The new climate dataset BASD-CMIP6-PE for Peru and Ecuador based on the bias-adjusted and statistically downscaled CMIP6 projections of 10 GCMs addresses the need for reliable high-resolution (1d, 10km) climate data covering Peru and Ecuador. This dataset includes both historical simulations (1850-2014) and future projections (2015-2100) for precipitation and minimum, mean, and maximum temperature under three Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs; SSP1-2.6, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5). The BASD-CMIP6-PE climate data were generated using the trend-preserving Bias Adjustment and Statistical Downscaling (BASD) method (Lange, 2019, 2021) and data from regional observational datasets such as RAIN4PE (Fernandez-Palomino et al., 2021a, b) for precipitation and PISCO-temperature (Huerta et al., 2018) for temperatures as reference data. The Reliability of the BASD-CMIP6-PE was evaluated through hydrological modeling across Peruvian and Ecuadorian river basins in the historical period. The evaluation showed that the BASD-CMIP6-PE is reliable for describing the spatial patterns of atmospheric variables and streamflow simulation, including low and high flows. This suggests the usefulness of the new dataset for climate change impact assessment studies in Peru and Ecuador.
The BASD-CMIP6-PE data are available for the domain covering Peru and Ecuador, located between 19°S and 2°N and 82-67°W, at 0.1° spatial and daily temporal resolution. The precipitation unit is mm, and the temperature is in °C. The data are in the NetCDF format and arranged by model, model member, experiment, variable, temporal resolution, and subset period (e.g., canesm5_r1i1p1f1_ssp126_pr_daily_2015_2020.nc).
The Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP) is a community-driven modelling effort bringing together impact models across sectors and scales to create consistent and comprehensive projections of the impacts of different levels of global warming. This entry holds the input data of the ISIMIP Fast Track Initiative consisting of bias corrected daily data for from the following five CMIP5 Global Climate Models (GCMs): GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2-ES, IPSL-CM5A-LR, MIROC-ESM-CHEM and NorESM1-M. Bias corrections has been processed by Sabrina Hempel at PIK and is described in "A trend-preserving bias correction -- the ISIMIP approach" by Hempel et al. (2013)The input data section of the ESGF project referenced in this entry holds the initial version of the bias-corrected GCM input data and was used to force impact models in the ISIMIP Fast Track phase. It should only be used for the ISIMIP2 catch-up experiments for sectors that were already part of the Fast Track phase. For all other purposes, i.e. future runs for new ISIMIP 2 sectors and modeling exercises with no relation to ISIMIP, the corrected and extended version published under the ISIMIP 2 ESGF project should be used. It overcomes several limitations in adjusting the daily variability (denoted as ISIe in Hempel et al., 2013).
Data access links are provided to the PIK node of the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF, https://esg.pik-potsdam.de/). There is currently no directly linked data available, please take a look at the input data of the ISIMIP Fast Track Initiative via https://esg.pik-potsdam.de/search/isimip-ft/.
For technical support please have a look at the ESGF FAQ (http://esgf.github.io/esgf-swt/index.html) and the tutorials (https://www.earthsystemcog.org/projects/cog/tutorials_web).