Downscaled Climate Projections (NEX-GDDP-CMIP6)

The NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) Global Daily Downscaled Projections (GDDP) dataset, or NEX-GDDP-CMIP6, was created to assist the science community in conducting studies of climate change impacts at local to regional scales and to enhance public understanding of possible future climate patterns at the spatial scale of individual towns, cities, and watersheds. It comprises global downscaled climate scenarios derived from the General Circulation Model (GCM) runs conducted under the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) and across the four “Tier 1” greenhouse gas emissions scenarios known as Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). The CMIP6 GCM runs were developed in support of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6). 

This dataset is intended for use in scientific research only, and use of this dataset for other purposes, such as commercial applications, and engineering or design studies is not recommended without consultation with a qualified expert. Community feedback to improve and validate the dataset for modeling usage is appreciated. Users are encouraged to review the technote, provided alongside the data set, where more detailed information, references and acknowledgements can be found.

The dataset can be found here: https://doi.org/10.7917/OFSG3345

NEX users at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility may access the data on a high-throughput POSIX-based filesystem in /nex/datapool/nex-gddp-cmpi6/

NCCS Discover system users may access the data on a high-throughput POSIX-based filesystem in /css/nexgddpv6/