edu.ucar.gdex::d103294 eng; USA utf-8 dataset NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange datahelp@ucar.edu https://gdex.ucar.edu NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX), managed by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NSF NCAR, contains a large collection of meteorological, atmospheric composition, and oceanographic observations, and operational and reanalysis model outputs, integrated with NSF NCAR High Performance Compute services to support atmospheric and geosciences research. download pointOfContact 2026-08-22T04:04:43Z ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO19115:2003/Cor 1 2006 https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d103294 https://github.com/NCAR/NA-CORDEX-CMIP6 https Related Resource #1 Full configuration details and the software suite used for post-processing NA-CORDEX-CMIP6 d103294 2026-08-21 publication Stuivenvolt-Allen, Jacob author McGinnis, Seth author Eidhammer, Trude author McCrary, Rachel author Bukovsky, Melissa S. author Chang, Hsin-I author Kessenich, Lee author Rahimi, Stefan author NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research publisher The NA-CORDEX-CMIP6 dataset contains output from high-resolution regional climate model (RCM) simulations over North America for use in impacts, decision-making, and climate science. These simulations downscale global simulations from the CMIP6 archive to 12 km spatial resolution for 150 years (1950-2100) under two future scenarios, SSP 2-4.5 and SSP 3-7.0. Five GCMs are downscaled: CESM2, EC-Earth-Veg, MPI-ESM1-2-HR, NorESM2-MM, and ACCESS-ESM-1-5. In addition to a suite of impacts-relevant variables, the dataset contains variables for hydrology, solar energy, and wind energy; AFWA diagnostics for severe weather; thermal indices; and tropospheric variables on synoptic levels, all at sub-daily, daily, and monthly frequencies. Detail: NA-CORDEX is the North American contribution to the international CORDEX (COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment) program, which is sponsored by WCRP (the World Climate Research Program), to provide coordinated regional climate downscaling for improved regional climate change adaptation and impact assessment. NA-CORDEX-CMIP6 advances the resolution of the NA-CORDEX archive from 25-50 km CMIP5-era simulations to 12 km downscaling of CMIP6-era GCMs. Historical simulations span 1953-2014 (beginning in 1953 to allow adequate land-surface spin-up), and future simulations run 2015-2099. An evaluation run driven by the ERA5 reanalysis running 1980-2023 is also available. Model configuration: Simulations use the WRF regional atmospheric model over a 708 by 674 gridpoint domain with 38 vertical levels and a 50 hPa model top. Greenhouse gases and aerosols are prescribed according to SSP2-4.5 and SSP3-7.0. The land surface model is Noah-MP, using four vertical soil levels and USGS land-use categorization. The configuration also includes a single-level urban canopy model and a 1-dimensional lake model. Full configuration details and the software suite used for post-processing are available at https://github.com/NCAR/NA-CORDEX-CMIP6. Diagnostics and derived indices: Most extreme-weather diagnostics are computed online during the WRF simulations using the built-in AFWA diagnostics package. Additional heat indices (UTCI and WBGT) were calculated during post-processing using the Python package "thermofeel". For wind-energy applications, zonal and meridional wind components are provided at 50, 100, and 150 m above ground level. Variables are supplied at hourly frequency where possible, and 6-hourly otherwise. completed datahelp@ucar.edu pointOfContact notPlanned dataset https://gdex.ucar.edu/images/ds_logos/default_200_200.png Logo thumbnail from URL png NetCDF4 dataset Resource Type 2021-03-30 revision 4.4 DataCite Metadata Working Group orginator resourceTypeGeneral WRF > Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2026-08-19 revision 24.6 NASA Global Change Master Directory orginator Valids List: Platforms EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SURFACE PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION > DOWNWELLING LONGWAVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION > UPWELLING LONGWAVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION > DOWNWELLING SHORTWAVE RADIATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE INDICES > HEAT INDEX EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE INDICES > WIND CHILL INDEX EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE > 24 HOUR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE > 24 HOUR MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > SPECIFIC HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROCESSES > EVAPORATION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > LIQUID PRECIPITATION > RAIN > FREEZING RAIN EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > Stability/Severe Weather Indices > CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY (CAPE) EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW MELT EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SOILS > SOIL MOISTURE/WATER CONTENT EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES > HEAT FLUX > LATENT HEAT FLUX EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES > HEAT FLUX > SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE > SNOW MELT EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > SURFACE WATER PROCESSES/MEASUREMENTS > RUNOFF U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2026-08-19 revision 24.6 NASA Global Change Master Directory orginator Valids List: Science and Services Keywords Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License None grid 12000.0 eng utf-8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 178.64725553372818 -13.0703780859792 5.907999999999994 78.06666450672051 1953-01-01T0000+00 2100-01-01T0000+00 NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange datahelp@ucar.edu https://gdex.ucar.edu distributor 21742202.249 https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d103294/ https Dataset Description Related Link information https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d103294/dataaccess/ https Data Access Related Link download none asNeeded