HadRM3 regional climate model simulations project future European climate conditions under the IPCC SRES-B2 emissions scenario. The dataset covers a 30-year future period from 2071 to 2100 and was produced by the Hadley Centre for the UK Climate Impacts Programme 2002. It provides high-resolution projections of atmospheric variables forced by greenhouse gases, sulfur, and ozone.
Use Cases
- Analyzing projected changes in temperature and precipitation patterns across Europe at a 50km resolution.
- Studying the influence of SRES-B2 scenario forcings, including methane and anthropogenic SO2 emissions, on future regional climate.
- Applying pattern-scaling techniques to infer climates for other time-slices or emissions scenarios using this simulation's data.
- Validating fine-scale climate features and local topography representation in regional model downscaling from global models like HadAM3.
Strengths
- Simulations cover a 30-year future period from 2071 to 2100.
- High spatial resolution of approximately 50km (0.44 degrees latitude/longitude).
- Includes specific forcings for greenhouse gases, sulfur, and ozone consistent with the SRES-B2 scenario.
Limitations
- Dataset is restricted to a single emissions scenario (SRES-B2) and one 30-year future time slice.
- Spatial coverage is limited to the European region as defined by the HadRM3 model domain.
- Model physics are based on an older generation model (HadCM3 atmospheric component).
Provenance
- Source
- Hadley Centre, UK Met Office via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- High-resolution regional climate model simulation downscaled from the global HadAM3 model.
- Time Range
- 2071-2100
- Freshness
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- Geography
- European region at approximately 50km resolution.