OGGM Climate Data (ERA5/CRU/W5E5) Reference
Open Global Glacier Model climate-data hub documenting and serving preprocessed gridded climate forcing (ERA5, CRU TS, W5E5, GSWP3) including precipitation and temperature for hydrology and glacier modelling.
docs.oggm.org
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- 1901-present, multiple products
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Software
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- Climate forcing
- Precipitation
- Temperature
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Climate forcing
- 02
Future water
Estimate water availability under future scenarios.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Precipitation
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
- 02
Emulators
Replace slow model runs with fast ML emulators.
- 03
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
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