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 Climate Model Outputs in the RDA
| Institution | Experiment | Run Year | Run Length | CO2 Concentration | Model Sensitivity† | Resolution
(lat x lon) | Climatologies | Other Data | RDA
Dataset | Used by IPCC |
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| GISS1 | Equilibrium (1xCO2 and 2xCO2) | 1984 | 10 years (after 25-year spinup) | 315 ppm/630 ppm | 4.2°C | ~7.83° x 10° | 10-year monthly, seasonal, annual | -- | ds318.4 | AR1 |
| OSU2 | Equilibrium (1xCO2 and 2xCO2) | 1985 | 10 years (after 40-year spinup) | 326 ppm/652 ppm | 2.8°C | 4° x 5° | 10-year monthly | -- | ds318.5 | AR1 |
| GISS1 | Transient (control, GISS Scenario A, GISS Scenario B) | ~1986 | 100 years | 315 ppm | -- | ~7.83° x 10° | 10-year monthly | Monthly means | ds318.4 | -- |
| UKMO3 | Equilibrium (1xCO2 and 2xCO2) | Jun 1986 | 15 years (after 20-year spinup) | 323 ppm/646 ppm | 5.2°C | 5° x 7.5° | 15-year monthly | -- | ds318.2 | AR1 |
| GFDL4 | Equilibrium (1xCO2 and 2xCO2) QFLUX | Feb 1988 | 10 years (after 3-year spinup) | 300 ppm/600 ppm | 4.0°C | ~4.44° x 7.5° (R15) | 10-year monthly | -- | ds318.1 | -- |
| GFDL4 | Equilibrium (1xCO2 and 2xCO2) QFLUX Re-run | 1989 | 10 years (after 3-year spinup) | 300 ppm/600 ppm | 4.0°C | ~4.44° x 7.5° (R15) | -- | daily (for only 3 years), monthly | ds318.1 | AR1 |
| GFDL4 | Equilibrium (1xCO2 and 2xCO2) QFLUX | May 1989 | 10 years | 300 ppm/600 ppm | 4.0°C | ~2.235° x 3.75° (R30) | 10-year monthly, seasonal, annual | monthly | ds318.1 | AR1 |
| GFDL4 | Transient (control and 1%) | 1989 | 100 years | 300 ppm | -- | ~4.44° x 7.5° (R15) | 10-year seasonal | -- | ds318.1 | AR1 |
| CCC5 | Equilibrium (1xCO2 and 2xCO2) | November 1989 | 20 years | 330 ppm/660 ppm | 3.5°C | ~3.708° x 3.75° (T32) | 20-year monthly | 12-hourly and monthly climatologies for 10 years, N. America only | ds318.3 | AR1 |
| UKMO3 | Equilibrium (1xCO2 and 2xCO2) | 1990 | 10 years | 323 ppm/646 ppm | 3.5°C | 2.5° x 3.75° | 10-year monthly | daily | ds318.2 | AR1 |
| DKRZ6 | Transient (control and IPCC Scenario A) | 1990 | 100 years | 360 ppm/720 ppm | 2.6°C | 5.625° x 5.625° | 10-year monthly | -- | ds318.6 | AR3 |
| GFDL4 | Transient (control and 1%) Re-run | 1991 | 100 years | 300 ppm | 2.3°C | ~4.44° x 7.5° (R15) | 10-year monthly, seasonal, annual | -- | ds318.1 | AR2 |
| UKMO3 | Transient (control and 1%) | 1992 | 75 years | 323 ppm | 1.7°C | 2.5° x 3.75° | 10-year monthly (for only 3 decades) | -- | ds318.2 | AR2 |
† For equilibrium experiments, the model sensitivity is the temperature change once a new equilibrium is achieved after a doubling of CO2. For transient experiments, the model sensitivity is the temperature change at the time of CO2 doubling (equilibrium not yet achieved).
1 Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA
2 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
3 Met Office, Bracknell, United Kingdom
4 Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
5 Canadian Climate Centre, Victoria, BC, Canada
6 Deutches KlimaRechenZentrum, Hamburg, Germany
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