National Climate Database (NCDB)
The National Climate Database (NCDB) is a high resolution, bias-corrected climate dataset consisting of the three most widely used variables of solar radiation- global horizontal (GHI), direct normal (DNI), and diffuse horizontal irradiance (DHI)- as well as other meteorological data. The goal of the NCDB is to provide unbiased high temporal and spatial resolution climate data needed for renewable energy modeling.
The NCDB is modeled using a statistical downscaling approach with Regional Climate Model (RCM)-based climate projections obtained from the North American Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (NA-CORDEX; linked below). Daily climate projections simulated by the Canadian Regional Climate Model 4 (CanRCM4) forced by the second-generation Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM2) for two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP4.5 or moderate emissions scenario and RCP8.5 or highest baseline emission scenario) are selected as inputs to the statistical downscaling models. The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is used to build and calibrate statistical models.
Citation Formats
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). (2024). National Climate Database (NCDB) [data set]. Retrieved from https://data.openei.org/submissions/6163.
Yang, Jaemo, Sengupta, Manajit, Habte, Aron, and Xie, Yu. National Climate Database (NCDB). United States: N.p., 30 Sep, 2024. Web. https://data.openei.org/submissions/6163.
Yang, Jaemo, Sengupta, Manajit, Habte, Aron, & Xie, Yu. National Climate Database (NCDB). United States. https://data.openei.org/submissions/6163
Yang, Jaemo, Sengupta, Manajit, Habte, Aron, and Xie, Yu. 2024. "National Climate Database (NCDB)". United States. https://data.openei.org/submissions/6163.
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The NCDB is modeled using a statistical downscaling approach with Regional Climate Model (RCM)-based climate projections obtained from the North American Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (NA-CORDEX; linked below). Daily climate projections simulated by the Canadian Regional Climate Model 4 (CanRCM4) forced by the second-generation Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM2) for two Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP4.5 or moderate emissions scenario and RCP8.5 or highest baseline emission scenario) are selected as inputs to the statistical downscaling models. The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is used to build and calibrate statistical models.}, doi = {}, url = {https://data.openei.org/submissions/6163}, journal = {}, number = , volume = , place = {United States}, year = {2024}, month = {09}}
Details
Data from Sep 30, 2024
Last updated Sep 9, 2024
Submitted Aug 29, 2024
Organization
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Contact
Manajit Sengupta
Authors
Research Areas
Keywords
energy, power, solar, wind, temperature, GHI, DNI, DHI, climate, downscaling, high-resolution, data, CONUS, solar resource, statistical downscaling, solar energy, RCP, NCDB, climate scenarios, model, dataset, meteorology, emissionsDOE Project Details
Project Name NSRDB
Project Number 38406