Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model simulations over Western Canada: Control Scenario (ctl-wrf-wca)

The Weather Research Forecasting model can simulate weather systems with spatial scales ranging from a few metres to thousands of kilometres and is suitable for both operational forecasting and atmospheric research. To assess the hydroclimatic risks posed by climate change in western Canada, a retrospective simulation (CTL) and a pseudo-global warming (PGW) dynamical downscaling of future warming projection under RCP8.5 from an ensemble of CMIP5 climate model projections using a convection-permitting 4-km WRF model. The convection-permitting resolution of the model avoids the error-prone convection parameterization by explicitly resolving cumulus plumes. The CTL-WRF-WCA dataset contains the control simulation of the historical period 2000-2015. This data set will be used support atmospheric research objectives within the Global Water Futures Program funded by Canada First Research Excellence Fund.