dataset: WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual

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WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual

MIROC4h v20120628 annual from WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45: representative concentration pathway to radiative forcing of 4.5 W m-2.

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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 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual altcdd 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Cold Spell Duration Index Spanning Years	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual altcsdi 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Maximum Number of Consecutive Days Per Year with At Least 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual altcwd 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Warm Spell Duration Index Spanning Years	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual altwsdi 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Maximum Number of Consecutive Days with Less Than 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual cdd 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Cold Spell Duration Index	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual csdi 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Maximum Number of Consecutive Days with At Least 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual cwd 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Mean Diurnal Temperature Range	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual dtr 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Number of Frost Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual fd 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Growing Season Length	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual gsl 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Number of Icing Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual id 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Total Precipitation in Wet Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual prcptot 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Count of Days with At Least 10mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual r10mm 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Count of Days with At Least 1mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual r1mm 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Count of Days with At Least 20mm of Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual r20mm 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Total Precipitation when Daily Precipitation Exceeds the 95th Percentile of Wet Day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual r95p 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Total Precipitation when Daily Precipitation Exceeds the 99th Percentile of Wet Day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual r99p 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Maximum 1-day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual rx1day 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Maximum Consecutive 5-day Precipitation	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual rx5day 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Simple Precipitation Intensity Index	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual sdii 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Number of Summer Days	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual su 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Percentage of Days when Daily Minimum Temperature is Below the 10th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual tn10p 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Percentage of Days when Daily Minimum Temperature is Above the 90th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual tn90p 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Minimum of Daily Minimum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual tnn 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Maximum of Daily Minimum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual tnx 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Number of Tropical Nights	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual tr 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Percentage of Days when Daily Maximum Temperature is Below the 10th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual tx10p 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Percentage of Days when Daily Maximum Temperature is Above the 90th Percentile	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual tx90p 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Minimum of Daily Maximum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual txn 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Annual Maximum of Daily Maximum Temperature	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual txx 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]
Version Number	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual version[ N \|]
Warm Spell Duration Index	WCRP CLIVAR ETCCDI CMIP5 rcp45 MIROC4h v20120628 annual wsdi 1[ lon lat \| N M L time]

Independent Variables (Grids)

perturbed physics	grid: /L (ids) ordered [ (1)] :grid
latitude (latitude)	grid: /lat (degree_north) ordered [ (89.57009S) (89.01318S) (88.45297S) ... (89.57009N)] N= 320 pts :grid
longitude (longitude)	grid: /lon (degree_east) periodic (0) to (0.5625W) by 0.5625 N= 640 pts :grid
initialization method	grid: /M (ids) ordered [ (1)] :grid
realization (realization)	grid: /N (ids) ordered (1) to (3) by 1.0 N= 3 pts :grid
time (time)	grid: /time (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (2006) to (2035) by 12.0 N= 30 pts :grid

Other Info

branch_time: 35054.0
cmor_version: 2.5.8
contact: bronaugh@uvic.ca
Conventions: CF-1.4
creation_date: 2013-07-20T11:01:46Z
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: 0.7.1
experiment: RCP4.5
experiment_id: rcp45
forcing: GHG, SA, Oz, LU, Sl, Vl, SS, Ds, BC, MD, OC (GHG includes CO2, N2O, methane, and fluorocarbons; Oz includes OH and H2O2)
frequency: yr
initialization_method: 1
input_creation_date: 2011-08-22T04:38:45Z
input_frequency: day
input_title: MIROC4h model output prepared for CMIP5 RCP4.5
institute_id: MIROC
institution: AORI (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Chiba, Japan), NIES (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan), and JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan)
MIROC_contact: Masahide Kimoto (kimoto@aori.u-tokyo.ac.jp), Masayoshi Ishii (ism@jamstec.go.jp)
MIROC_references: Sakamoto et al., 2011: MIROC4h -- a new high-resolution atmosphere-ocean coupled general circulation model. (in preparation); Tatebe et al., 2011: (in preparation)
model_id: MIROC4h
modeling_realm: atmos
nco_openmp_thread_number: 1
parent_experiment: historical
parent_experiment_id: historical
physics_version: 1
product: output
project_id: CMIP5
source: MIROC4h 2009 atmosphere: AGCM (AGCM5.8, T213L56); ocean: COCO (COCO3.4, rotated pole 1280x912 L48); sea ice: COCO (COCO3.4); land: MATSIRO (MATSIRO, 2x3L5)
table_id: Table day (11 April 2011) ec52f6ea2595168e5458ad1b950fd49c
title: ETCCDI indices computed on MIROC4h model output prepared for CMIP5 RCP4.5

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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