Multivariate Canadian downscaled climate scenarios for CMIP6 (CanDSC-M6)

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dc.contributor.authorSobie, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorOuali, Dhouha
dc.contributor.authorCurry, Charles
dc.contributor.authorZwiers, Francis W.
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-20T17:14:45Z
dc.date.available2026-05-20T17:14:45Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractCanada-wide, statistically downscaled simulations of global climate models from the Sixth Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP6) have been made available for 26 models using a new multivariate approach and an improved observational target dataset. These new downscaled scenarios comprise daily simulations of precipitation, maximum temperature, and minimum temperature at 1/12° resolution across Canada. Simulations from each of the 26 downscaled global climate models span a historical period (1950–2014), and three future Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs) representing low (SSP1 2.6), moderate (SSP2 4.5) and high (SSP5 8.5) future emissions from 2015 to 2100. Results from an evaluation of the multivariate downscaling method over Canada yield improved performance in replicating multivariate and compound climate indices compared to previously used univariate downscaling methods. This Multivariate Canadian Downscaled Climate Scenarios for CMIP6 (CanDCS-M6) dataset is intended to facilitate climate impacts assessments, hydrologic modelling, and analysis tools for presenting climate projections.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research presented in this paper was funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada, Contract Number: 3000714523..
dc.identifier.citationSobie, S.R., Ouali, D., Curry, C.L. & Zwiers, F.W. (2024). Multivariate Canadian Downscaled Climate Scenarios for CMIP6 (CanDCS-M6). Geoscience Data Journal, 11, 806–824. https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.257
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.257
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23905
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherGeoscience Data Journal
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectUN SDG 13: Climate Action
dc.subject#journal article
dc.subjectPacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)
dc.subjectCanada
dc.subjectclimate scenarios
dc.subjectCMIP6
dc.subjectdownscaling
dc.subjectmultivariate
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Earth and Ocean Sciences
dc.titleMultivariate Canadian downscaled climate scenarios for CMIP6 (CanDSC-M6)
dc.typeArticle

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