Independent Variables (Grids)

bnds	grid: /bnds (unitless) ordered (1.0) to (2.0) N= 2 pts :grid
perturbed physics	grid: /L (ids) ordered (1) to (3) by 1.0 N= 3 pts :grid
latitude (latitude)	grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered (89S) to (89N) by 2.0 N= 90 pts :grid
longitude (longitude)	grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (1.25E) to (1.25W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
initialization method	grid: /M (ids) ordered [ (1)] :grid
realization (realization)	grid: /N (ids) ordered [ (6)] :grid
time (time)	grid: /time (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1850) to (Dec 2005) by 1.0 N= 1872 pts :grid
time2 (time)	grid: /time2 (days since 1850-1-1) (365) ordered (1200 31 Dec 1974 - 1200 1 Jan 1975) to (1200 30 Dec 1975 - 1200 31 Dec 1975) by 1.0 N= 365 pts :grid

Other Info

branch_time

4081.0

cmor_version

2.5.7

contact

bronaugh@uvic.ca

Conventions

CF-1.4

creation_date

2012-07-14T23:20:55Z

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

GHG, LU, Sl, Vl, BC, OC, SA, Oz (also includes orbital change - BC on snow - Nitrate aerosols)

frequency

monClim

initialization_method

1

input_creation_date

2012-01-05T16:35:24Z

input_frequency

day

input_title

GISS-E2-R model output prepared for CMIP5 historical

input_tracking_id

752ac51f-0136-4174-b2a9-6971d71f5037

institute_id

NASA-GISS

institution

NASA/GISS (Goddard Institute for Space Studies) New York, NY

model_id

GISS-E2-R

modeling_realm

atmos

NASA-GISS_contact

Kenneth Lo (cdkkl@giss.nasa.gov)

NASA-GISS_references

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/modelE/ar5

nco_openmp_thread_number

1

parent_experiment

pre-industrial control

parent_experiment_id

piControl

parent_experiment_rip

r1i1p1

product

output

project_id

CMIP5

realization

6

source

GISS-E2-R-E135f9fF40oQ32 Atmosphere: GISS-E2; Ocean: R

table_id

Table day (27 April 2011) 86d1558d99b6ed1e7a886ab3fd717b58

title

ETCCDI indices computed on GISS-E2-R 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.

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