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NCAR CESM Global Bias-Corrected CMIP5 Output to Support WRF/MPAS Research

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| DOI: 10.5065/D6DJ5CN4
 
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Abstract:

This dataset includes global bias-corrected climate model output data from version 1 of NCAR's Community Earth System Model (CESM1) that participated in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Experiment (CMIP5), which supported the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC AR5). The dataset contains all the variables needed for the initial and boundary conditions for simulations with the Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) or the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS), provided in the Intermediate File Format specific to WRF and MPAS. The data are interpolated to 26 pressure levels and are provided in files at six hourly intervals. The variables have been bias-corrected using the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Interim Reanalysis (ERA-Interim) fields for 1981-2005, following the method in Bruyere et al. (2014). Files are available for a 20th Century simulation (1951-2005) and three concomitant Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) future scenarios (RCP4.5, RCP6.0 and RCP8.5) spanning 2006-2100.

NOTE: There are no bias-corrected data for RCP2.6, due to corrupted data caused by a model bug in CESM.

Note to Microsoft Windows users: The executable metgrid.exe, which is required to ingest this data into WPS/WRF, is not compatible with Windows and can only be run in a Linux environment. It is recommended, therefore, that this dataset be used in Linux environments only.

Temporal Range:
1951-01-01 00:00 +0000 to 2100-12-31 18:00 +0000
Variables:
Air Temperature Boundary Layer Winds Geopotential Height Humidity
Sea Ice Concentration Sea Level Pressure Sea Surface Temperature Skin Temperature
Snow Water Equivalent Soil Moisture/Water Content Soil Temperature Surface Pressure
Surface Winds Upper Air Temperature Upper Level Winds
Vertical Levels:
Ground or water surface Mean sea level 2 m 10 m
1000 mbar 975 mbar 950 mbar 925 mbar
900 mbar 850 mbar 800 mbar 750 mbar
700 mbar 650 mbar 600 mbar 550 mbar
500 mbar 450 mbar 400 mbar 350 mbar
300 mbar 250 mbar 200 mbar 150 mbar
100 mbar 70 mbar 50 mbar 30 mbar
20 mbar 10 mbar
Temporal Frequencies:
Every 6 hours
Data Types:
Grid
Data Contributors:
UCAR/NCAR/MMM
Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
 |  UCAR/NCAR/RAP/CSAP
Climate Science and Application Program, Research Application Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Related Resources:
Listing of CESM 1.0 Experiments
Publications:
Bruyere, C. L., A. J. Monaghan, D. F. Steinhoff, and D. Yates, 2015: Bias-Corrected CMIP5 Data in WRF/MPAS Intermediate File Format. TN-515+STR, NCAR, 27 pp. (DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2011-6)
Bruyère C. L., J. M. Done, G. J. Holland, and S. Fredrick, 2014: Bias Corrections of Global Models for Regional Climate Simulations of High-Impact Weather. Clim. Dyn., 43, 1847-1856 (DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2011-6).
Total Volume:
16.6 TB (Entire dataset) Volume details by dataset product
Data Formats:
Binary (see dataset documentation)
Related RDA Datasets:
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NCAR Community Earth System Model, EaSM Project Dataset
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Data License:
Data LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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