Downscaled Alaskan Climate Data (MRI)

The dataset in this record is the output of MRI (Meteorological Research Institute CGCM version 3). Please see the collection reference below for outputs from the other models described here.
These data are the outputs of three general circulation climate models (GCMs), CCSM4, MRI-CGCM3, and IPSL-CM5A-LR for the period 1950-2100. Runs of each GCM were carried out as part of the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project. Future runs were forced with the RCP 8.5 emissions scenario. They were downscaled to a one km spatial resolution using a quantile matching approach. The three GCMs were chosen because they were shown to recreate climate well in Alaska during the last few decades and because they span the range of potential conditions during the 21st century as projected by all climate models included in the IPCC AR5. Variables include daily minimum and maximum Temperature (°C), daily sum of precipitation (mm), daily sum of shortwave radiation (Mj m-2), and mean VPD (kPa).
This dataset includes the following files. The gridded netCDFs are provided as compressed .tar.gz files. Extensive metadata is embedded within each netCDF.
MRI-CGCM3-hist-prcp.tar.gz : Daily precipitation (mm) for 1950-2005 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.MRI-CGCM3-future-prcp.tar.gz : Daily precipitation (mm) for 2006-2100 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.MRI-CGCM3-hist-srad.tar.gz : Daily shortwave solar radiation (mJ m-2) for 1950-2005 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.MRI-CGCM3-future-srad.tar.gz : Daily shortwave solar radiation (mJ m-2) for 2006-2100 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.MRI-CGCM3-hist-tmax.tar.gz : Daily maximum temperature (deg C)for 1950-2005 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.MRI-CGCM3-future-tmax.tar.gz : Daily maximum temperature (deg C) for 2006-2100 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.MRI-CGCM3-hist-tmin.tar.gz : Daily minimum temperature (deg
C)for 1950-2005 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.

MRI-CGCM3-future-tmin.tar.gz : Daily minimum temperature
(deg C) for 2006-2100 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.
MRI-CGCM3-hist-vap.tar.gz : Daily vapor pressure (kPa) for 1950-2005 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.
MRI-CGCM3-future-vap.tar.gz : Daily vapor pressure (kPa) for 2006-2100 from the MRI-CGCM3 GCM.