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United Kingdom Climate Model Outputs for Carbon Dioxide Studies

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  • UCAR/NCAR/CISL/DSS
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hasDataset_Title
  • United Kingdom Climate Model Outputs for Carbon Dioxide Studies
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  • NCAR_DS318.2
hasReference
  • Wilson, C. A. and J. F. B. Mitchell, 1987: A Doubled CO2 Climate Sensitivity Experiment with a Global Climate Model including a Simple Ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 92(11), 13315-13343, URL: https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds318.2/docs/wilson_mitchell_1987.pdf.
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  • This dataset contains model outputs from climate models that were run by the United Kingdom Met Office in 1986, 1990, and 1992. The 1986 low-resolution equilibrium runs include a control (1xCO2) run and a 2xCO2 run, both at 48 by 36 global resolution. We received monthly 15-year climatologies of maximum, minimum, and mean surface temperature, surface wind speed, sea-level pressure, precipitation, incoming solar radiation, and boundary layer temperature and humidity from these runs. The 1990 high-resolution equilibrium runs include a control run and an anomaly (2xCO2) run, both at 96 by 72 global resolution. From these runs, we received numerous parameters as a 10-year daily time series and as monthly, seasonal, and annual 10-year climatologies. The 1992 75-year transient experiment includes a control run with CO2 set at 323 ppm and a 1% per year compounded CO2 increase run, both at 96 by 72 global resolution. We received 10-year climatologies of soil moisture, precipitation, surface temperature, and surface solar radiation for decades 1, 6, and 8.
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