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GIS Climate Change Scenario Portal

GIS Climate Change Scenarios portal serves a large community of GIS users. Global and downscaled climate change projections from the Community Climate System Model (CCSM-3) can be downloaded in a common GIS format.

New Climate Change Tool for GIS

The Climate Inspector is an interactive web application which expands Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping and graphing capabilities to visualize possible temperature and precipitation changes throughout the 21st century.

Beat the Heat

This interactive web map is a product from the System for Integrated Modeling of Metropolitan Extreme Heat Risk (SIMMER). It displays places in Houston where you can go to stay cool, integrated with a model simulation of the average summer high temperatures.

Extreme Heat Climate Inspector

Extreme Heat Climate Inspector is an interactive web application to visualize possible changes in extreme heat in the future.

Mapping and Modeling Weather and Climate with GIS

The new book "Mapping and Modeling Weather and Climate with GIS" from Esri Press was edited by Olga Wilhelmi (NCAR Project Scientist and PI of the GIS Program) and contains many chapters authored by NCAR scientists and staff.

GIS Tutorial for Atmospheric Sciences

This hands-on course is intended to teach basic Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concepts, methods and terminology using weather and climate case studies.