Data and products of statistically downscaled climate scenarios datasets based on an ensemble of global climate model projections from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5)
The Statistically downscaled climate scenarios dataset provides projected changes in temperature and precipitation, with respect to the reference period of 1986-2005, for three emission scenarios, RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP8.5, at a 10km resolution. Downscaled data are based on global climate model projections from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). The median projected changes across the downscaled multi-model ensemble are shown.
Access
How to access the data
This data is available from the MSC GeoMet API / web services and on the MSC Datamart data server:
- Data available on the GeoMet-Climate geospatial web services
- Data available on the GeoMet-OGC-API geospatial web services:
- DCS - Projected annual
- DCS - Projected seasonal
- DCS - Projected monthly
- DCS - Projected annual anomaly
- DCS - Projected seasonal anomaly
- DCS - Projected annual anomaly for 20 years average
- DCS - Projected seasonal anomaly for 20 years average
- DCS - Historical annual
- DCS - Historical seasonal
- DCS - Historical monthly
- DCS - Historical annual anomaly
- DCS - Historical seasonal anomaly
- NetCDF data available on the MSC Datamart
An overview and examples to access and use the Meteorological Service of Canada's open data is available. Example of a web map configured to display the DCS.PR.RCP26.YEAR.2021-2040_PCTL50 layer served by MSC GeoMet:
Licence
The end-user licence for Environment and Climate Change Canada's data servers specifies the conditions of use of this data.
MSC Open Data Service Usage Policy
The MSC Open Data Service Usage Policy determines what constitutes an acceptable use of MSC Open Data services and provides users best practices for optimal use.
Metadata
- The metadata of the statistically downscaled scenarios of projected mean temperature change are available on the Open Government Portal.
- The metadata of the statistically downscaled scenarios of projected maximum temperature change are available on the Open Government Portal.
- The metadata of the statistically downscaled scenarios of projected minimum temperature change are available on the Open Government Portal.
- The metadata of the statistically downscaled scenarios of projected total precipitation change are available on the Open Government Portal.
Technical documentation
- Technical note
- Statistically downscaled climate scenarios
- Introduction to climate scenarios
- This data is also available through the Canadian Climate Services Centre