PMIP 2 Preliminary Variables' Study


 

WARNING! The official variables' list is available in the Design/Variables section!

 

 

Problems

 

AMIP

Official AMIP home page

Data format

The data files are in netCDF format with the COARDS convention, or GRIB format, and were created with the LATS library.

Variables

AMIP II Standard Model Output

WGNE Standard Diagnostics of Mean Climate

Variables' naming conventions

Acronyms

WGNE: JSC/CAS Working Group on Numerical Experimentation

CAS: Commission for Atmospheric Sciences

 

CMIP

Official CMIP home page

Variables

The fields required by CMIP1 and CMIP2 are listed in the Diagnostic Subproject page.  

GLASS

Official GLASS home page

Variables

The variables follow the ALMA data exchange convention.

ALMA Standard Model Output.

Acronyms

GLASS: Global Land Atmosphere System Study

ALMA: Assistance for Land Surface Modeling Activities

 

IPCC

Official IPCC home page

Official IPCC Data Distribution Centre home page

Data format

The files are in FM 92 GRIB and zip format. The file formats/nomenclature are described in:

Acronyms

DDC: Data Distribution Centre

Documents

An Introduction to Simple Climate Models used in the IPCC Second Assessment Report: IPCC Technical Paper II

Guidelines On The Use Of Scenario Data For Climate Impact And Adaptation Assessment: pdf Guidance Document

Variables

The variables mentioned on the DDC web site are listed in the PMIP 2 and IPCC variables page. The GCM data requested by the IPCC DDC is also detailed in ipcc_variables.doc.  

OCMIP

Official OCMIP home page

Data format

The data files are in netCDF format and follow the COARDS convention (check also this link), with the GDT extension.

Variables

The requested variables depend on the simulation and are described in the HOWTO pages. The following table gives shortcuts to the HOWTO documents.

Simulation HOWTO Output type/frequency Output format
CFC X X X
Abiotic X X X
Biotic X X X
Injection X X X
Helium X X X
 

PMIP

Official PMIP home page.

Data format

The data files are in netCDF format and loosely follow the COARDS convention (check also this link). You can get more details in the PMIP File Formats page.

Variables

The different types of variables required in the PMIP projects are described here.


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