AC-MSPR Testbed: Long-Term Precipitation Extremes and Trends in Peru

From 1960 to 2015, this dataset provides outputs from the AC-MSPR testbed application for analyzing long-term precipitation extremes and trends in Peru. It was created by Adrian Huerta and uses variants of the SC-PREC4SA model, specifically obs_bc and hmg_obs_bc. The dataset is 3.8 GB in size and is stored in NetCDF (NC) and ZIP file formats.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term precipitation trends in Peru based on the 55-year time series.
• Model precipitation extremes using the SC-PREC4SA model outputs.
• Compare bias-corrected observational data (obs_bc) with hybrid model outputs (hmg_obs_bc).
• Validate regional climate models for the Peruvian Andes based on the provided testbed data.

Strengths

• Covers a 55-year period (1960-2015) for long-term climate analysis.
• Includes outputs from two specific SC-PREC4SA model variants (obs_bc and hmg_obs_bc).
• The dataset is 3.8 GB, suggesting a substantial volume of model output data.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data structure requires manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Output from the AC-MSPR testbed application using SC-PREC4SA variants.

Time Range

1960-2015

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-10 18:11:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Peru