ENSEMBLES IPSL-CM4 20C3M run1, monthly mean values

Dufresne, Jean-Louis

Experiment
Summary
These data represent monthly averaged values (monthly mean (MM) and diurnal cycle (DC)) 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 20th century simulation(included year 2000) was initiated from the control preindustrial simulation when equilibrium was reached (corresponds to nominal year 1860 of 20C3M). Forcing agents included: CO2,CH4,N2O,O3,CFC11(including other CFCs and HFCs),CFC12; sulfate(Boucher). This is followed by a commitment experiment for the 21th century (year 2001-2100) with all concentrations fixed at their levels of year 2000.

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:monthly 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_MM_hur850

For this experiment 1 ensemble run was carried out.

Technical data to this experiment:
IPSL-CM4 (2003): atmosphere: LMDZ (IPSL-CM4_IPCC, 96x72x19); ocean: OPA8.2 (ipsl_cm4_v1_8, 2x2L31); sea ice LIM (ipsl_cm4_v1_8); land ORCHIDEE (orchidee_1_3)
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: 0 m to 10 hPa
Temporal Coverage
1860-01-01 to 2000-12-30 (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
104.84 KiB (107360 Byte)
Format
NetCDF
Status
in work
Creation Date
Cite as
Dufresne, Jean-Louis (2007). ENSEMBLES IPSL-CM4 20C3M run1, monthly mean values. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. http://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/Compact.jsp?acronym=ENSEMBLES_IPCM4_20C3M_1_MM

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consistent as the model is
Description
exact
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Is documented by

[1] DOI Dufresne, J.-L.; Quaas, J.; Boucher, O.; Denvil, S.; Fairhead, L. (2005). Contrasts in the effects on climate of anthropogenic sulfate aerosols between the 20th and the 21st century. doi:10.1029/2005GL023619

Is described by

[1] WGCM Climate Simulation Panel with the assistance of PCMDI. (2007). IPCC Standard Output from Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere GCMs. http://pcmdi.github.io/ipcc/standard_output.html
[2] Marti, O.; Braconnot, P.; Bellier, J.; Benshila, R.; Bony, S.; Brockmann, P.; Cadule, P.; Caubel, A.; Denvil, S.; Dufresne, J.-L.; Fairhead, L.; Filiberti, M.-A.; Foujols, M.-A.; Fichefet, T.; Friedlingstein, P.; Gosse, H.; Grandpeix, J.-Y.; Hourdin, F.; Krinner, G.; Levy, C.; Madec, G.; Musat, I.; de Noblet, N.; Polcher, J.; Talandier C. (2006). The new IPSL climate system model: IPSL-CM4. ISSN 1288-1619
[3] DOI Hourdin, Frédéric; Musat, Ionela; Bony, Sandrine; Braconnot, Pascale; Codron, Francis; Dufresne, Jean-Louis; Fairhead, Laurent; Filiberti, Marie-Angèle; Friedlingstein, Pierre; Grandpeix, Jean-Yves; Krinner, Gerhard; LeVan, Phu; Li, Zhao-Xin; Lott, François. (2006). The LMDZ4 general circulation model: climate performance and sensitivity to parametrized physics with emphasis on tropical convection. doi:10.1007/s00382-006-0158-0

Attached Datasets ( 3 )

Details for selected entry
[Entry acronym: ENSEMBLES_IPCM4_20C3M_1_MM] [Entry id: 2149075]