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Climate Data Analysis Tools & Methods

View all of our climate data analysis tools & methods or use the list below to jump to a certain group.

  • Climate Model Evaluation
  • Climate Data Processing & Visualization
  • Climate Data Formats
  • Statistical Methods

Climate Model Evaluation

 

Evaluation of interannual-to-decadal climate variability in Earth System Models

Model Configurations

Overview: Climate Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP)

Common Spectral Model Grid Resolutions

Climate Data Processing & Visualization

 

Overview: Climate Data Processing

Web based Visualization and Processing for Climate and Weather

Climate Data Processing Software

Regridding Overview

Climate Data Formats

 

Common Climate Data Formats: Overview

Text (ASCII) Files

Binary (data format)

GRIB

HDF

NetCDF Overview

Statistical Methods

 

Statistical & Diagnostic Methods Overview

Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) Analysis and Rotated EOF Analysis

Taylor Diagrams

Trend Analysis

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This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.