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Modeling climate and Earth system processes on a regional scale is essential for projecting the impacts of climate change on society and our natural resources. Quantifying model biases is critical to characterizing the uncertainties associated with these climate change projections and is also an essential step in developing and improving Earth system models. The Regional Climate Model Evaluation System (RCMES) is designed to greatly facilitate regional-scale evaluations of climate and Earth system models by providing standardized access to a vast and comprehensive set of observations, as well as tools for performing common analysis and visualization tasks. Browse this site to get a better idea of the objectives, capabilities and applications of RCMES, and how they support the goals of the JPL Center for Climate Sciences and the JPL-UCLA Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering.
Regional Decision Making
Observational data from RCMES helps analyze models used by public policy makers at local, state, and national levels. Learn more...
Comparing Models to Observations
RCMES provides uniform access to billions of observational measurements, as well as a robust set of tools for performing common analysis tasks using the data... Learn more...
Collaborations with ExArch
RCMES is developing connections with the multinational, multi-institutional ExArch project to faciliate broader access to RCMES data. Learn more...
Collaborations with CORDEX/IPCC
RCMES is supporting the efforts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the COordinated Regional Downscaling EXperiment. Learn more...
Collaborations with NARCCAP/NCA
RCMES is supporting the efforts of the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program by providing access to data and tools for climate model validation. Learn More...