Cropping climate model files

Requirements Linux - Can be installed on Windows, there are plenty of tutorials online on how to do this Climate Data Operators (CDO) - Used to analyse and work with NetCDF files, can be installed on Linux NOAA's weather and climate toolkit - Used to visualize the NetCDF files Introduction Regional Climate Models (RCMs) normally …

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Climate model uncertainty – 1

As part of my postdoc project at the University of Eastern Finland, I am looking at climate model uncertainties. This is important because, when looking at the impacts of climate change, there are several uncertainties that contribute to the total uncertainty of the projected change. Here I will show a simple uncertainty assessment of an …

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Water-related climate services in Denmark

Over the last days, there has been a lot of discussion regarding climate change and how this will impact on this and future generations. The interest has been global and at a very large scale, considering that there are no political parties behind the movement. With this in regard, scientists and professionals dealing with the …

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Remmaping (regridding) NetCDFs

Lately, I have been working on remmaping NetCDF files from a coarse spatial resolution to a higher one. Specifically, I am remmaping Euro-CORDEX regional climate models (RCMs) with grids cells of 12.5km to observation grid cells of 10km. Figure 1. Difference in resolution and rotation between the RCM (background in colour) and the observation (black-line …

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A history of the man-made changes in the water resources of Mexico City

Mexico City is a clear and vivid example of we can alter nature in many ways. For instance, the water resources of the city have been modified since long ago. There is a very interesting video showing the infrastructure developed by the inhabitants of the city in order to change the natural course of the …

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