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CCSM CVWG Experiments: CAM3 T42 GOGA Ensemble

Description 5 member T42 GOGA (Global Ocean Global Atmosphere) ensemble forced by global observed time-varying SSTs from January 1950 through January 2001.
Model Version cam2_0_2_dev63
Variables Saved Monthly: Defaults + TMQ, + ISCCP variables

Daily (all averages, except where noted): U200, V200, U850, V850, T850, T500, T300, T200, Z1000, Z700, Z500, Z300, FLNS, FSNS, FLNT, LHFLX, SHFLX, QFLX, OMEGA850, OMEGA500, TAUX, TAUY, TS, PSL, TREFHT, PRECT, TREFHTMN (min), TREFHTMX (max), TSMN (min), TSMX (max), TMQ

4X Daily (:A=average, :I=instantaneous): FLUT:A, OMEGA500:A, PRECT:A, U200:A, U850:A, Z500:A, PSL:I, Z700:I, Z300:I, TS:I

Daily (all averages, run #5 only): OMEGA, PS, T, U, V, Z3
Mass Store Paths /ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_01
/ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_02
/ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_03
/ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_04
/ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_05
Postprocessed Data Location mass store (atm): /ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_01/atm/hist/tmser
mass store (atm): /ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_02/atm/hist/tmser
mass store (atm): /ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_03/atm/hist/tmser
mass store (atm): /ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_04/atm/hist/tmser
mass store (atm): /ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_05/atm/hist/tmser
mass store (atm): /ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_ens_01-05/atm/hist/tmser (ensemble average of all 5 runs)
Postprocessed Data Description Monthly atmospheric data only. One variable per file, 51 years per file (1950-01 -> 2000-12). The following variables are available: CLDLOW, FLNS, FLUT, FSNS, FSNTOA, LHFLX, OMEGA, PRECC, PRECL, PS, PSL, SHFLX, T, TAUX, TAUY, TREFHT, TS, U, UBOT, V, VBOT, Z3.
Notes These sets of runs are referred to as the CAM3 T42 vanilla-AMIP (VAMIP) runs. They are called "vanilla" as they had no external forcings beyond the supplied SST field.

The official end dates of the 5 ensemble members are: September 2001 (runs 1,3,4), January 2001 (run 2), March 2001 (run 5).

The following files were corrupted, and removed:
/ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_05/atm/hist/eul64x128_d63vamip_05.cam2.h2.1954-01-01-00000.nc
/ASPHILLI/csm/eul64x128_d63vamip_05/atm/hist/eul64x128_d63vamip_05.cam2.h2.1973-11-22-00000.nc

atmospheric history file nomenclature: "h0" in the file name (ex. eul64x128_d63vamip_04.cam2.h0.1962-09.nc) denotes monthly data, "h1" denotes daily data, "h2" denotes 4X daily data, "h3" (run #5 only) denotes daily data.