Module III Introduction

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Introduction

In this module, we will introduce scale-free climate models ClimateNA (for North America) and ClimateAP (for the Asia Pacific), and their advantages over commonly used the gridded climate models. We will also instruct students how to use these models to generated scale-free climate data for specific locations and to produce spatial climate variables at any desired resolution. Students will also learn how to generate scale-free climate data for historical, paleo and future periods for multiple locations and time series. 

Outcomes

By the end of the lecture, you should be able to

  • Describe the mechanism of the dynamic local downscaling to generate scale-free climate data;
  • Recognize the advantages of scale-free climate data over commonly used gridded climate data;
  • Generate and save climate variables in both interactive and multi-location modes;
  • Generate climate variables for multiple locations for a paleo, a historical or a future period;
  • Generate time-series climate data for a historical or a historical period;
  • Visualize spatial patterns of climate variables and ecological niche maps.

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