CMIP6 Climate Projections, model EC-Earth3-CC (EC-Earth-Consortium)
This dataset features a selection of future climate projections variables generated by the EC-Earth3-CC Earth system model as part of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6).
The data covers the future simulation period 2015–2100 and includes two Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs):
SSP2-4.5: A "middle-of-the-road" scenario representing intermediate greenhouse gas emissions and challenges to mitigation and adaptation.
SSP5-8.5: A high-emission "fossil-fueled development" scenario representing the upper boundary of plausible future pathways.
The data is distributed in a compressed Zarr format with near-zero precision loss. It features a daily temporal resolution and is structurally optimized for high-throughput regional assessments and time-series analysis.
How to download the data
1import xarray as xr 2 3xr.open_dataset( 4 "https://data.earthdatahub.destine.eu/cmip6/EC-Earth3-CC-ScenarioMIP-r1i1p1f1-day-gr-v0.zarr", 5 storage_options={"client_kwargs":{"trust_env":True}}, 6 chunks={}, 7 engine="zarr", 8) 9
Variables
| Short Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
pr | kg m-2 s-1 | Precipitation |
tas | K | Near-Surface Air Temperature |
uas | m s-1 | Eastward Near-Surface Wind |
vas | m s-1 | Northward Near-Surface Wind |
hurs | % | Near-Surface Relative Humidity |
huss | 1 | Near-Surface Specific Humidity |
psl | Pa | Sea Level Pressure |
rlds | W m-2 | Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation |
rlus | W m-2 | Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation |
rlut | W m-2 | TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation |
rsds | W m-2 | Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation |
clt | % | Total Cloud Cover Percentage |
hfls | W m-2 | Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux |
hfss | W m-2 | Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux |
prsn | kg m-2 s-1 | Snowfall Flux |
sfcWindmax | m s-1 | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Wind Speed |
tasmax | K | Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature |
tasmin | K | Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature |