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Section 1: Overview
Name of Research Project
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Related Project
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GWF-CPE: Climate-Related Precipitation Extremes
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Program Affiliations
Related Research Project(s)
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GWF-CPE: Climate-Related Precipitation Extremes | |
Dataset Title
4-KM WRF CONUS I Simulations
Additional Information
Creators and Contributors
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Yanping Li | Collaborator | | University of Saskatchewan |
Liang Chen | Collaborator | | University of Saskatchewan |
Sopan Kurkute | Collaborator | | University of Saskatchewan |
Zhenhua Li | Point of Contact | Zhenhua.li@usask.ca | University of Saskatchewan |
Aiguo Dai | Collaborator | | State University of New York |
Changhai Liu | | | NCAR |
Kyoko Ikeda | | | NCAR |
Roy Rasmussen | | | NCAR |
Mike Barlage | | | NCAR |
Andrew J. Newman | | | NCAR |
Andreas F. Prein | | | NCAR |
Fei Chen | | | NCAR |
Martyn Clark | | | NCAR now USask |
Jimy Dudhia | | | NCAR |
Trude Eidhammer | | | NCAR |
David Gochis | | | NCAR |
Ethan Gutmann | | | NCAR |
Gregory Thompson | | | NCAR |
David Yates | | | NCAR |
Abstract
Two 13-year simulations were performed by NCAR, 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.
Purpose
Two NCAR simulations (13-year):
(1) retrospective simulation (October 2000 to September 2013) with initial and boundary conditions from ERA-Interim
(2) 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.
Plain Language Summary
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. The project aims to provide new insights into the future occurrence of precipitation-related extremes including drought, intense precipitation events and hazardous winter precipitation. Such extremes impact many sectors across Canada including agriculture, electrical utilities, engineering design, health, and insurance.
Keywords
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WRF |
CONUS |
4-KM |
Latent heat flux |
Sensible heat flux |
Mixing ratio |
Precipitations |
Radiation |
Temperature |
NCAR |
Citations
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 (
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3327-9).
Dataset DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5065/D6V40SXP
Section 2: Research Site
Temporal Extent
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Begin Date
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End Date
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2000-10-01
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2015-09-02
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Geographic Bounding Box
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West Boundary Longitude
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-150.92
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East Boundary Longitude
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-83.08
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North Boundary Latitude
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57.34
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South Boundary Latitude
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18.12
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Is Boundary Rectangular
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Research Site Description (if needed)
First image: CONUS domain
Second image: Lambert Conformal grid
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Section 3: Status and Provenance
Dataset Version
Dataset Creation Date
Status of data collection/production
Dataset Completion or Abandonment Date
Data Update Frequency
Creation Software
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Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model | | |
ERA-Interim | | |
CMIP5 | | |
Primary Source of Data
Other Source of Data (if applicable)
Data Lineage (if applicable). Please include versions (e.g., input and forcing data, models, and coupling modules; instrument measurements; surveys; sample collections; etc.)
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.
Section 4: Access and Downloads
Access to the Dataset
Terms of Use
No restriction (Data is currently open to public)
Does the data have access restrictions?
Downloading and Characteristics of the Dataset
Download Links and Instructions
Total Size of all Dataset Files (GB)
198000 !
File formats and online databases
Other Data Formats (if applicable)
List of Parameters and Variables
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Air Temperature | | | |
Canopy Characteristics | | | |
Evapotranspiration | | | |
Geopotential Heigh | | | |
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 | | | |
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