Gridded and point-specific BC climatologies/monthly/derived index data

Description:

ClimateBC utilizes historical weather station data and global circulation model regional predictions to project future seasonal and annual climate variables in BC. ClimateBC extracts and downscale PRISM and ANUSPLIN generated monthly data for the reference period (1961-1990), and calculates seasonal and annual climate variables for specific locations based on latitude, longitude and elevation. It also downscales historical (1901-2013) and future climate data sets (2020s, 2050s and 2080s) generated by IPCC AR5 climate models.

A detailed description of the dataset is available at: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0156720

Last Updated:
2018

Primary Developer:
UBC Centre for Forest Conservation Genetics

Timeframe:
1919 to 2100

Spatial Resolution:
800m

Temporal Resolution:
monthly

Spatial Extent:
British Columbia

Climate Parameters:

total precipitation
average temperature
related/post-calculated indices

Approximate Dataset Volume/Primary Format:
~800 MB/ASCII
(*data available in subsets of full volume) GB=gigabyte TB=terabyte

Usage:

Used as input dataset to Actuals5 dataset.

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