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CSIRO CCAM (nested in ERA40 GCM) Regional Climate Model dataset for Australia 1971-2000

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Regional Climate Model simulation dataset for the Australasian region for the years 1971-2000. Created with the CSIRO CCAM (Cubic Conformal Amostpheric Model 805) RCM (Regional Climate Model) by dynamically downscaling the ERA40 reanalysis Climate Model output to 60 km resolution over a target area centered over Australia. 30 years of ERA40 output was used as the host model (nested in ERA40), with greenhouse emissions corresponding to 1971-2000. 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 360 Daily files totalling 173.0 GB, 361 Monthly_mean files totalling 3.79 GB and 360 Raw cubic conformal model output files totaling 128.0 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)
Credit
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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Countries | Australia | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Aerosols | Aerosol Backscatter | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Pressure | Anticyclones/Cyclones | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Pressure | Atmospheric Pressure Measurements | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Pressure | Sea Level Pressure | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Radiation | Atmospheric Heating | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Radiation | Incoming Solar Radiation | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Radiation | Longwave Radiation | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Radiation | Radiative Flux | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Radiation | Radiative Forcing | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Air Temperature | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Boundary Layer Temperature | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Maximum/Minimum Temperature | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Surface Air Temperature | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Water Vapor | Humidity | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Water Vapor | Precipitable Water | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Surface Winds | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Winds | Upper Level Winds | Earth Science | Atmosphere | Clouds | Cloud Radiative Transfer | Cloud Radiative Forcing | Earth Science | Cryosphere | Sea Ice | Heat Flux | Earth Science | Land Surface | Land Temperature | Land Surface Temperature | Earth Science | Land Surface | Surface Radiative Properties | Thermal Properties | Earth Science | Oceans | Sea Ice | Heat Flux | Model Run: 20C3M | Model: CSIRO CCAM RCM | climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |

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  • Local : Anzlic Identifier: ANZCW0306008181
  • Local : Marlin Record Number: 8181
  • global : 2d1f6096-b9a5-4e34-9b5e-e0e7c2c9ff6e