Intro to HPC @ NERSC: ClimRR

Sam Foreman

Argonne National Laboratory

August 6, 2023

Data Dictionary

We include below descriptions of all field names within the following climate variables. The links below direct to the rest service

  1. Temperature Minimum – Annual
  2. Temperature Minimum – Seasonal
  3. Temperature Maximum – Annual
  4. Temperature Maximum – Seasonal
  5. Precipitation – Annual Total
  6. Precipitation None – Annual Average
  7. Wind Speed – Annual Average
  8. Cooling Degree Days – Annual Total
  9. Heating Degree Days – Annual Total

Temperature Minimum – Annual

Field Name Description
Crossmodel Truncated name for “Crossmodel_CellName”. Text ID for each cell in the polygon grid.
hist Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) – Annual Average – Historical
rcp45_midc Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) – Annual Average – Mid-Century RCP4.5
rcp45_endc Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) – Annual Average – End-Century RCP4.5
rcp85_midc Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) – Annual Average – Mid-Century RCP8.5
rcp85_endc Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) – Annual Average – End-Century RCP8.5
mid45_hist Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) – Change in Annual Average – Historical and Mid-Century RCP4.5
end45_hist Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) – Change in Annual Average – Historical and End-Century RCP4.5
mid85_hist Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) – Change in Annual Average – Historical and Mid-Century RCP8.5
end85_hist Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) – Change in Annual Average – Historical and End-Century RCP8.5

Temperature Minimum – Seasonal

Field Name Description
Crossmodel Truncated name for “Crossmodel CellName”. Text ID for each cell in the polygon grid.
hist_Winter Winter - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp45_midc_winter Winter - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp45_endc_winter Winter - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp85_mide_winter Winter - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp85_endc_winter Winter - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
mid45_hist_winter Winter - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
end45_hist_winter Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and End-Century RCP4.5
mid85_hist_winter Winter - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
end85_hist_winter Winter - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
Field Name Description
hist_Spring Spring - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp45_midc_spring Spring - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp45_endc_spring Spring - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp85_mide_spring Spring - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp85_endc_spring Spring - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
mid45_hist_spring Spring - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and Mid-Century RCP4.5
end45_hist_spring Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and End-Century RCP4.5
mid85_hist_spring Spring - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and Mid-Century RCP8.5
end85_hist_spring Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and End-Century RCP8.5
Field Name Description
hist_Summer Summer - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp45_midc_summer Summer - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp45_endc_summer Summer - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp85_mide_summer Summer - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp85_endc_summer Summer - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
mid45_hist_summer Summer - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and Mid-Century RCP4.5
end45_hist_summer Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and End-Century RCP4.5
mid85_hist_summer Summer - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and Mid-Century RCP8.5
end85_hist_summer Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and End-Century RCP8.5
Field Name Description
hist_Autumn Autumn - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp45_midc_autumn Autumn - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp45_endc_autumn Autumn - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp85_mide_autumn Autumn - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
rcp85_endc_autumn Autumn - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Annual Average - Historical
mid45_hist_autumn Autumn - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and Mid-Century RCP4.5
end45_hist_autumn Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and End-Century RCP4.5
mid85_hist_autumn Autumn - Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and Mid-Century RCP8.5
end85_hist_autumn Min Daily Temperature (\degreeF) - Change in Annual Average - Historical and End-Century RCP8.5

Citation

BibTeX citation:
@online{foreman2023,
  author = {Foreman, Sam},
  title = {Energy {Justice} {Analysis} of {Climate} {Data} with
    {ClimRR}},
  date = {2023-08-06},
  url = {https://saforem2.github.io/climate-analysis},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Foreman, Sam. 2023. “Energy Justice Analysis of Climate Data with ClimRR.” Intro to HPC Bootcamp @ NERSC. August 6, 2023. https://saforem2.github.io/climate-analysis.