Ouranos `ESPO-G6-R2 v1.0.0` dataset

In this file, the details of the dataset is explained.

Location of Dataset Files

The ESPO-G6-R2 v1.0.0 dataset is located under the following directory accessible from Compute Canada (CC) Graham Cluster:

# DRAC Graham HPC locations
/project/rpp-kshook/Climate_Forcing_Data/meteorological-data/ouranos-espo-g6-r2 # rpp-kshook allocation

# DRAC Fir HPC locations
/project/rrg-alpie/data/meteorological-data/ouranos-espo-g6-r2 # rrg-alpie allocation

# UCalgary ARC HPC locations
/work/comphyd_lab/data/meteorological-data/ouranos-espo-g6-r2 #comphyd_lab allocation

# Perdue University Anvil HPC locations
/anvil/datasets/meteorological/Ouranos_ESPO-G6-R2

and the structure of the dataset hourly files is as following:

/path/to/dataset/dir/
├── AS-RCEC
│   └── TaiESM1
│       ├── ssp245
|       |   └── r1i1p1f1
│       |       └── day
|       |           ├── pr
│       |           |   ├── pr_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19500101-19531231.nc
|       |           |   ├── pr_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19540101-19571231.nc
|       |           |   ├── .
|       |           |   ├── .
|       |           |   ├── .
|       |           |   ├── pr_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20940101-20971231.nc
|       |           |   └── pr_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20980101-210031231.nc
│       |           ├── tasmax
|       |           |   ├── tasmax_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19500101-19531231.nc
|       |           |   ├── tasmax_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19540101-19571231.nc
|       |           |   ├── .
|       |           |   ├── .
|       |           |   ├── .
|       |           |   ├── tasmax_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20940101-20971231.nc
|       |           |   └── tasmax_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20980101-21001231.nc
|       |           └── tasmin
|       |               ├── tasmin_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19500101-19531231.nc
|       |               ├── tasmin_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19540101-19571231.nc
|       |               ├── .
|       |               ├── .
|       |               ├── .
|       |               ├── tasmin_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20940101-20971231.nc
|       |               └── tasmin_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_AS-RCEC_TaiESM1_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20980101-21001231.nc
│       └── ssp370
|           └── r1i1p1f1
│               └── day
|                   ├── pr
│                   |   ├── .
│                   |   ├── .
│                   |   └── .
|                   ├── tasmax
│                   |   ├── .
│                   |   ├── .
│                   |   └── .
|                   tasmin
│                       ├── .
│                       ├── .
│                       └── .
│
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├── %{model}
|   ├── %{submodel} # no need for explicit declaration in the scripts
|   |   ├── %{scenario}
|   |   |   └── %{ensemble}
|   |   |       └── day
|   |   |           ├── %{var}
|   |   |           |   ├── %{var}_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_%{model}_%{submodel}_%{scenario}_%{ensemble}_%{year}0101_%{year+3}1231.nc
|   |   |           |   ├── .
|   |   |           |   ├── .
|   |   |           |   ├── .
|   |   |           |   └── %{var}_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_%{model}_%{submodel}_%{scenario}_%{ensemble}_%{year}0101_%{year+2}1231.nc
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└── NUIST
    └── NESM3
        ├── ssp245
        |   └── r1i1p1f1
        |       └── day
        |           ├── pr
        |           |   ├── pr_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19500101-19531231.nc
        |           |   ├── pr_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19540101-19571231.nc
        |           |   ├── .
        |           |   ├── .
        |           |   ├── .
        |           |   ├── pr_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20940101-20971231.nc
        |           |   └── pr_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20980101-210031231.nc
        |           ├── tasmax
        |           |   ├── tasmax_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19500101-19531231.nc
        |           |   ├── tasmax_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19540101-19571231.nc
        |           |   ├── .
        |           |   ├── .
        |           |   ├── .
        |           |   ├── tasmax_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20940101-20971231.nc
        |           |   └── tasmax_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20980101-21001231.nc
        |           └── tasmin
        |               ├── tasmin_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19500101-19531231.nc
        |               ├── tasmin_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_19540101-19571231.nc
        |               ├── .
        |               ├── .
        |               ├── .
        |               ├── tasmin_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20940101-20971231.nc
        |               └── tasmin_day_ESPO-G6-R2_v1.0.0_CMIP6_ScenarioMIP_NAM_NUIST_NESM3_ssp245_r1i1p1f1_20980101-21001231.nc
        └── ssp370
            └── r1i1p1f1
                └── day
                    ├── pr
                    |   ├── .
                    |   ├── .
                    |   └── .
                    ├── tasmax
                    |   ├── .
                    |   ├── .
                    |   └── .
                    tasmin
                        ├── .
                        ├── .
                        └── .

Coordinate Variables and Time-stamps

Coordinate Variables

The coordinate variables of the ESPO-G6-R2 v1.0.0 simulations are rlon and rlat representing the longitude and latitude points, respectively. ### Time-stamps The time-stamps are included in the original files.

Dataset Variables

The NetCDF files of the dataset contain one variable per file. You may see a list of variables by browsing the dataset files:

foo@bar:~$ ls /path/to/dataset/dir/ESPO-G6-R2v1.0.0/AS-RCEC/TaiESM1/ssp245/r1i1p1f1/day

Spatial Extent

The spatial extent of the ESPO-G6-R2 v1.0.0 is on latitutes from +5.75 to +83.98 and longitudes from -179.9925 to 179.9728 covering North America. The resolution is 0.09 degrees (~10km).

Temporal Extent

The time-stamps are already included in the original files. The dataset offers daily time-series of climate variables. The following table describes the temporal extent for senarios included in this dataset:

Scenarios and Temporal Extent
#	Scenarios (keyword for `--scenario`)	Temporal Extent
1	`ssp245`	`2015-01-01` to `2100-12-31`
2	`ssp370`	`2015-01-01` to `2100-12-31`
3	`ssp585`	`2015-01-01` to `2100-12-31`

List of Ensemble Members

#	Models (for `--model`)	Ensemble Members (for `ensemble`)
1	`AS-RCEC`	`r1i1p1f1`
2	`BCC`	`r1i1p1f1`
3	`CAS`	`r1i1p1f1`
4	`CCCma`	`r1i1p1f1`
5	`CMCC`	`r1i1p1f1`
6	`CNRM-CERFACS`	`r1i1p1f2`
7	`CSIRO`	`r1i1p1f1`
8	`CSIRO-ARCCSS`	`r1i1p1f1`
9	`DKRZ`	`r1i1p1f1`
10	`EC-Earth-Consortium`	`r1i1p1f1`
11	`INM`	`r1i1p1f1`
12	`IPSL`	`r1i1p1f1`
13	`MIROC`	`r1i1p1f1`, `r1i1p1f2`
14	`MOHC`	`r1i1p1f2`
15	`MPI-M`	`r1i1p1f1`
16	`MRI`	`r1i1p1f1`
17	`NCC`	`r1i1p1f1`
18	`NIMS-KMA`	`r1i1p1f1`
19	`NOAA-GFDL`	`r1i1p1f1`
20	`NUIST`	`r1i1p1f1`

Short Description on `ESPO-G6-R2 v1.0.0` Variables

This dataset only offers three climate variables: 1) daily precipitation time-series (surface level), 2) daily minimum temperature time-series (@2m, near-surface level), and 3) daily maximum temperature time-series (@2m, near-surface level). Since the frequency of this dataset is daily, and only offers precipitation and temperature values, therefore, it could be potentially used for forcing conceptual hydrological models that only need daily time-series of these variables.

The table below, summarizes the variables offered by this dataset:

Variable Information
Variable Name	Variable (keyword for `--variable`)	Unit	IPCC Abbreviation	Comments
maximum temperature	`tasmax`	K	tasmax	near-surface 2m height
minimum temperature	`tasmin`	K	tasmin	near-surface 2m height
precipitation	`pr`	kg m^-2 s^-1	pr	surface level

Ouranos ESPO-G6-R2 v1.0.0 dataset