rcp85 is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 ( https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5 ). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for assessment in the AR5 as well as others that extend beyond the AR5. 4.2 rcp85 (4.2 RCP8.5) - Version 1: Future projection (2006-2100) forced by RCP8.5. RCP8.5 is a representative concentration pathway which approximately results in a radiative forcing of 8.5 W m-2 at year 2100, relative to pre-industrial conditions. RCPs are time-dependent, consistent projections of emissions and concentrations of radiatively active gases and particles. Experiment design: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/experiment_design.html List of output variables: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/datadescription.html Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository Entry name/title of data are specified according to the Data Reference Syntax ( https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_syntax.pdf ) as activity/product/institute/model/experiment/frequency/modeling realm/MIP table/ensemble member/version number/variable name/CMOR filename.nc .
Tjiputra, Jerry; Roelandt, Caroline; Bentsen, Mats; Lawrence, David; Lorentzen, Torbjørn; Schwinger, Jörg; Seland, Øyvind; Heinze, Christoph (2012). cmip5 output1 NCC NorESM1-ME rcp85, served by ESGF. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/CMIP5.NCCNEr8
[CMIP5:QualityLevel=3] [CMIP5:QualityFlag=approved by author] according to CMIP5 quality control rules http://cmip5qc.wdc-climate.de [CMIP5:DateOfQual...
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[CMIP5:QualityLevel=3] [CMIP5:QualityFlag=approved by author] according to CMIP5 quality control rules http://cmip5qc.wdc-climate.de [CMIP5:DateOfQualityControl2=2012-11-16] [CMIP5:QualityControl2Comment=QC Level2 assigned at 2012-11-16 07:59:19 UTC: confirmed by Ingo Bethke for v20121113: mon.aero and Amon chunks were created on different machines causing small deviations in lat and lat_bnd field sizes; reference time change between chunks for most monthly variables.] [CMIP5:DateOfQualityControl3=2012-12-10] [CMIP5:CimMetadata=TDS CIM cross-checks passed; no CIM viewer representation of CIM simulation document available]
[CMIP5:TQA=done according to criteria for QCL3 defined at http://redmine.dkrz.de/projects/cmip5-qc/wiki/Qc_l3#Criteria-for-QC-L3DOI-publication ]
[Quality Results:http://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/CMIP5/QCResult.jsp?experiment=cmip5/output1/NCC/NorESM1-ME/rcp85]
In addition to CMORs automated quality checks we performed manually checks on a data sample for each output variable. These comprise:
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In addition to CMORs automated quality checks we performed manually checks on a data sample for each output variable. These comprise:
-visual inspection using ncview
-check whether min/max values are in physical range and consistent with variable units
-direction of flux variables and positive attribute
-consistency of data with vertical axis definition (i.e. whether data is flipped)
-land/ocean/sea ice masking
-rotation of vector data;SQA - Scientific Quality Assurance 'approved by author' 12/10/2012 09:20:34 ;TQA - Technical Quality Assurance 'approved by WDCC' 12/11/2012 11:12:55 Author's remark (12/21/2012) regarding 'Amon co2mass': This variable is subject to a scaling error. Please multiply with 44/29 to obtain the total atmospheric CO2 mass in kg, or divide by 5.1125e+18 to obtain the global mean CO2 concentration in ppmv.