CRCM5-CMIP6
Canadian Regional Climate Model V5 driven by CMIP6 global climate models (CRCM5-CMIP6)
The CRCM5-CMIP6 ensemble is composed of regional climate simulations produced by Ouranos with the CRCM5 driven by global climate models of the CMIP6 ensemble (1950-2100) and the ERA5 reanalysis (1979-2020) over the CORDEX domain of North America at a resolution of 0.11° (~12km).
The ensemble comprises:
four pilots (CanESM5, CNRM-ESM2-1, MPI-ESM-1-2-LR, NorESM-MM)
up to five members per pilot
four SSPs (1-2.6, 2-4.5, 3-7.0 and 5-8.5*)
The data made available include 2D, hourly, 3-hourly and daily variables over the whole of North America. Other (3D) variables will be made available at a later date.
The CRCM5 was developed by UQAM's Centre pour l'étude et la simulation du climat à l'échelle régionale (ESCER) in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
For further information on regional and global climate models, the CMIP6 ensemble and SSPs, please refer to the Climate Modelling section.
*SSP5-8.5 was used only for one pilot, CanESM5
Visit the Ouranos Climate Modeling page to find out more about regional and global climate models, the CMIP6 ensemble and SSPs.
Figure 1: Hourly precipitation simulated by the CRCM5 driven by CanESM5 over North America at 0.11° resolution.
For further informaion
Reference articles CRCM5: CRCM5 : Martynov, A. et al. (2013) ; Šeparović, L. et al. (2013)
Short description of the CRCM5-CMIP6 simulation ensemble: Paquin et al. (2024)
Full article in preparation
