dataset: WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult

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WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual

CCSM4 mult_versions annual from WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical: historical experiment.

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Datasets and variables

Maximum Number of Consecutive Days Per Year with Less Than 1 mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual altcdd 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Cold Spell Duration Index Spanning Years	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual altcsdi 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Maximum Number of Consecutive Days Per Year with At Least 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual altcwd 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Warm Spell Duration Index Spanning Years	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual altwsdi 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Maximum Number of Consecutive Days with Less Than 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual cdd 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Cold Spell Duration Index	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual csdi 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Maximum Number of Consecutive Days with At Least 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual cwd 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Mean Diurnal Temperature Range	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual dtr 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Number of Frost Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual fd 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Growing Season Length	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual gsl 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Number of Icing Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual id 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Total Precipitation in Wet Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual prcptot 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Count of Days with At Least 10mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual r10mm 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Count of Days with At Least 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual r1mm 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Count of Days with At Least 20mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual r20mm 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Total Precipitation when Daily Precipitation Exceeds the 95th Percentile of Wet Day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual r95p 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Total Precipitation when Daily Precipitation Exceeds the 99th Percentile of Wet Day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual r99p 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Maximum 1-day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual rx1day 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Maximum Consecutive 5-day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual rx5day 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Simple Precipitation Intensity Index	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual sdii 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
startyr	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual startyr[ N \|]
startyr1	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual startyr1[ N \|]
Number of Summer Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual su 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Percentage of Days when Daily Minimum Temperature is Below the 10th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual tn10p 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Percentage of Days when Daily Minimum Temperature is Above the 90th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual tn90p 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Minimum of Daily Minimum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual tnn 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Maximum of Daily Minimum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual tnx 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Number of Tropical Nights	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual tr 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Percentage of Days when Daily Maximum Temperature is Below the 10th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual tx10p 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Percentage of Days when Daily Maximum Temperature is Above the 90th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual tx90p 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Minimum of Daily Maximum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual txn 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Annual Maximum of Daily Maximum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual txx 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]
Version Number	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual version[ N \|]
Warm Spell Duration Index	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 historical CCSM4 mult_versions annual wsdi 1[ lon lat \| M L time N]

Independent Variables (Grids)

perturbed physics	grid: /L (ids) ordered [ (1)] :grid
latitude (latitude)	grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (90S) to (90N) by 0.9424084 N= 192 pts :grid
longitude (longitude)	grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0) to (1.25W) by 1.25 N= 288 pts :grid
initialization method	grid: /M (ids) ordered [ (1)] :grid
realization (realization)	grid: /N (ids) ordered [ (1) (2) (6)] :grid
time (time)	grid: /time (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (1850) to (2005) by 12.0 N= 156 pts :grid

Other Info

acknowledgements: The CESM project is supported by the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science (BER) of the U.S. Department of Energy. NCAR is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Computing resources were provided by the Climate Simulation Laboratory at the NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL), sponsored by the National Science Foundation and other agencies.
branch_time: 1031.0
cesm_casename: b40.20th.track1.1deg.009
cesm_compset: B20TRCN
cesm_repotag: ccsm4_0_beta43
cmor_version: 2.7.1
contact: bronaugh@uvic.ca
Conventions: CF-1.4
creation_date: 2012-07-22T03:24:00Z
ETCCDI_indices_archive: Please check http://www.cccma.ec.gc.ca/data/climdex/climdex.shtml for errata or updates.
ETCCDI_institution: Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium
ETCCDI_institution_id: PCIC
ETCCDI_software: climdex.pcic
ETCCDI_software_version: 0.6.1
experiment: historical
experiment_id: historical
forcing: Sl GHG Vl SS Ds SD BC MD OC Oz AA LU
forcing_note: Additional information on the external forcings used in this experiment can be found at http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/CMIP5/forcing_information
frequency: yr
initialization_method: 1
input_creation_date: 2011-11-07T23:02:31Z
input_frequency: day
input_title: CCSM4 model output prepared for CMIP5 historical
input_tracking_id: 0295768d-11a5-43b5-ab10-f20ef0a8ed51
institute_id: NCAR
institution: NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) Boulder, CO, USA
model_id: CCSM4
modeling_realm: atmos
NCAR_contact: cesm_data@ucar.edu
NCAR_references: Gent P. R., et.al. 2011: The Community Climate System Model version 4. J. Climate, doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4083.1
nco_openmp_thread_number: 1
parent_experiment: pre-industrial control
parent_experiment_id: piControl
physics_version: 1
processed_by: strandwg on copper.cgd.ucar.edu at 20111107 -160231.257
processing_code_information: Last Changed Rev: 446 Last Changed Date: 2011-11-07 07:45:55 -0700 (Mon, 07 Nov 2011) Repository UUID: d2181dbe-5796-6825-dc7f-cbd98591f93d
product: output
project_id: CMIP5
resolution: f09_g16 (0.9x1.25_gx1v6)
source: CCSM4
table_id: Table day (26 July 2011) f21c16b785432e6bd3f72e80f2cade49
title: ETCCDI indices computed on CCSM4 model output prepared for CMIP5 historical

References

Sillmann, J., V. V. Kharin, X. Zhang, F. W. Zwiers, and D. Bronaugh (2013), Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 1. Model evaluation in the present climate, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 1716-1733, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50203.

Sillmann, J., V. V. Kharin, F. W. Zwiers, X. Zhang, and D. Bronaugh (2013), Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2. Future climate projections, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 2473-2493, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50188.

Last updated: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 18:39:07 GMT

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