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Metadata for CERA experiment 'CGCM3.1_T63_PICNTRL_1'
Title
IPCC DDC AR4 CGCM3.1-T63_(hi-res) PICNTRL run1
Citation
Flato, 2005: IPCC DDC AR4 CGCM3.1-T63_(hi-res) PICNTRL run1. World Data Center for Climate. CERA-DB "CGCM3.1_T63_PICNTRL_1"
http://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/Compact.jsp?acronym=CGCM3.1_T63_PICNTRL_1
Creation Date
2005-07-27
Summary
These data represent monthly averaged values of selected variables for the
Data Distribution Centre (DDC) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
(see also
http://www.ipcc-data.org/)
The model output prepared for IPCC Fourth Assessment climate of the Pre-industrial
control experiment (picntrl).
These datasets are available in netCDF and GRIB format.
For this experiment there is only one run available.
For model output data in higher temporal resulution and more variables visit the
web page https://esg.llnl.gov:8443/home/publicHomePage.do.
Location(s)
World (global); Latitude: -90.0 to 90.0; Longitude: 0.0 to 360.0
Spatial Coverage
Latitude: -90.0 to 90.0; Longitude: 0.0 to 360.0; Altitude: 0.0 m to 200.0 hPa
Temporal Coverage
1/1/1850 - 31/12/2199 (model time, 365 days per year)
Data Format(s)
netCDF, records separated netCDF GRIB
Datasize
1447942348 Bytes
Contact
PhD Gregory M. Flato
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
n/a, V8W 2Y2 Victoria, Canada
http://www.cccma.bc.ec.gc.ca
Project
IPCC Data Distribution Centre : Assessment Report Four data sets (IPCC-DDC_AR4)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been established by WMO and
UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio-economic information, relevant
for the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and option for adaption
and migration. Projection of future trends for a number of key variables are provided
through this section of the DDC (
http://cera-www.dkrz.de/IPCC_DDC/index.html ).
The SRES scenarios have been constructed to explore future developments in the global
enviromental with special reference to the production of greenhouse gases and aerosol
precursor emission.
A set of four scenario families (A1, A2, B1, B2) have been developed that each of this
storylines describes one possible demographic, polito-economic, societal and
technological future. Model experiments, also using different forcing scenarios,
were calculated at other modeling centres.
The data represent a subset of data sets from the IPCC Model Output Archive at
PCMDI (
http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about_ipcc.php).
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These datasets are available in netCDF and GRIB format.
The dataset names are composed of
- centre/model acronym (e.g. MPEH5: Max-Planck-Institute/Echam5)
- scenario acronym (e.g. SRB1: SRES B1)
- run number (e.g. 1: run 1)
- format identifier (e.g. N: netCDF, G: GRIB)
- variable acronym [with level value] (e.g. hur850: relative humidity, 850 hPa)
--> example: MPEH5_SRB1_1_G_hur850
Supplementary info
More information for this CERA experiment is available
here.
