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Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine | Guidance

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Guidance documentation for the Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine, a cloud-based climate data platform developed for California's energy sector. This document covers best practices for working with downscaled CMIP6 climate projections in planning and decision-making contexts, including guidance on selecting datasets and downscaling methods, choosing between time-based and Global Warming Level approaches, interpreting uncertainty, and applying climate data across energy sector applications. Also includes topic-specific guidance on heat metrics and census tracts. Developed in support of California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment and funded by the California Energy Commission through the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program (Grants EPC-20-007 and EPC-23-024). This document is living and may be updated as methods and best practices evolve. The Analytics Engine website (analytics.cal-adapt.org) is the primary source for the most current guidance.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20349212

Author: Eagle Rock Analytics

Language: English

Topic: Climate variability and models

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: green

Funder: California Energy Commission

Awards: The goal of this project is to overcome inter-disciplinary knowledge and capacity gaps between climate science, information technology, and electricity sector practitioners, G986034640