Description: SDEABCEA-WRF-CMIP3 data for tasmax,tasmin,pr,was
Prepared for: Guillaume Mauger, CIG, UW
Date:	 7/26/2016
Contact: Katherine Hegewisch (khegewisch@uidaho.edu)
         John Abatzoglou (jabatzoglou@uidaho.edu)
         Department of Geography, University of Idaho
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Time interval:   Daily
20C3M Historical Time period: Jan 1 1970 - Dec 31 1999
SREASA1B Future Time period: Jan 1 2000 - Dec 31 2069
Spatial format: grid
Geographic Spatial Resolution: 4km = 1/24 deg
Spatial Extent: 41.0312 - 52.8438 N, 108.0312 - 124.5938 W (Western USA + Columbia River Basin into Canada)
Projection: Geographic  (WGS 1984 datum)
Scale Factor:   None
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I. Data Grid Format

lat	Latitude of center of 1/16-deg bcLivneh grid cell
lon	Longitude of center of 1/16-deg bcLivneh grid cell

II. File Formats

Suffix  Description
------  -----------
.mat     MATLAB data format

III. Units

Parameter       Units   Description			Method
---------       -----   -----------			---------------
tasmax           K     Daily Maximum Air Temperature	sdeabcea using bias corrected Livneh et al training data
tasmin           K      Daily Minimum Air Temperature	sdeabcea using bias corrected Livneh et al training data
pr               in     Daily Precipitation Amount 	sdeabcea using bias corrected Livneh et al training data
was              m/s    Daily Wind Speed 		sd

VI. Methods

sdeabcea        Statistical Downscaling using SDEABCEA (Spatial Disaggregation, 
		Epoch Adjustment, Bias Construction, Epoch Adjustment)

sd		Spatial Disaggregation (i.e. bi-linear interpolation)

bcLivneh	Bias corrected NAMERICA extent Livneh data (1950 - 2013) utilizing monthly PRISM (1950-2013)


V. Dimensions
Variable        Dimensions
--------        -------
tasmin		(day 1-365, years, lat 1-190, lon 1-266)		
tasmax		(day 1-365, years, lat 1-190, lon 1-266)		
pr		(day 1-365, years, lat 1-190, lon 1-266)		
was		(day 1-365, years, lat 1-190, lon 1-266)		

VI. Models
Models       	Description				Historical Days		Future Days 
--------        -------					-----------		-----------------
CCSM3 		WRF run w/ CCSM3 ouputs from CMIP3 	1/1/1970-12/31/1999	1/1/2000 - 12/31/2069
ECHAM5 		WRF run w/ ECHAM5 outputs from CMIP3	1/1/1970-12/31/1999	1/1/2000 - 12/31/2069
NNRP 		WRF run w/ NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis Product	1/1/1950-12/31/2010		N/A