ClimateBC raster data source
ClimateBC is a standalone MS Windows application. It extracts and downscales PRISM 1971-2000 monthly climate normal data (800 x 800 m) (recently generated at PCIC)
and monthly solar radiation normal data (800 x 800 m) to scale-free point locations, and calculates seasonal and annual climate variables for specific locations
based on latitude, longitude and elevation (optional). ClimateBC covers the British Columbia and some surrounding areas.
The program uses the scale-free data as baseline in combination with monthly anomaly data (Mitchell and Jones 2005) of individual years to calculate historical
monthly, seasonal and annual climate variables for individual years and periods between 1901 and 2012. This program also downscales and integrates future climate
datasets for 2020s (2010-2039), 2050s (2040-69) and 2080s (2070-2099) generated by IPCC AR5 General Circulation Models. The output of the program includes both
directly calculated and derived climate variables.
For more information about ClimateBC, please check at the ClimateBC website,
- 1) ClimateBC version: ClimateBC v5.10
- 2) File format: ArcGIS raster file, zip compressed
- 3) Spatial resolution: 0.0083333 x 0.0083333 (about 800 x 800 meter)
- 4) Projection: geographic coordinate system: GCS_WGS_1984
- 5) Coverage: British Columbia
- 6) Periods covered: normal periods for 1961-1990, 1981-2010, 2011-2040, 2041-2070 and 2071-2100
- 7) IPCC AR5 GHG emission scenarios: RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5
- 8) IPCC AR5 GCMs: CanESM2, CCSM4 and HadGEM2-ES
- 9) Data format: the following variables were multiplied by 10
- Annual: MAT, MWMT, MCMT, TD, AHM, SHM, EMT, EXT and MAR;
- Seasonal: Tmax, Tmin, Tave and Rad;
- Monthly: Tmax, Tmin, Tave and Rad.
Wang, T., Hamann, A., Spittlehouse, D.L., Murdock, T., 2012. ClimateWNA - High-Resolution Spatial Climate Data for Western North America.
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 51: 16-29.
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Annual variables (23) |
Seasonal variables (56) |
Monthly variables (60) |
Monthly derived variables (108) |
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| 1981-2010 normals: |
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| CanESM2_RCP45 | | | |
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| 2071-2100 (2085) |
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| CanESM2_RCP85 | | | |
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| CCSM4_RCP45 | | | |
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| HadGEM2-ES_RCP45 | | | |
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