Extreme precipitation days and their impact on surface mass balance in Greenland and the Baffin Bay region

This dataset was created to investigates changes in extreme daily precipitation in the Greenland-Baffin Bay region and its impacts on the surface mass balance of glaciers and ice sheets using a combination the ERA5 atmospheric reanalysis (fifth version of the ECMWF Atmospheric Reanalysis) and variable-resolution CESM regional climate model (VR-CESM). The dataset includes extreme precipitation statistics from ERA5 and VR-CESM used in Loeb et al. (2024; DOI: 10.1029/2024JD041375) and connections to SMB and related variables from VR-CESM presented in Loeb et al. (in review; DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2025-995). The VR-CESM data include an historical (1980-1998) simulation and future (2080-2098, under SSP5-8.5) simulation. This dataset is was produced as part of Nicole Loeb's Ph.D. work under the supervision of Dr. Alex Crawford and Dr. Julienne Stroeve.