CSM Experiment Series b018.15

The 20th Century runs:

b019.17   1870-1998 with time-dependent: Greenhouse Gases

b018.15   1870-1998 with time-dependent: atmospheric sulfer, Greenhouse Gases

b019.12   1870-1998 with time-dependent atmospheric sulfer, Greenhouse Gases, Solar Variabilty

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b018.15: 1870-1998 ramp

Active Models: sea ice, ocean, atmosphere, land
Data Set Models: none

When run: Aug-Sep 1998

Models used:

• the NCAR CCM atmosphere model, (ccm3_6_brnchT_scycRad1_3)
• the NCAR LSM Land Surface Model, (ccm3_6_brnchT_scycRad1_3)
• the NCAR CSM Sea Ice Model, (csim2.2.6 )
• the NCAR CSM (global) Ocean Model, (ncom1.4.1)
• the NCAR CSM Flux Coupler, (cpl4.beta8 )

  CSM b018.15 Synopsis:
  CSM b018.15 is a 120 year historical simulation initialized from 1870 conditions and run through 1998. Initialized from year 40 of the b018.12 1870 control run, the sufate and greenhouse gas forcings were ramped thru the simulation.

  The Output Data

  Date	Model	Description
  Nov 98	b018.15	General MSS naming convention: /SOUTHERN/csm/b018.15/[ccm3,ice,ocn,lnd,cpl,log]/*
  Nov 98	ATM	Original Raw data output from the model (CCM3 History tape format) Raw Monthly Averaged data Raw Daily Averaged data Postprocessed data: (NetCDF format) DOWNLOADABLE CCM3 DATA ALL CCM3 FIELDS, MONTHLY AVERAGES, COLLECTED BY DECADE ALL CCM3 SINGLE-LEVEL FIELDS, MONTHLY AVERAGES, COLLECTED BY DECADE ALL CCM3 FIELDS, ZONAL AVERAGES MONTHLY AVERAGES, COLLECTED BY DECADE INDIVIDUAL TIME SERIES OF ALL MONTHLY AVERAGED CCM3 FIELDS
  Nov 98	OCN	Original Raw data output from the model (NCOM history tape format) Raw data Postprocessed data: none
  Nov 98	ICE	Original Raw data output from the model (NetCDF format) Raw Monthly Averaged data Postprocessed data: (NetCDF format) ALL ICE FIELDS, MONTHLY AVERAGES, COLLECTED BY DECADE
  Nov 98	LND	Original Raw data output from the model (NetCDF format) Raw Monthly Averaged data Postprocessed data: (NetCDF format) ALL LND FIELDS, MONTHLY AVERAGES, COLLECTED BY DECADE
  Nov 98	CPL	Original Raw data output from the model (NetCDF format) Raw Monthly Averaged data Postprocessed data: none