This experiment uses 'CMIP5 GFDL r1i1p1 historical' forcing data for downscaling to 60km resolution by the regional model WRFV3.5.1 for the region of West Africa. 'historical' is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5). 3.2 historical (3.2 Historical) - Version 1: Simulation of recent past (1850 to 2005). Experiment design:https://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/Entry.jsp?acronym=Taylor_CMIP5_design.pdf .
This experiment is divided into several time slices of 11 years. The first year of each time slice is used as a spin-up phase and should not be used in the analysis. All experiments with GFDL forcing refer to a calendar with 365 days (noleap). The 60 km resolution of this experiment is an intermediate step to the 12km downscaling WRF experiment.
Heinzeller, Dominikus; Dieng, Diarra; Smiatek, Gerhard; Olusegun, Christiana; Klein, Cornelia; Hamann, Ilse; Kunstmann, Harald (2017). WASCAL WRF60km with GFDL-ESM r1i1p1 forcing from the CMIP5 historical experiment. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/WRF60_GFDLESM_HIST
SQA - Scientific Quality Assurance 'approved by author'
Result Date
2017-07-27
Technical Quality Assurance (TQA)
TQA - Technical Quality Assurance 'approved by WDCC'
Description
1. Number of data sets is correct and > 0: passed; 2. Size of every data set is > 0: passed; 3. The data sets and corresponding metadata are accessible: passed; 4. The data sizes are controlled and correct: passed; 5. The temporal coverage description (metadata) is consistent to the data: passed; 6. The format is correct: passed; 7. Variable description and data are consistent: passed
Method
WDCC-TQA checklist
Method Description
Checks performed by WDCC. The list of TQA metrics are documented in the 'WDCC User Guide for Data Publication' Chapter 8.1.1
[1] DOIHeinzeller, Dominikus; Dieng, Diarra; Smiatek, Gerhard; Olusegun, Christiana; Klein, Cornelia; Hamann, Ilse; Salack, Seyni; Bliefernicht, Jan; Kunstmann, Harald. (2018). The WASCAL high-resolution regional climate simulation ensemble for West Africa: concept, dissemination and assessment. doi:10.5194/essd-10-815-2018
[2] DOIHeinzeller, Dominikus; Dieng, Diarra; Smiatek, Gerhard; Olusegun, Christiana F; Klein, Cornelia; Hamann, Ilse; Bliefernicht, Jan; Kunstmann, Harald. (2017). West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) high-resolution climate simulation data, links to subset of variables at daily and monthly temporal resolution in NetCDF format, supplement to: Heinzeller, Dominikus; Dieng, Diarra; Smiatek, Gerhard; Olusegun, Christiana F; Klein, Cornelia; Hamann, Ilse; Salack, Seyni; Bliefernicht, Jan; Kunstmann, Harald (submitted): The WASCAL high-resolution regional climate simulation ensemble for West Africa. Earth System Science Data Discussions. doi:10.1594/pangaea.880512
Is documented by
[1] DOISkamarock, William C.; Klemp, Joseph B.; Dudhia, Jimy; Gill, David O.; Barker, Dale; Duda, Michael G.; Huang, Xiang-yu; Wang, Wei; Powers, Jordan G. (2008). A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 3. doi:10.5065/D68S4MVH