National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory model (GFDL-ESM2M) - International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Regional Climate Model Version Four (RCM)

Abbreviated Model Name:

GFDL-RegCM4

Ensemble:

Notaro Dynamically Downscaled Climate Projections for the Great Lakes Region

Driving GCM (for RCMs only):

Experiments:

RCP 8.5

Historical

Getting the Data

Data were acquired directly from developer (Michael Notaro)

Data File Format:

.nc

Documentation

Model Documentation Link:

Time and Space Information

Available Years of Data:

6/1977-1/2000

6/2037-12/2059

6/2077-12/2099

Length (years) of Files:

full time span in single file

Spatial Coverage:

United States

Canada

Spatial Resolution (atmospheric):

25 km

Variables and Units

only the variables that are being collected for the Ensemble are shown

Precipitation

Total Precipitation Output Name:

Total Precipitation Temporal Frequency:

Daily

Precipitation Units:

kg m-2 s-1

Evaluation Checklist

Number of Lakes Covered by Sea:

No Sea Surface Temperature Data

Number of Lakes Covered by Ice:

No Ice Data Over Great Lakes

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