What is the NSW Climate Data Portal?
The NSW Climate Data Portal (the Portal) is an online platform providing direct access for the public to high resolution climate model data for New South Wales and Australia.
Data available on the Portal are the output of the NSW and Australian Regional Climate Modelling (NARCliM) project. NARCliM data provides the most comprehensive and reliable view of our future with climate projections for multiple emissions scenarios.
The Portal was created to allow the public to browse and download this data for use in a range of technical applications to help the people of NSW better understand how, when and where we will experience the impacts of climate change.
Who is the NSW Climate Data Portal for?
The Portal supports end-users with knowledge of, and experience working with climate model data. Through the Portal our end-users can access, download, and apply climate model data, including climate projections, for their own specific and unique projects. Examples of this type of end-user are experts in climate impact research, risk and vulnerability assessment, and modelling for renewable energy, sustainable development, climate resilience programs, and community adaptation programs.
For end-users with limited experience working with climate models and climate projections, the resources on AdaptNSW provide simple, plain language interpretations and explanations of NARCliM data. These resources aim to assist households, businesses, local government, community, and not-for-profit organisations across NSW in adapting to a changing climate.
What does the NSW Climate Data Portal offer end-users?
The Portal allows our end-users the ability to search, filter, select and download NARCliM climate data, as well as view metadata, using common online portal tools. Data are downloaded in NetCDF format or can be exported to CSV and GeoTIFF file formats. The Portal also includes a user account, shopping cart (no charge) and packaging features, to allow users to retrieve data through an emailed link. Our end-users can select daily, monthly or seasonal data for individual ensemble members, i.e. individual regional climate model (RCM) simulations . The data available on the Portal is compliant with CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment) guidelines, including the standard and most-requested core variables.
End-users can begin to download data from the Portal once they have registered with a free account, which will also keep track of their selections and downloads. User accounts also assist the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (the Department) in identifying which data are of most interest to end-users, and for improving climate projection data services.
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If you require more information about the NSW and Australian Regional Climate Modelling (NARCliM) project, please email: [email protected].
For climate change adaptation enquiries, please email: [email protected].