CP4A-Future: Future climate predictions for Africa

The future Climate Predictions for Africa (CP4A-future) data were produced using the Met Office's Unified Model (4.5km horizontal grid spacing), the IMPALA (Improving Model Processes for African cLimAte) project ran a ten-year timeslice simulation that is representative of end the 21st century (2095-2105) using a 30-year averaged sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly (2085-2115 relative to 1975-2005). Parameters include (but not limited to); near-surface air temperature, outgoing longwave radiation, surface latent heat flux and surface sensible heat flux. The NERC funded IMPALA project is within the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme.

Here a subset of variables of the data produced is provided in NetCDF format for community reuse, variables are available at a range of temporal frequencies.

非洲未来气候预测数据集（CP4A-future）采用气象办公室的统一模型（水平网格间距为4.5公里）生成。IMPALA（改善非洲气候模型过程）项目进行了一次为期十年的时切片模拟，该模拟结果代表21世纪末（2095-2105年）的气候状况，并基于1975-2005年期间30年平均海表温度异常（相对于2085-2115年）进行。参数包括但不限于近地表空气温度、出射长波辐射、地表潜热通量和地表感热通量。由NERC资助的IMPALA项目隶属于未来非洲气候（FCFA）计划。本数据集提供的数据子集以NetCDF格式提供，以便社区共享，变量可提供多种时间频率。