resources

A curated collection of useful tools, datasets, and software for research in climate science, Earth systems, and complex systems.

Climate and weather data visualization

Here is a collection of tools designed to help you explore atmospheric and climate science through data visualization.

Copernicus Interactive Climate Atlas

Interactive exploration of key climate variables and indices from global and regional projections.

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IPCC AR6 WGI Interactive Atlas

Flexible spatial and temporal analyses of observed and projected climate change information from the IPCC.

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Climate Explorer

A web application to analyse climate data, with access to a large collection of climate observations and model outputs.

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NASA Worldview

Interactively browse full-resolution, global satellite imagery and download the underlying data.

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Meteorological and climate modeling datasets

Interested in exploring meteorological and climate patterns by yourself? Here are some global and regional datasets to get you started.

ERA5

Reanalysis

ERA5 provides hourly and monthly estimates for a wide range of atmospheric, land, and oceanic climate variables, with global coverage at 31 km resolution from 1940 to present.

CMIP

Model Intercomparison

The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project brings together climate models from centres worldwide to compare results and improve understanding of past and future climate changes from natural and human influences.

CORDEX

Regional Downscaling

CORDEX coordinates regional climate downscaling from reanalyses and CMIPs, covering Africa, Asia, Australia, the Americas, Europe, and nearby oceans.

WorldClim

Observational

WorldClim is a high-resolution global weather and climate dataset that provides monthly temperature and precipitation data for different periods.

Copernicus CDS

Data Service

The Climate Data Store provides access to a wide range of quality-assured climate datasets, tools, and documentation from the Copernicus Climate Change Service.


Software & tools

Some useful tools and libraries to assist with your research and coding tasks.

vim-ipython-cell

Open Source

A Vim/Neovim plugin that allows you to run Python code in the IPython interactive terminal shell — great for scientific computing workflows.

A Python interface to the netCDF C library. Essential for reading and writing climate and Earth science data in the widely used NetCDF format.

xarray

Python

Makes working with labelled multi-dimensional arrays in Python simple, efficient, and fun. A core tool for climate data analysis.

Iris

Python

A powerful, format-agnostic Python library for analysing and visualising meteorological and oceanographic data sets.