ETH cmip5 rcp45

doi:10.1594/WDCC/ETHr4

Knutti, Reto

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Summary
rcp45 is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 ( https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5 ). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for assessment in the IPCC AR5. This subset of the CMIP5 additional historical data were collected by ETH Zurich until 15th March 2013 in support of IPCC AR5 Working Group 1 ( http://wiki.c2sm.ethz.ch/COSMO/CMIP5 ). These data are part of the IPCC-DDC AR5.

rcp45 (4.1 RCP4.5) - Version 2: Future projection (2006-2100) forced by RCP4.5. RCP4.5 is a representative concentration pathway which approximately results in a radiative forcing of 4.5 W m-2 at year 2100, relative to pre-industrial conditions. RCPs are time-dependent, consistent projections of emissions and concentrations of radiatively active gases and particles.

Experiment design: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/experiment_design.html
List of output variables: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/datadescription.html
Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format
Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository

Data are structured and entry names are set according to the ETH Zurich Archive layout: "experiment/MIP table/variable/model/ensemble member/CMOR filename.nc"
Project
IPCC-DDC_AR5 (IPCC Data Distribution Centre : Fifth Assessment Report data sets)
Contact
Prof. Reto Knutti (
 reto.knutti@nullenv.ethz.ch
0000-0001-8303-6700)
Location(s)
World (global)
Additional Information
CMIP5 List of output variables
Datafile of the Climate System Scenario Tables (IPCC-AR5 Annex II)
CMIP5 Experiment design
CIM simulation documents for CMIP5 experiment rcp45
QCL3_TQA_2805414_20140219.txt
CMIP5_modeling_groups.pdf
Datafiles of the Atlas of Global and Regional Climate Projections (IPCC-AR5 Annex I)
CMIP5 Experiment design
CMIP5 List of output variables
CMIP5_modeling_groups.pdf
Spatial Coverage
Longitude 0 to 360 Latitude -90 to 90 Altitude: -6200 m to .01 hPa
Temporal Coverage
2005-01-01 to 2300-12-31 (calendrical)
Use constraints
unrestricted
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Size
11.47 TiB (12610196184560 Byte)
Format
NetCDF
Status
completely archived
Creation Date
Future Review Date
2024-07-02
Cite as
Knutti, Reto (2014). IPCC Working Group I AR5 snapshot: The rcp45 experiment. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/ETHr4

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Description
Basic checks on data gaps and overlaps, no scientific evaluation of the data; SQA - Scientific Quality Assurance 'approved by author' 02/19/2014; TQA - Technical Quality Assurance 'approved by WDCC' 03/04/2014
A general list of errata in CMIP5 data is available at: http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/errata/cmip5errata.html
Description
as complete as the archive of IPCC-AR5 WG1 at ETH Zurich (snapshot 15th March 2013)
Description
as consistent as the models are;
consistency with project requirements was checked within the CMIP5 data quality procedure described at: http://cmip5qc.wdc-climate.de .
Description
TQA: CCSM4 - so_Omon_r1i1p1 documented units of 1.e-3 and 1 in data headers (requested 0.01), CCSM4 - sos_Omon_r1i1p1 documented units of 1.e-3 and 1 in data headers (requested psu or 1)
[QualityFlag=approved by author] [DateOfTQA=2014-03-04]
[CMIP5:TQA=done according to criteria for QCL3 defined at http://redmine.dkrz.de/projects/cmip5-qc/wiki/Qc_l3#Criteria-for-QC-L3DOI-publication ]
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Is described by

[1] DOI Taylor, Karl E.; Stouffer, Ronald J.; Meehl, Gerald A. (2012). An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00094.1
[2] DOI IPCC. (2013). Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. doi:10.1017/CBO9781107415324

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IPCC DDC AR5 ETH Zurich/IPCC AR5 WGI main long-term experiments
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[Entry acronym: ETHr4] [Entry id: 2805414]