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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ESSDD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Earth System Science Data Discussions</journal-title>
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<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1866-3591</issn>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/essd-2026-337</article-id>
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<article-title>CMIP6-MedPlus dataset: climate projections for the Mediterranean region using statistical downscaling</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Todaro</surname>
<given-names>Valeria</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9313-6999</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Secci</surname>
<given-names>Daniele</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0605-0741</ext-link>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>D'Oria</surname>
<given-names>Marco</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Tanda</surname>
<given-names>Maria Giovanna</given-names>
<ext-link>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8357-1348</ext-link>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 181/A, 43124 Parma, Italy</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>28</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>28</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Valeria Todaro et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<p>Global climate-model projections are often too coarse to represent the spatial variability required for regional assessments. This study presents CMIP6-MedPlus, an open-access climate projection dataset for an extended Mediterranean region, available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17898529&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17898529&lt;/a&gt; (Todaro et al., 2025). It provides daily precipitation and near-surface air temperature at 0.25&amp;deg; spatial resolution for the period 1985&amp;ndash;2100, based on five Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) Global Climate Models (GCMs) and two Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP1-2.6 and SSP3-7.0). CMIP6-MedPlus was generated using a statistical downscaling framework that combines deep learning&amp;ndash;based spatial refinement with bias correction. First, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)-based method was applied to enhance spatial resolution: ERA5 reanalysis fields were upscaled to the GCM resolution and used to train the CNN to learn the mapping between coarse- and fine-scale representations of the same variable. The trained CNN was then applied to GCM outputs to generate more spatially detailed fields. Second, quantile delta mapping was applied to the CNN-refined fields to correct systematic biases relative to ERA5 while preserving climate change signals. The resulting dataset provides spatially consistent regional climate information suitable for climate-impact across Mediterranean and neighbouring areas and serves as a basis for subsequent refinement at basin and local scales.</p>
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