Download the SCRIPPS Additional VIC Variables (forced by LOCA) as NetCDF files from the Cal-Adapt Data Server.

Loca_vic_Data (Climate Model, Climate Scenario, variables, start year, {end year}, outLoc)

Arguments

Climate Model

Global Climatic Models (GCM) you would like to query using the Cal-Adapt API. A list of GCMs from Cal-Adapt API (https://berkeley-gif.github.io/caladapt-docs/data-catalog.html#global-climate-models-gcm).

Climate Scenario

To learn more about Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) go here.

variables

Climatic Variables you would like to download from the Cal-Adapt Data Server.

start year

Choose the first (or only) year to download (Historic: years available 1950-2013, RCP# years available 2006-2100)

end year (Optional)

Choose the last year (if downloading a range) to download (Historic: years available 1950-2013, RCP# years available 2006-2100)

outLoc

Where would you like the data saved.

Details

Download the SCRIPPS Additional VIC Variables (forced by LOCA) as NetCDF files from the Cal-Adapt Data Server.

LOCA downscaled projections of daily precipitation and minimum and maximum temperature are used to drive a land surface/hydrology model, the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) Model to provide high-resolution projections for a suite of hydrological parameters. The VIC model was originally developed by Xu Liang at the University of Washington. Development and maintenance of the current official version of the VIC model is led by the UW Hydro | Computational Hydrology group in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington.

See also