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Tabulated list of climate parameters:
PRUDENCE/SMHI-RCAO

Surface Climate ParameterUnitsFile Nameminmax
Control - mpictl || A2 - mpia2 || B2 - mpib2
Daily mean temperaturet2m°Cprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_t2m.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_t2m.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_t2m.txt		-14.41
-9.10
-10.39		31.95
38.68
36.61
Daily minimum temperaturet2min°Cprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_t2min.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_t2m.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_t2m.txt		-17.93
-11.81
-13.39		27.50
31.62
30.62
Daily maximum temperaturet2max°Cprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_t2max.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_t2max.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_t2max.txt		-11.60
-6.73
-7.94		39.34
45.93
43.94
Days with ground-frost     
Precipitationprecipmm/dayprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_precip.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_precip.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_precip.txt		0.00
0.00
0.00		11.77
13.89
12.33
Rain days     
Snowfall     
Evaporationevapmm/dayprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_evap.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_evap.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_evap.txt		-0.10
-0.04
-0.04		9.38
10.13
9.60
Potential Evapotranspirationpetmm/dayprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_pet.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_pet.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_pet.txt		0.00
0.00
0.00		9.99
12.22
11.54
Snow water-equivalent /
 Surface snow amount		snowmmprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_snow.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_snow.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_snow.txt		0.00
0.00
0.00		680.60
322.26
322.88
Fractional snow cover     
Vapour pressuree2mhPaprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_e2m.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_e2m.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_e2m.txt		1.73
2.74
2.48		29.04
37.57
34.88
Sunshine durationsundhours/dayprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_sund.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_sund.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_sund.txt		0.00
0.00
0.00		19.76
18.48
18.18
10-meter wind speedw10mm/sprudence_smhi_mpictl_europe_1961_1990_w10m.txt
prudence_smhi_mpia2_europe_2071_2100_w10m.txt
prudence_smhi_mpib2_europe_2071_2100_w10m.txt		1.83
1.57
1.71		10.17
10.87
10.79

Institution:Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) - Sweden
Driving data:ECHAM4/OPYC (GCM) data
Output data:Gridded fields at 0.50 deg lon/lat resolution for each calendar month
Grid_lon spacing:11.750°W, 11.250°W, ..., 41.250°E, 41.750°E (decimal degrees)
Grid_lat spacing:30.250°N, 30.750°N, ..., 71.250°N, 71.750°N (decimal degrees)
Datasets dimensions:108 × 84 × 12
Format:ASCII with each data line (grid zonal row) in Fortran format ='(108f8.2)'
Data order:Data run from West to East, then from South to North, then from Jan. to Dec.
Missing value:-999
Conditions of use:See http://prudence.dmi.dk/public/DDC/index.html
Reference(s):Christensen and Christensen, 2007