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GISS Climate Model Outputs for Carbon Dioxide Studies
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This dataset contains outputs from climate models at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) for use in assessing the impact of increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations on the global climate. A global equilibrium run (1XCO2 and 2XCO2) was made in 1984. A 100-year transient run and GISS "Scenario A" and "Scenario B" runs were made sometime in the mid-1980s. Monthly means and 10-year monthly, seasonal, and annual climatologies are available for numerous parameters, depending on the specific model run. The grid is a global 36x24 grid and most parameters are only available at the surface.
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| VARIABLES: |
| Air Temperature | Cloud Amount/Frequency | Cloud Top Pressure | Evaporation |
| Geopotential Height | Heat Flux | Humidity | Longwave Radiation |
| Plant Characteristics | Precipitation Amount | Runoff | Sea Ice Concentration |
| Sea Level Pressure | Shortwave Radiation | Snow Depth | Soil Moisture/Water Content |
| Soil Temperature | Solar Irradiance | Surface Winds | Upper Level Winds |
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| LEVELS: |
| Ground or water surface | Mean sea level | 1000 mbar | 850 mbar |
| 700 mbar | 500 mbar | 300 mbar | 100 mbar |
| 30 mbar | | | |
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| TIMES: |
Every month (Mean)
Monthly Climatology
Winter Season Climatology
Spring Season Climatology
Summer Season Climatology
Autumn Season Climatology
Annual Climatology
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| TYPES: |
Grid
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| COVERAGE: |
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N
 Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information:
10° x 7.5°, 0E to 350E and 90S to 90N (36 x 24 Longitude/Latitude)
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| SOURCES: |
NASA/GSFC/ESD/GISS Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
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| PUBLICATIONS: |
Hansen, J., Fung, I., Lacis A., Rind, D., Lebedeff, S., Ruedy, R., Russel, G., and Stone, P., 1988: Global Climate Changes as Forecast by Goddard Institute for Space Studies Three-Dimensional Model. J. Geophys. Res., 93, 9341-9364.
Hansen, J., G. Russell, D. Rind, P. Stone, A. Lacis, S. Lebedeff, R. Ruedy and L. Travis, 1983: Efficient Three-Dimensional Global Models for Climate Studies: Models I and II. Mon. Wea. Rev., 3(4), 609-662.
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 ds318.4."
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| VOLUME: |
793.08 MBytes (Entire dataset)
Volume details by subsetVolume details by subset:
Equilibrium Run: 6.52 MBytes
Transient Runs: 786.55 MBytes
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| DATA FORMATS: |
Binary (see dataset documentation)
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| CONTACT: |
For assistance with this dataset, please contact
Bob Dattore (303-497-1825)
. If the specialist is unavailable, please contact
Data Help.
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| DATA ACCESS: |
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