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a high-resolution animated interactive global map
of present and possible future climate

data and visualisation produced by the climate data factory
with support from the Copernicus Climate Change Service and
through project High-resolution climate projections
A TCDF-aligned climate hazard dataset for climate related financial disclosures

Displayed Data

"future" conditions are from a worst case scenario
with no effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
(Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 of IPCC)
as simulated by and averaged from four climate models

the data represent conditions at near ground or water level
a layer that follows the contours of the sea, valleys, mountains, etc.

Temperature Temperature at 2 meter above ground
Precipitation Total precipitation (water and/or snow) at ground surface

Keyboard Shortcuts

e show the menu
escape close dialog/menu
n go to now (the most recent data)
shift-c show the date selection calendar
j go backward one time step
shift-j go backward several time steps
k go forward one time step
shift-k go forward several time steps
g toggle the grid on/off
p toggle the animation on/off
shift-h enable/disable high definition mode
shift-t show settings
i go up one pressure level
shift-i go up to the stratosphere
m go down one pressure level
shift-m go down to the surface
d zoom in
shift-d zoom in faster
x zoom out
shift-x zoom out faster
w rotate up
shift-w rotate up faster
z rotate down
shift-z rotate down faster
a rotate left
shift-a rotate left faster
s rotate right
shift-s rotate right faster

Credits

Inspired and adapted from earth.nullschool.net
Open version of code github.com/cambecc/earth
Hosting Amazon S3
CDN CloudFlare
Color Scales ColorBrewer2.org

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