ECHOG_SRES_B2b_MM_ACLCAC1000: cloud cover

Min, Seung-Ki; Legutke, Stephanie; Schlese, Ulrich

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Summary
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Climate change simulations for 1860-2100 based on IPCC SRES A2 and B2 greenhouse-gas (GHG) scenarios are performed with the coupled climate model ECHO-G. GHG scenarios are considered only without other anthropogenic forcing such as aerosols and ozone. There are two member ensembles for each scenario.
We refer to the experiments as "A2Ga", "A2Gb", "B2Ga" and "B2Gb", respectively. Three main GHGs (CO2, NH4, N2O) and 16 minor GHGs including industrial CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs are utilized for the period of 1860-2100. Observed concentration values are prescribed for the historical period of 1860-1990 while SRES scenario values for the future period from 1990 onward.
Initial data for the transient simulations are obtained by spinning up the ECHO-G for five years with the restart file of HOPE-G at the model year 311 ('a' experiments) and 411 ('b' experiments) in the 1000-year control runs (Min et al. 2004, M&D Tech. Report No. 2, http://www.mad.zmaw.de/Pingo/reports/TeReport_Web02.pdf) and climatology of ECHAM4.
The enhancement of the three main GHGs concentrations is taken into account in a appropriate way for the whole period of simulations following Roeckner et al. (1999, J. Climate, 3004-3032). Flux corrections are applied only for annual mean heat and moisture fluxes, but no corrections for momentum flux. The model was run on a NEC SX-4 and Sx-5 at the KMA, Seoul, Korea. 300-year control simulations ("CTL") were performed with the same initial condition with "A2Ga" and "B2Ga" but with constant GHG values at 1990 in the same machine SX-4 at the KMA, Korea.
Project
IPCC_TAR_ECHO-G (IPCC simulations at the University of Bonn/METRI)
Location(s)
World
Spatial Coverage
Longitude 0 to 356.25 Latitude -87.16 to 87.16 Altitude: 1000 hPa
Temporal Coverage
1860-01-01 to 2100-12-30
Use constraints
unrestricted
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Access constraints
unrestricted
Size
25.65 MiB (26895600 Byte)
Format
GRIB
Status
completely archived
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Min, Seung-Ki; Legutke, Stephanie; Schlese, Ulrich (2004). ECHOG_SRES_B2Gb_MM: SRES B2 GHG scenario simulations for 1860-2100 monthly mean values. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://hdl.handle.net/21.14106/0dd9efc69819648109f0dc0afa50675c1309e142

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Description
model output data
Description
consistent as models ECHAM4 and HOPE-G
Description
exact
VariableCodeAggregationUnit
cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layerCF
ACLCAC (ECHAM4: 223)
monthly meanfraction
Contact typePersonORCIDOrganization
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[1] DOI Min, Seung-Ki; Legutke, Stephanie; Hense, Andreas; Kwon, Won-Tae. (2005). Internal variability in a 1000-yr control simulation with the coupled climate model ECHO-G — I. Near-surface temperature, precipitation and mean sea level pressure. doi:10.3402/tellusa.v57i4.14712
[2] DOI Min, Seung-Ki; Legutke, Stephanie; Hense, Andreas; Kwon, Won-Tae. (2005). Internal variability in a 1000-yr control simulation with the coupled climate model ECHO-G — II. El Niño Southern Oscillation and North Atlantic Oscillation. doi:10.3402/tellusa.v57i4.14711
[3] DOI Min, Seung-Ki; Legutke, Stephanie; Hense, Andreas; Cubasch, Ulrich; Kwon, Won-Tae; Oh, Jae-Ho; Schlese, Ulrich. (2006). East Asian Climate Change in the 21st Century as Simulated by the Coupled Climate Model ECHO-G under IPCC SRES Scenarios. doi:10.2151/jmsj.84.1

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ECHOG_SRES_B2Gb_MM: SRES B2 GHG scenario simulations for 1860-2100 monthly mean values
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[Entry acronym: ECHOG_SRES_B2b_MM_ACLCAC1000] [Entry id: 2037695]