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IPCC 4th Assessment Report (2007): Model GFDL-CM2_1

Location: DDC Home > Models: Summary Data > AR4 (2007): SRES scenarios

Agency	Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory,NOAA
Model name	CM2.1 - AOGCM
Atmospheric prognostic variables	Zonal and meridional wind components surface pressure temperature specific humidity of water vapor cloud liquid cloud ice and cloud fraction
Oceanic prognostic variables	u v free surface height temperature and salinity
Atmospheric resolution	2.5 degrees longitude, 2.0 degrees latitude, 24 levels
Oceanic resolution	1 degree longitudinal, 1 degree latitudinal with enhanced tropical resolution (1/3 on equator)

Further details

Further details from the pcmdi model documentation page

Land sea mask: netcdf

Data Tables

Each block in the table contains links to one or more data files and to one information page (the `info' link) with further information.

The data files are 'tar' files with names of the form [model]_[scenario]_[variable]_[climatology].tar.

The model, scenario and variable are determined by the position in the table.

Each tar file contains several NetCDF files with names of the form: [model]_[scenario]_[ensemble number]_[variable]_[start-year]-[end-year].nc.

Different climatologies are indicated by the links within each table entry.

20x: Twenty year averages, +20-39, +46-65, +80-99, +180-199 (as used in Chapt. 10 of IPCC 2007)
30a: Thirty year averages, +01-30, +31-60, +61-90 (as used in the observational climatologies)
30b: Thirty year averages, +10-39, +40-69, +70-99 (for compatibility with the 3rd Assessment Report)

The averaging period is relative to AD2000 for SRES scenarios A1B, A2 and B1, relative to AD1900 for the twentieth century run (20C3M) and relative to the start of the experiment for the pre-industrial control (PICTL) and the 1PCTO2X and 1PCTO4X runs.

Data available