W5E5 v2.0 Climate Forcing (GFZ Data Services)
W5E5 v2.0 global daily 0.5 degree bias-adjusted climate forcing dataset (WFDE5 over land merged with ERA5 over ocean, 1979-2019), the observational input for ISIMIP3a, distributed by GFZ Data Services.
dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de
At a glance
- Region
- Germany (Global)
- Coverage
- 1979-2019, 0.5 degree daily
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
- Last updated
- 2021
What's inside
- Climate forcing
- Precipitation
- Bias-adjusted reanalysis
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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