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CCSM CVWG Experiments: CAM3 T85 U.S. CLIVAR Drought Working Group Simulations
Brief Description | A suite of runs was conducted by the CCSM Climate Variability Working Group in support of the U.S. CLIVAR Drought Working Group. Eleven unique idealized SST simulations, one control simulation, and one AMIP-style simulation were completed. All runs, with the exception of the single AMIP simulation, were run for 51 years, of which the last 50 years of data is available. The AMIP simulation was run from January 1871 through December 2006. |
Simulation Descriptions |
The simulations are as of follows:
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Model Version | cam3_3_17 (with clm3_expa_66) |
Variables Saved | Monthly: Defaults + TMQ, UQ, UT 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, PS, PRECC, PRECL |
Mass Store Paths | /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_sstcl_01 (Control / Cont) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_trepos_01 (Warm Global Linear Trend / LTw) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_PcAc_01 (Cold Pacific Cold Atlantic / PcAc) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_ipneg_01 (Cold Pacific / PcAn) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_PcAw_01 (Cold Pacific Warm Atlantic/ PcAw) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_Ac_01 (Cold Atlantic / PnAc) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_atlpos_01 (Warm Atlantic / PnAw) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_tapos_01 (Warm Tropical Atlantic / PnTAw) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_PwAc_01 (Warm Pacific Cold Atlantic / PwAc) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_Pw_01 (Warm Pacific / PwAn) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_PwAw_01 (Warm Pacific Warm Atlantic / PwAw) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_dwg_tpneg_01 (Cold Tropical Pacific / TPcAn) /ASPHILLI/csm/cam3_3_17_t85_vamip_01 (AMIP) |
Postprocessed Data Location | web (monthly atm/lnd): ftp://gmaoftp.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/data/clivar_drought_wg/CAM3.5/ web (monthly atm/lnd): http://dsrs.atmos.umd.edu/DATA/CAM3.5_DWG/ |
Postprocessed Data Description | Monthly atmospheric data: One variable per file, 50 years per file (0001-01 -> 0050-12). The following variables are available:
CLDLOW, FLNS, FLNT, FLUT, FSDS, FSNS, FSNT, FSNTOA, LHFLX, OMEGA, PRECC, PRECL, PRECSH, PS, PSL, Q, SHFLX, T, TAUX, TAUY, TREFHT,
TS, U, UBOT, UQ, UT, UU, V, VBOT, VQ, VT, VU, VV, Z3 Monthly land data: One variable per file, 50 years per file (0001-01 -> 0050-12). The following variables are available: DZSOI, FCEV, FCTR, FGEV, FGR, FIRA, FIRE, FLDS, FSA, FSDS, FSH, FSR, H2OSOI, QDRAI, QINFL, QINTR, QOVER, QSOIL, QVEGE, QVEGT, RAIN, SOILICE, SOILLIQ, TBOT, TG, TSOI, ZSOI |
Notes | Descriptions about these CAM runs can also be found here: http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/research/clivar_drought_wg/CAM3.html and here: http://dsrs.atmos.umd.edu/DATA/CAM3.5_DWG/README |