The CONUS II simulations aim to partially address both the need to capture inherent climate internal variability and greenhouse gas induced atmospheric variability by using the mean of the CMIP5 model for both present and historical mean climate as the CONUS boundary forcing. This forcing is applied to a 4km horizontal resolution Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to produce a mesoscale hydro-climate of two 20-year runs covering a current period from 1996-2015 and a future period from 2080-2099 over the CONUS domain.
The characteristics of these simulations are: 1) more realistic depiction of the mesoscale terrain features, critical to the successful simulation of mountainous precipitation, 2) the ability to realistically simulate the major summer precipitation producer in the central U.S. without the need of conventional cumulus parameterizations.
Temporal Range:
1995-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2100-12-31 18:00 +0000
(Entire dataset)
Period details by dataset productPeriod details by dataset product2080-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2095-07-31 23:00 +0000 (2080-2099 Future runs, 1-hourly 2D files)2080-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2100-12-31 18:00 +0000 (2080-2099 Future runs, 3-hourly 3D files)1995-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2015-12-31 23:00 +0000 (Historical period simulation, 2D files)1995-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2015-12-31 21:00 +0000 (Historical period simulation, 3D files)1995-01-01 00:00 +0000 (The constant WRF fields for this dataset)
Longitude Range: Westernmost=146.854W Easternmost=44.742W
Latitude Range: Southernmost=15.578N Northernmost=70.463N
Detailed coverage informationDetailed coverage information4km x 4km (at 35N) oriented 116W (1429x1419 Lambert Conformal starting at 21.535N,130.532W)4km x 4km (at 35N) oriented 116W (1429x1420 Lambert Conformal starting at 21.518N,130.528W)4km x 4km (at 35N) oriented 116W (1430x1419 Lambert Conformal starting at 21.531N,130.549W)
Data Contributors:
SUNY-ALBANY/CAS/DAES
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, State University of New York, Albany
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UCAR/NCAR/RAL/HAP
Hydrometeorological Applications Program, Research Application Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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