Data Access Requirements
NARCCAP data is restricted to approved users. To provide you with
access, we will need a statement of work that addresses the following
subjects with regard to your research using NARCCAP data:
- Main research goals
- Research methods
- Research plan
- What data are needed
- Anticipated findings or significance of work
Your statement of work will be published in the NARCCAP User Directory, allowing
users with related research interests to find one another.
In order to download NARCCAP data, you will also need an Earth System Grid account.
ESG
account registration
For questions or to report problems, contact the NARCCAP User
Community Manager, Seth McGinnis: mcginnis@ucar.edu.
Student Access
Students can register for access to NARCCAP data if they have a
faculty sponsor who is registered as a regular NARCCAP user. Graduate
students working as part of a research team may register this way if
their work is covered by the sponsor's statement of work. Students
who wish to use the data for a class can register with their course
instructor as a sponsor; in this case, we also require information
about the class and how the data will be used.
Finding and Downloading Data
On the Earth System Grid, NARCCAP data is organized at the top
level by model (RCM) and driver (GCM/NCEP), and then grouped in data tables. Use the data
tables page to figure out which variables you're interested in, then
go to the ESG
NARCCAP data catalog to download data in NetCDF format.
See the Download
Walkthrough for a more detailed description of the download
process. You may also find the Data
Overview useful.
The GIS Howto and ASCII Howto pages provide instruction on
importing NARCCAP data into ArcGIS and extracting data in plain-text
format, respectively.
Please see the Acknowledgements page for
information on how to properly acknowledge NARCCAP in research
publications using this data.
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