PBL IMAGE 3.0 SSP Scenarios: Global Annual Temperature Projections, 1970-2100

1970 to 2100 global annual surface temperature projections at 30-arcminute grid resolution, generated in 5-year increments. The data is produced by the IMAGE 3.0 integrated assessment model under various Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) and Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios. It is published by the Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations via the KNMI data portal.

Use Cases

• Projecting regional climate change impacts based on global temperature grids.
• Analyzing temperature trends under different policy scenarios (e.g., SSP2_SPA2_RCP_2.6) mentioned in the description.
• Downscaling or validating other climate models using the 30-arcminute resolution data.
• Studying the interaction between socioeconomic factors and climate outcomes as simulated by the IMAGE framework.

Strengths

• Covers a long-term period from 1970 to 2100 in 5-year increments.
• Provides data under multiple documented SSP and RCP scenarios for comparative analysis.
• Offers a specific spatial resolution of 30 by 30 arcminutes for physical processes.
• Includes 11 different environmental indicators, with annual temperature being one.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data for SSP1, SSP3, SSP4, and SSP5 scenarios is only available on request, not directly via the portal.

Provenance

Source

IMAGE team, Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (PBL).

Collection Method

Simulated output from the IMAGE 3.0 integrated assessment model.

Time Range

1970 to 2100

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Global