CMIP6-D&A: An R-based software with GUI for processing climate data available in network common data format

Masoud Abdollahi; Babak Farjad; Anil Gupta; Quazi K. Hassan

SoftwareX (Jun 2022)

CMIP6-D&A: An R-based software with GUI for processing climate data available in network common data format

Masoud Abdollahi,
Babak Farjad,
Anil Gupta,
Quazi K. Hassan

Affiliations

Masoud Abdollahi: Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
Babak Farjad: Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada; Resource Stewardship Division, Alberta Environment and Parks, 3535 Research Road NW, University Research Park, Calgary, AB T2L 2K8, Canada; Corresponding author.
Anil Gupta: Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada; Resource Stewardship Division, Alberta Environment and Parks, 3535 Research Road NW, University Research Park, Calgary, AB T2L 2K8, Canada
Quazi K. Hassan: Department of Geomatics Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18
p. 101044

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CMIP6-D&A is an R-based open source software with a user-friendly graphical user interface that is being developed to download and process climate data such as daily precipitation, minimum and maximum near surface air temperature stored/available in the network common data format (netCDF). Here, we demonstrate the capabilities of CMIP6-D&A in downloading, subsetting, and analyzing the netCDF files, and generating several outputs in netCDF and comma-separated values (CSV) file formats for Alberta, Canada. In addition, the CMIP6-D&A program can easily be modifiable by users for applications in different part of the globe.

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ISSN: 2352-7110 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Mathematics: Instruments and machines: Electronic computers. Computer science: Computer software
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