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Metadata for CERA experiment 'ECHO_G_COMMIT_1'
Title
IPCC DDC AR4 ECHO-G COMMIT run1
Citation
Legutke, 2006: IPCC DDC AR4 ECHO-G COMMIT run1. World Data Center for Climate. CERA-DB "ECHO_G_COMMIT_1"
http://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/Compact.jsp?acronym=ECHO_G_COMMIT_1
Creation Date
2006-10-01
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 committed climate change experiment (COMMIT).
These datasets are available in netCDF and GRIB format.
For this experiment there are 4 ensemble runs available.
Spinup: restart files from end of experiment 20C3M (corresponding realisation). Anthropogenic (GHGs, sulfate aerosol direct and first indirect effects) and natural forcing (solar irradiance and volcanic activity implemented through varying solar constant) are used for the 20C3Msimulations.
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
1/1/2001 - 31/12/2100 (model time, 360 days per year)
Data Format(s)
netCDF GRIB netCDF, records separated
Datasize
333209484 Bytes
Contact
Dr. Stephanie Legutke
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum
Data Management
Bundesstrasse 55 / Pavillon, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
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.
