EU High Resolution Temperature and Precipitation

Bias-adjusted daily time series of mean, minimum (Tn) and maximum (Tx) temperature, and precipitation (Pr) for the period 1981–2100 for an ensemble of Regional Climate Models (RCMs) from EURO-CORDEX. RCMs are used to downscale the results of Global Climate Models from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5. All RCMs are run over the same numerical domain covering the European continent at a resolution of 0.11°. Historical runs, forced by observed natural and anthropogenic atmospheric composition, cover the period from 1950 to 2005; the projections (2006–2100) are forced by two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP), namely, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. RCMs’ outputs have been bias-adjusted using the methodology described in e.g. Dosio and Paruolo (2011) using the observational data set EOBSv10, and applied to the EURO-CORDEX data by Dosio (2016) and Dosio and Fischer (2018) For further information the readers are referred to the following publications: Dosio, A., Fischer, E. M. (2018). Will Half a Degree Make a Difference? Robust Projections of Indices of Mean and Extreme Climate in Europe Under 1.5°C, 2°C, and 3°C Global Warming. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(2), 935–944. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL076222 Dosio, A. (2016). Projections of climate change indices of temperature and precipitation from an ensemble of bias-adjusted high-resolution EURO-CORDEX regional climate models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(10), 5488–5511. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024411 Dosio, A., Paruolo, P. (2011). Bias correction of the ENSEMBLES high-resolution climate change projections for use by impact models: Evaluation on the present climate. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(D16), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD015934