Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) gridded monthly predicted climate data

The EOS-WEBSTER VEMAP2 Data Collection contains several datasets which provide historical and future climate variables, and monthly and annual biogeochemical model outputs. The TScenario Dataset provides monthly mean model-predicted climate data from 1895 to 1993. TScenario - monthly climate data of possible future values based on different model scenarios. VEMAP processed these data as follows: temperature fields - for each month, the modeled change in temperature was added to the 1961-1990 observational baseline. precipitation fields - for each month the ratio of the modeled change:baseline value was multiplied by the 1961-1990 observational baseline. radiation and humidity fields - were based on the temperature and precipitation values (from MT-CLIM3) rather than on the actual GCM fields and were not produced as ratios or deltas to the baseline period. Holdings include the following model scenarios: 1) Canadian Climate Center -- Model Name: CCCma -CGCM1; Experiment: GHG+A 1; 1% per year compounded increase in equivalent CO2 plus IS92A sulphate aerosols; Ensemble 1.1994-2100. Release: r4. 2) UKMO/Hadley -- Model Name: HadCM2; Experiment: HadCM2GSa1; 1% per year compounded increase in equivalent CO2 plus IS92A sulphate aerosols; Ensemble 1. 1994 - 2099. Release: r3. Data provided by the Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are gridded monthly time series climate data for the Conterminous United States at 0.5 x 0.5 degree spatial resolution. Visit the VEMAP2 website for complete information about the VEMAP2 project and datasets. The VEMAP2 Collection contains the following dataset groups. 1) TClimate - monthly historical climate dataset from 1895 to 1993. Release: r3. 2) TScenario - monthly climate data of possible future values based on different model scenarios. 3) TClimate + TScenario - annual historical climate data + possible future values based on the above different model scenarios. 4) TResults - annual biogeography/biogeochemical model estimates of ecosystem response from 1895 to 2100. Please see the individual dataset group DIFs, for more detailed information.