NCAR CESM Global Bias-Corrected CMIP5 Output to Support WRF/MPAS Research

This dataset includes global bias-corrected climate model output data from version 1 of NCAR's Community Earth System Model (CESM1) that participated in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Experiment (CMIP5), which supported the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC AR5). The dataset contains all the variables needed for the initial and boundary conditions for simulations with the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) or the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS), provided in the Intermediate File Format specific to WRF and MPAS. The data are interpolated to 26 pressure levels and are provided in files at six hourly intervals. The variables have been bias-corrected using the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Interim Reanalysis (ERA-Interim) fields for 1981-2005, following the method in Bruyere et al. (2014). Files are available for a 20th Century simulation (1951-2005) and three concomitant Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) future scenarios (RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and RCP8.5) spanning 2006-2100.

NOTE: There are no bias-corrected data for RCP2.6, due to corrupted data caused by a model bug in CESM.



Note to Microsoft Windows users: The executable metgrid.exe, which is required to ingest this data into WPS/WRF, is not compatible with Windows and can only be run in a Linux environment.  It is recommended, therefore, that this dataset be used in Linux environments only.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1951-01-01T0000+00
    End:  2100-12-31T1800+00

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Temporal Range Begin 1951-01-01T0000+00
Temporal Range End 2100-12-31T1800+00
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Asset Size 16596579.696 MB
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Author Monaghan, A. J.
Steinhoff, D. F.
Bruyere, C. L.
Yates, D.
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2014-12-05
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DJ5CN4
Alternate Identifier d316001
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:31:48Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d316001
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Monaghan, A. J., Steinhoff, D. F., Bruyere, C. L., Yates, D.. (2014). NCAR CESM Global Bias-Corrected CMIP5 Output to Support WRF/MPAS Research. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DJ5CN4. Accessed 24 October 2025.

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