The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Data Distribution Centre provides a consistent set of up-to-date scenarios for climate impacts assessments. It includes monthly mean Global Climate Model data in GRIB format and socioeconomic baseline datasets on non-climate factors. The data is intended to feed into the IPCC review process.
Use Cases
- Model future climate impacts based on SRES and IS92a scenario runs.
- Analyze socioeconomic baseline conditions for climate vulnerability studies.
- Benchmark climate model performance using monthly mean GCM data.
- Assess land use changes in relation to climate scenarios.
Strengths
- Data is described as a consistent set of up-to-date scenarios.
- Includes both climate model outputs and socioeconomic baseline data.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2099-12-31 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- IPCC Data Distribution Centre (IPCC/DDC)