NA-CORDEX Dataset

The NA-CORDEX data archive contains output from 7 regional climate models (RCMs) run over a domain covering most of North America using boundary conditions from different global climate model (GCM) simulations in the CMIP5 archive and ERA-Interim reanalysis. These simulations run from 1950-2100 with a spatial resolution of 0.22 degrees (25km) or 0.44 degrees (50km). Data is available for impacts-relevant variables at daily and longer frequencies in CF-compliant netCDF format.

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  • Seth McGinnis
    mcginnis@ucar.edu
    UCAR/NCAR - Computational & Information Systems Lab - Information Systems Division - RISC

Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1951-01-01T00:00:00
    End:  2099-12-31T23:23:59

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1951-01-01T00:00:00
Temporal Range End 2099-12-31T23:23:59
Temporal Resolution Hourly, daily, monthly, seasonal, annual, monthly climatology, and seasonal climatology
Bounding Box North Lat 75
Bounding Box South Lat 20
Bounding Box West Long -150
Bounding Box East Long -50
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution 50 km
25 km
0.25 degree
0.5 degree
Related Links

NA-CORDEX Visualization Collection : Maps of current and future seasonal and annual average climatology and change
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NETCDF
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 20000 MB
Legal Constraints

Standard NCAR/UCAR policy plus NA-CORDEX's Terms of Use (https://na-cordex.org/terms-use)
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Seth McGinnis
Resource Support Email mcginnis@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Computational & Information Systems Lab - Information Systems Division - RISC
Distributor N/A
Metadata Contact Name Seth McGinnis
Metadata Contact Email mcginnis@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization UCAR/NCAR - Computational & Information Systems Lab - Information Systems Division - RISC

Author Mearns, Linda O.
McGinnis, Seth
Korytina, Daniel
Arritt, Raymond
Biner, Sebastien
Bukovsky, Melissa
Chang, Hsin-I
Christensen,Ole
Herzmann, Daryl
Jiao, Yanjun
Kharin, Slava
Lazare, Michael
Nikulin, Grigory
Qian, Minwei
Scinocca, John
Winger, Katja
Castro, Chris
Frigon, Anne
Gutowski, William
Publisher UCAR/NCAR
Publication Date 2018-02-02
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6SJ1JCH
Alternate Identifier N/A
Resource Version 2.2
Topic Category N/A
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2022-02-16T11:17:52
Metadata Record Identifier f2dfa88e-3abb-11e9-8f53-b808cf016134
Metadata Language eng
Suggested Citation Mearns, Linda O. , McGinnis, Seth , Korytina, Daniel , Arritt, Raymond, Biner, Sebastien , Bukovsky, Melissa , Chang, Hsin-I , Christensen,Ole , Herzmann, Daryl , Jiao, Yanjun , Kharin, Slava , Lazare, Michael , Nikulin, Grigory , Qian, Minwei , Scinocca, John , Winger, Katja , Castro, Chris , Frigon, Anne , Gutowski, William . (2018). NA-CORDEX Dataset. 2.2. UCAR/NCAR. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6SJ1JCH. Accessed 24 October 2025.

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