water	Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed	Water Vapor

Vertical Levels:

See the detailed metadata for level information.

Data Types:

Grid

Spatial Coverage:

Longitude Range: Westernmost=138.852W Easternmost=58.735W
Latitude Range: Southernmost=18.12N Northernmost=57.336N Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information 4km x 4km (at 40N) oriented 98W (1359x1015 Lambert Conformal starting at 18.136N, 122.884W) 4km x 4km (at 40N) oriented 98W (1359x1016 Lambert Conformal starting at 18.12N, 122.879W) 4km x 4km (at 40N) oriented 98W (1360x1015 Lambert Conformal starting at 18.132N, 122.901W)

Data Contributors:

UCAR/NCAR/RAP

Research Application Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Publications:

Liu, Changhai, Kyoko Ikeda, Roy Rasmussen, Mike Barlage, Andrew J. Newman, Andreas F. Prein, Fei Chen, Liang Chen, Martyn Clark, Aiguo Dai, Jimy Dudhia, Trude Eidhammer, David Gochis, Ethan Gutmann, Sopan Kurkute, Yanping Li, Gregory Thompson and David Yates, 2017: Continental-scale convection-permitting modeling of the current and future climate of North America. Climate Dynamics, 49, 71-95 (DOI: 10.1007/s00382-016-3327-9).

Total Volume:

0.0 MB

Data Formats:

netCDF4

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d559000

Four-kilometer long-term regional hydroclimate reanalysis over the conterminous United States (CONUS)

d612005

CONUS (Continental U.S.) II High Resolution Present and Future Climate Simulation

d616000

Multi-decadal Convection-permitting Simulation of Current Climate over South America using WRF

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 4.0 International License.

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