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Monthly mean data for SRES - B2 Scenario
Time period : 1890 - 2100

Parameter Description
unit
Variable
core data
2m mean surface air temperature
K
t2
2m mean maximum air temperature
K
t2max
2m mean minimum air temperature
K
t2min
total precipitation
mm/d
rain
total incident solar radiation
W/m2
ssr
mean scalar wind speed
m/s
wdsp10
specific humidity
kg/kg
q2
mean sea level pressure
hPa
slp
global mean sea level change (ASCII DATA)
m
slc / (plot/pdf)
optional data
daily mean temperature variance
 
 
daily precipitation variance
 
 
surface skin temperature/SST
K
Ts
soil moisture (content)
mm
Wg
large scale precipitation
mm/d
rainl
convective precipitation
mm/d
rainc
snow cover    
snow melt
 
 
snow depth (snow amount)
 
 
850 hPa height
m
z850
500 hPa height
m
z500
200 hPa height
m
z200
850 hPa height variance
 
 
500 hPa height variance
 
 
200 hPa height variance
 
 
850 hPa temperature
K
T850
500 hPa temperature
K
T500
200 hPa temperature
K
T200
850 hPa specific humidity
kg/kg
q850
500 hPa specific humidity
kg/kg
q500
200 hPa specific humidity
kg/kg
q200
850 hPa u-wind
m/s
u850
500 hPa u-wind
m/s
u500
200 hPa u-wind
m/s
u200
850 hPa v-wind
m/s
v850
500 hPa v-wind
m/s
v500
200 hPa v-wind
m/s
v200

 


Hans Luthardt, data@dkrz.de

Last modified: Thu Jul 10 14:23:00 MET DST 2003