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CSIRO CCAM (nested in GFDLSST GCM) Regional Climate Model dataset for Australia 1971-2095

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CSIRO O&A, Information & Data Centre (Point of contact) Lenton, Andrew (Associated with) Lynch, Tim (Associated with) Matear, Richard (Associated with) Thatcher, Marcus (Point of contact)
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Regional Climate Model simulation dataset for the Australasian region for the years 1971-2095. Created with the CSIRO CCAM (Cubic Conformal Amostpheric Model 805) RCM (Regional Climate Model) by dynamically downscaling the GFDLSST reanalysis Climate Model output to 60 km resolution over a target area centered over Australia. 30 years of GFDLSST output was used as the host model (nested in GFDLSST), with greenhouse emissions corresponding to scenario SRESA2. Daily and Monthly Atmospheric variables are available between Lat:-60N 0N(.5 deg res) & Lon:105E 165E(.5 deg res), at 5 levels (1000, 850, 700, 500, 300 hPa), 60Km resolution(C48 grid) & 18 vertical levels. There are 539 Daily files totalling 260.0 GB, 539 Monthly_mean files totalling 5.99 GB and 539 Raw cubic conformal model output files totaling 191.0 GB with all being in netcdf format. This dataset has been created as part of a model evaluation experiment involving CCAM to examine the dynamic downscaling performance when nested in different Global climate models. Available for internal use and analysis by CSIRO staff on the HPSC cherax.

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Progress Code: planned
Maintenance and Update Frequency: asNeeded
Statement: Daily & Monthly atmospheric variables on a conventional Lat Lon grid processed from the CCAM model cubic conformal raw output data files.

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CSIRO (CRL-Climate Research Laboratory)
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Marcus Thatcher
Credit
Kim Nguyen
Credit
J. McGregor

Data time period: 1971-01-01

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text: westlimit=105; southlimit=-60; eastlimit=165; northlimit=0

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Aerosol Backscatter | AEROSOLS | Air Temperature | Anticyclones/Cyclones | ATMOSPHERE | Atmospheric Heating | ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE | Atmospheric Pressure Measurements | ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION | ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE | ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR | ATMOSPHERIC WINDS | Boundary Layer Temperature | Cloud Radiative Forcing | CLOUD RADIATIVE TRANSFER | CLOUDS | CRYOSPHERE | Countries | Australia | EARTH SCIENCE | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Surface Air Temperature | Heat Flux | Humidity | Incoming Solar Radiation | LAND SURFACE | Land Surface Temperature | Longwave Radiation | Maximum/Minimum Temperature | Model Run: SRESA2 | Model: CSIRO CCAM RCM | Precipitable Water | Radiative Flux | Radiative Forcing | SEA ICE | Sea Level Pressure | SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS | SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING | SURFACE TEMPERATURE | SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES | Surface Winds | Thermal Properties | Upper Level Winds | climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |

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  • global : a0cbe8de-a66d-41f8-8ec0-80b7bfabd01e
  • Local : Marlin Record Number: 8180
  • Local : Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW0306008180
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