GFDL Climate Model Outputs for Carbon Dioxide Studies
This dataset contains model outputs from climate models at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). The various model runs were made in 1989 (with one re-run in 1991). The model was an atmosphere-ocean coupled model, run first at R15 (48x40) global resolution and then later at R30 (96x80) global resolution. Control runs (1xCO2), 2xCO2, and 1% increase per year transient runs were made and values for numerous variables were output. DSS has decadal means for up to 100 model years, as well as daily values and monthly and seasonal means for shorter periods.
PERIODS:
VARIABLES:
Air Temperature
Albedo
Cloud Amount/Frequency
Evaporation
Heat Flux
Humidity
Incoming Solar Radiation
Longwave Radiation
Outgoing Longwave Radiation
Precipitation Amount
Runoff
Shortwave Radiation
Snow
Snow Depth
Surface Air Temperature
Surface Pressure
Upper Level Winds
Vertical Wind Motion
Wind Stress
LEVELS:
0.025 sigma
0.095 sigma
0.205 sigma
0.35 sigma
0.515 sigma
0.68 sigma
0.83 sigma
0.94 sigma
0.99 sigma
TIMES:
Every day
Every month (Mean)
Monthly Climatology
Winter Season Climatology
Spring Season Climatology
Summer Season Climatology
Autumn Season Climatology
Annual Climatology
TYPES:
Grid
COVERAGE:
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=88.288S Northernmost=88.288N
Detailed coverage informationDetailed coverage information:
3.75° x ~2.235° from 0E to 356.25E and 88.2883S to 88.2883N (96 x 80 Gaussian Longitude/Latitude)
7.5° x ~4.441° from 0E to 352.5E and 86.598S to 86.598N (48 x 40 Gaussian Longitude/Latitude)
Recommended acknowledgement for this dataset:
"The data for this study are from the Research Data Archive (RDA) which is maintained by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The original data are available from the RDA (http://dss.ucar.edu) in dataset number ds318.1."
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Every month (Mean)
Detailed coverage information
