These data represent monthly mean values of selected variables for ENSEMBLES (http://www.ensembles-eu.org). The list of output variables can be found in: http://ensembles.wdc-climate.de/output-variables . ENSEMBLES transient experiment (1860-2000 followed by IPCC A1B 2001-2100). Restart from preindustrial control experiment, initialized in year 2299. CH4, N2O, CFC's, SO4 as in IPCC AR4; CO2 = CO2(AR4)-4ppm: adjustment to smaller value specified in control run. Additional forcings due to changes in ozone and land-use. These datasets are available in netCDF format. The dataset names are composed of - centre/model acronym (e.g. MPEH5C: Max-Planck-Institute/Echam5C) - scenario acronym (e.g. 20C3M) - run number (e.g. 1: run 1) - time interval (MM:monthly mean, DM:daily mean, 6H:6 hourly, 12h:12hourly) - variable acronym [with level value] (e.g. hur850: relative humidity, 850 hPa) --> example: MPEH5C_20C3M_1_MM_hur850 For this experiment 5 ensemble runs were carried out. Technical data to this experiment: cosmos-1.1.0_millennium (ECHAM5/JSBACH/MPIOM/HAMOCC). rev. 1618, deltaorg and deltacalc values as in mil0004, bugfixes for ico2=4, bugfix for Gregorian calendar, new diagnose for anthropogenic CO2. Minor changes for aerosols and new ozone data and was run on a NEC-SX (hurrikan). The output from the model run is stored in: hurrikan.dkrz.de:/prj/mh0081/arch/m214002/cosmos-1.1.0_millennium/experiments/mbe0018