ENSEMBLES METO-HC-HADGEM1 20C3M run6, 6h and 12h instantaneous values

Johns, Tim C.

Experiment
Summary
These data represent 6 hourly and 12 hourly instantaneous 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. The model output was prepared for the IPCC Fourth Assessment 20th century experiment (20C3M).

Start from the beginning of the control run (1859 conditions).
Anthropogenic forcings (only) were changed through the run to follow observed values. I.e changes in:
* CO2
* CH4
* N2O
* CFC11
* CFC12
* CFC113
* HCFC22
* Ozone
* Vegetation Distribution
* Sulphur-cycle Emissions
* Soot Emissions
* Biomass Emissions
* Solar variations
* Volcanic aerosols

These datasets are available in netCDF format.
The dataset names are composed of
- centre/model acronym (e.g. IPCM4: Institut Pierre Simon Laplace)
- scenario acronym (e.g. SRA2: SRES A2)
- run number (e.g. 1: run 1)
- time interval (MM:daily mean, DM:daily mean, DC:diurnal cycle, 6H:6 hourly, 12h:12hourly)
- variable acronym [with level value] (e.g. hur850: relative humidity, 850 hPa)
--> example: IPCM4_SRA2_1_DM_hur850

For this experiment 6 ensemble runs were carried out.
But note that the forcings were not the same in all 6. Ensemble members 1-3 had anthropogenic forcings only, members 4-6 had both anthropogenic and natural forcings.

Technical data for this experiment:
This dataset is a composite of UM runs aetkg, aetki and aetkk.
Project
ENSEMBLES (Production of seasonal to decadal hindcasts and climate change scenarios)
Location(s)
World
Spatial Coverage
Longitude 0 to 360 Latitude -90 to 90 Altitude: -2.7 m to 10 hPa
Temporal Coverage
1859-12-01 to 1999-12-30 (360_day)
Use constraints
According to Ensembles Data Policy (http://ensembles-eu.metoffice.com/docs/Ensembles_Data_Policy_261108.pdf)
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Size
124.81 GiB (134010807336 Byte)
Format
NetCDF
Status
completely archived
Creation Date
Cite as
Johns, Tim C. (2008). ENSEMBLES METO-HC-HADGEM1 20C3M run6, 6h and 12h instantaneous values. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://hdl.handle.net/21.14106/4d378c04951820ae7f51dce4ae3e3816da4715ac

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Description
Note that all 6 hourly timeseries begin only at 1/12/1859 6:00 and end at 30/12/1999 18:00.
Description
Note that the variables are stored on two different grids. See dataset metadata for specific information.
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[1] DOI Johns, T. C.; Durman, C. F.; Banks, H. T.; Roberts, M. J.; McLaren, A. J.; Ridley, J. K.; Senior, C. A.; Williams, K. D.; Jones, A.; Rickard, G. J.; Cusack, S.; Ingram, W. J.; Crucifix, M.; Sexton, D. M. H.; Joshi, M. M.; Dong, B.-W.; Spencer, H.; Hill, R. S. R.; Gregory, J. M.; Keen, A. B.; Pardaens, A. K.; Lowe, J. A.; Bodas-Salcedo, A.; Stark, S.; Searl, Y. (2006). The New Hadley Centre Climate Model (HadGEM1): Evaluation of Coupled Simulations. doi:10.1175/JCLI3712.1
[2] DOI Martin, G. M.; Ringer, M. A.; Pope, V. D.; Jones, A.; Dearden, C.; Hinton, T. J. (2006). The Physical Properties of the Atmosphere in the New Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model (HadGEM1). Part I: Model Description and Global Climatology. doi:10.1175/JCLI3636.1
[3] DOI Ringer, M. A.; Martin, G. M.; Greeves, C. Z.; Hinton, T. J.; James, P. M.; Pope, V. D.; Scaife, A. A.; Stratton, R. A.; Inness, P. M.; Slingo, J. M.; Yang, G.-Y. (2006). The Physical Properties of the Atmosphere in the New Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model (HadGEM1). Part II: Aspects of Variability and Regional Climate. doi:10.1175/JCLI3713.1
[4] DOI Stott, Peter A.; Jones, Gareth S.; Lowe, Jason A.; Thorne, Peter; Durman, Chris; Johns, Timothy C.; Thelen, Jean-Claude. (2006). Transient Climate Simulations with the HadGEM1 Climate Model: Causes of Past Warming and Future Climate Change. doi:10.1175/JCLI3731.1
[5] DOI McLaren, A. J.; Banks, H. T.; Durman, C. F.; Gregory, J. M.; Johns, T. C.; Keen, A. B.; Ridley, J. K.; Roberts, M. J.; Lipscomb, W. H.; Connolley, W. M.; Laxon, S. W. (2006). Evaluation of the sea ice simulation in a new coupled atmosphere-ocean climate model (HadGEM1). doi:10.1029/2005JC003033

Attached Datasets ( 6 )

Details for selected entry
[Entry acronym: ENSEMBLES_HADGEM_20C3M_6_6H12H] [Entry id: 2149100]