CCSM4 CMIP5 1850-2005 runs forcings information


(From the CMIP5 DRS specification)
Appendix 1.2 Controlled Vocabulary for Abbreviated Forcing Descriptors
The abbreviations in this table can be used to describe the different externally imposed forcing agents that are active in a given simulation. A forcing agent will show some secular variation due to prescribed changes in concentration or emissions (or in the case of land-use, and change in prescription of surface conditions). Sometimes the change will be due to emissions of a precursor species that relatively quickly becomes transformed into the forcing agent itself (e.g., transformation of SO2 emissions to sulfate aerosols). In CMIP5 output files these abbreviations are used in defining the global attribute named forcing.


AbbreviationForcing DescriptionApplicable to CCSM4 AbbreviationForcing DescriptionApplicable to CCSM4
Natnatural forcing (a combination, not explicitly defined here, that might include, for example, solar and volcanic)Y Antanthropogenic forcing (a mixture, not explicitly defined here, that might include, for example, well-mixed greenhouse gases, aerosols, ozone, and land-use changes).Y
GHGwell-mixed greenhouse gases (a mixture, not explicitly defined here)Y SD anthropogenic sulfate aerosol, accounting only for direct effectsY
SI anthropogenic sulfate aerosol, accounting only for indirect effectsN SA
(= SD + SI)
anthropogenic sulfate aerosol direct and indirect effectsN
TO tropospheric ozoneN SO stratospheric ozoneN
Oz
(= TO + SO)
ozone (= tropospheric and stratospheric ozone)Y LU land-use changeY
Sl solar irradianceY Vl volcanic aerosolY
SS sea saltY Ds DustY
BC black carbonY OC organic carbonY
MD mineral dustY AA anthropogenic aerosols (a mixture of aerosols, not explicitly defined here)Y

CMIP5 experiment_id Description RIP code
rNNi1pNN
piControl branch year CMIP5 "forcings" attributes
Sl
(solar)
W m-2
GHG
(well-mixed greenhouse gases)
Vl
(volcanic aerosols)
SS
(sea salt)
Ds
(dust)
SD
(sulfate direct effect)
BC
(black carbon)
MD
(mineral dust)
OC
(organic black carbon)
Oz
(ozone)
LU
(land use change)
CO2
ppm
CH4
ppb
N2O
ppb
F11
ppt
F12
ppt
historical all forcings active r1i1p1 937 varying varying varying varying varying varying varying varying varying varying varying
r2i1p11031
r3i1p1 863
r4i1p1 893
r5i1p1 983
r6i1p1 953
historicalNat natural forcings only r1i1p1 937 varying 287.725790.979275.42533.4320.000 varying 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled
r2i1p11031
r4i1p1 893
r6i1p1 953
historicalGHG GHG forcings only r1i1p1 937 1360.895 varying none 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled
r4i1p1 893
r6i1p1 953
historicalMisc anthropogenic aerosols only r1i1p10 937 1360.895 287.725790.979275.42533.4320.000 none varying varying varying varying varying varying 1850 cycled 1850 cycled
r4i1p10 893
r6i1p10 953
historicalMisc anthropogenic forcings only r1i1p11 937 1360.895 287.725790.979275.42533.4320.000 none 1850 cycled varying varying varying varying varying varying varying
r2i1p111031
r4i1p11 893
r6i1p11 953
historicalMisc black carbon only r1i1p12 937 1360.895 287.725790.979275.42533.4320.000 none 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled varying 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled
historicalMisc land-use change only r1i1p13 937 1360.895 287.725790.979275.42533.4320.000 none 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled varying
r3i1p13 863
r6i1p13 953
historicalMisc ozone forcing only r1i1p14 937 1360.895 287.725790.979275.42533.4320.000 none 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled varying 1850 cycled
r4i1p14 893
r6i1p14 953
historicalMisc sulfate direct effect only r1i1p15 937 1360.895 287.725790.979275.42533.4320.000 none 1850 cycled 1850 cycled varying 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled
historicalMisc solar forcing only r1i1p16 937 varying 287.725790.979275.42533.4320.000 none 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled
r4i1p16 893
r6i1p16 953
historicalMisc volcanic forcing only r1i1p17 937 1360.895 287.725790.979275.42533.4320.000 varying 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled 1850 cycled
r4i1p17 893
r6i1p17 953