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climr workflows

How to use climr, from beginner to advanced operations

Beginner `climr` workflow

Learn the basic climr workflow.

Intermediate `climr` workflow

More advanced climr workflows.

Methods

How climr works and how the input data were created

`climr` downscaling methods

A brief explanation of the downscaling methdology used in climr

The climr mosaic of North American climatologies

Methods and evaluation of the 1981-2010 reference climate map for North America, assembled from multiple data sources.

Global climate model ensemble selection

Criteria for climate model inclusion in climr, and rationale for the recommended 8-GCM general-purpose ensemble.

Guidance

Best practices and other perspectives

Climate model and scenario selection

Recommended practices for selection of global climate model ensembles and use of emissions scenarios.

Gridded observational time series

An explanation of the three gridded observational time series datasets used in climr: CRU/GPCC, MSWX-blend, and ClimateNA