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Dataset

 

Chapter 3 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 3.3 (v20211001)

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2021-10-29
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2021-10-29
DOI Publication Date: 2023-02-08
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 6 Files | 1MB

Abstract

Data for Figure 3.3 from Chapter 3 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

Figure 3.3 shows the global annual-mean surface (2 m) air temperature (°C) and the model bias to ERA5.

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How to cite this dataset
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When citing this dataset, please include both the data citation below (under 'Citable as') and the following citation for the report component from which the figure originates:
Eyring, V., N.P. Gillett, K.M. Achuta Rao, R. Barimalala, M. Barreiro Parrillo, N. Bellouin, C. Cassou, P.J. Durack, Y. Kosaka, S. McGregor, S. Min, O. Morgenstern, and Y. Sun, 2021: Human Influence on the Climate System. In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 423–552, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.005.

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Figure subpanels
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The figure has six panels, with data provided for four panels in subdirectories named panel_a, panel_b, panel_c and panel_d.

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List of data provided
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This dataset contains:

- Global modelled annual-mean surface (2 m) air temperature (°C) of CMIP6 for the period 1995–2014
- Global bias of modelled annual-mean surface (2 m) air temperature (°C) of CMIP6 for the period 1995–2014 to reanalysis ERA5
- Global root mean square bias of modelled annual-mean surface (2 m) air temperature (°C) of CMIP6 for the period 1995–2014 to reanalysis ERA5
- Global bias of modelled annual-mean surface (2 m) air temperature (°C) of CMIP5 for the period 1985–2004 to reanalysis ERA5

CMIP6 is the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project.
CMIP5 is the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project.
ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) atmospheric reanalysis of the global climate.
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Data provided in relation to figure
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- panel_a/tas_mean_cmip6.nc; global map
- panel_b/tas_bias_cmip6.nc; global map
- panel_c/tas_rms_bias_cmip6.nc; global map
- panel_d/tas_bias_cmip5.nc; global map

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Sources of additional information
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The following weblinks are provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record:
- Link to the report component containing the figure (Chapter 3)
- Link to the Supplementary Material for Chapter 3, which contains details on the input data used in Table 3.SM.1
- Link to the code for the figure, archived on Zenodo.

Citable as:  Bock, L. (2023): Chapter 3 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 3.3 (v20211001). NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 08 February 2023. doi:10.5285/03cc44f98b0e4a4b97df37662e62be79. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/03cc44f98b0e4a4b97df37662e62be79
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: IPCC-DDC, IPCC, AR6, WG1, WGI, Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group I, Physical Science Basis, Chapter 3, Human influence, large-scale indicators, Natural variability, anthropogenically-forced change, observed changes, Figure 3.3, near-surface air temperature, global temperature, bias

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Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data produced by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) authors and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) by the Technical Support Unit (TSU) for IPCC Working Group I (WGI).
Data curated on behalf of the IPCC Data Distribution Centre (IPCC-DDC).

Data Quality:
Data as provided by the IPCC
File Format:
netCDF

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

Caption for Figure 3.3 from Chapter 3 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6)

Abstract

Annual mean surface (2 m) air temperature (°C) for the period 1995–2014. (a) Multi-model (ensemble) mean constructed with one realization of the CMIP6 historical experiment from each model. (b) Multi-model mean bias, defined as the difference between the CMIP6 multi-model mean and the climatology of the fifth generation of European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) atmospheric reanalyses of the global climate (ERA5). (c) Multi-model mean of the root mean square error calculated over all months separately and averaged with respect to the climatology from ERA5. (d) Multi-model-mean bias as the difference between the CMIP6 multi-model mean and the climatology from ERA5. Also shown is the multi-model mean bias as the difference between the multi-model mean of (e) high-resolution and (f) low-resolution simulations of four HighResMIP models and the climatology from ERA5. Uncertainty is represented using the advanced approach: No overlay indicates regions with robust signal, where ≥66% of models show change greater than variability threshold and ≥80% of all models agree on sign of change; diagonal lines indicate regions with no change or no robust signal, where <66% of models show a change greater than the variability threshold; crossed lines indicate regions with conflicting signal, where ≥66% of models show change greater than variability threshold and <80% of all models agree on sign of change. For more information on the advanced approach, please refer to Cross-Chapter Box Atlas.1. Dots in panel (e) mark areas where the bias in high resolution versions of the HighResMIP models is lower in at least three out of four models than in the corresponding low-resolution versions. Further details on data sources and processing are available in the chapter data table (Table 3.SM.1).

Input Description

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Output Description

None

Software Reference

None

  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tas
  • units: degree_Celsius
  • long_name: Near-Surface Air Temperature

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: latitude
  • var_id: lat
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: longitude
  • var_id: lon
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1985-01-01T12:00:00
End time:
2014-12-31T12:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
 
Related parties
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