Published February 7, 2024 | Version LARS-WG 8.0
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LARS-WG stochastic weather generator for climate change impact assessment

Creators

  • 1. Rothamsted Research, UK

Description

LARS-WG 8.0, a stochastic weather generator, is a computationally inexpensive downscaling tool to generate local scale climate scenarios based on global or regional climate models for impact assessments of climate change. LARS-WG has been used in more than 75 countries for research and education and validated in diverse climates worldide. The current version of LARS-WG incorporates climate projections from the CMIP6 ensemble, as used in the IPCC Six Assessment Report. 

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Cites
Journal article: 10.1023/A:1005342632279 (DOI)
Journal article: 10.3354/cr00865 (DOI)
Journal article: 10.3354/cr00836 (DOI)
Journal article: 10.3354/cr01297 (DOI)

Software

Repository URL
https://sites.google.com/view/lars-wg/
Programming language
C#
Development Status
Active

References

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