Climate Modeling Guide

A skill for working with climate models and climate data in research contexts. Covers accessing CMIP archives, processing NetCDF data, running idealized climate simulations, statistical downscaling, and analyzing climate projections with Python tools.

Climate Data Standards

NetCDF and CF Conventions

Climate data is stored in NetCDF (Network Common Data Form) files following CF (Climate and Forecast) conventions:

import xarray as xr
import numpy as np

# Open a CMIP6 temperature dataset
ds = xr.open_dataset("tas_Amon_CESM2_ssp585_r1i1p1f1_gn_201501-210012.nc")