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SPECS - CNRM-CM5 model output prepared for SPECS seaIceInit (1979-2012)

Latest Data Update: 2015-06-26
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2015-09-24
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 73.02K Files | 297GB

Abstract

This dataset includes the CNRM-CM5 model output prepared for SPECS seaIceInit (1979-2012). These data were prepared by the Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques, as part of the SPECS project.

The model used is CNRM-CM, combining ARPEGEv6.0.3 + NEM0v3.2 + GELATO6.0.1 + SURFEX7.2, frequency is monthly.

Atmospheric variables are:
clt evlwr hfls hfss hus mrro mrso pr prsn psl rlds rls rlut rsds rsdt rss ta tas tasmax tasmin tauu tauv ua uas va vas zg

Oceanic variables are:
hfnorth mlotst msftmyz msftmyza msftmyzba sltnorth so t20d thetao tos uo vo

SeaIce variables are:
sic sit snld strairx strairy tsice usi vsi

Citable as:  Guemas, V. (2015): SPECS - CNRM-CM5 model output prepared for SPECS seaIceInit (1979-2012). Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/57f5fd7e369e4467a56f0f227060cd44

Abbreviation: SPECS-CNRM-CM5-SeaIce
Keywords: specs, cnrm, climate

Details

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Previously used record identifiers:
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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(s):
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 were supplied by SPECS participants to CEDA for archiving in 2015.

File Format:
NetCDF4

Process overview

  • units: m
  • long_name: 20C isotherm depth
  • standard_name: depth_of_isosurface_of_sea_water_potential_temperature
  • var_id: t20d
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: ta
  • long_name: Air Temperature
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmax
  • long_name: Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmin
  • long_name: Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • var_id: uas
  • long_name: Eastward Near-Surface Wind
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • var_id: ua
  • long_name: Eastward Wind
  • units: m
  • standard_name: geopotential_height
  • var_id: zg
  • long_name: Geopotential Height
  • units: m3 s-1
  • standard_name: ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction
  • long_name: Meridional Mass Streamfunction
  • var_id: msftmyz
  • units: m3 s-1
  • long_name: Meridional Mass Streamfunction Due to Bolus Advection
  • standard_name: ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction_due_to_bolus_advection
  • var_id: msftmyzba
  • units: m3 s-1
  • standard_name: ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction
  • var_id: msftmyza
  • long_name: Meridional Mass Streamfunction in the Atlantic
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tas
  • long_name: Near-Surface Air Temperature
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux
  • long_name: Net Shortwave Surface Radiation
  • var_id: rss
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_net_downward_longwave_flux
  • long_name: Net longwave surface radiation
  • var_id: rls
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • var_id: vas
  • long_name: Northward Near-Surface Wind
  • units: W
  • long_name: Northward Ocean Heat Transport
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_heat_transport
  • var_id: hfnorth
  • units: kg s-1
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_salt_transport
  • long_name: Northward Ocean Salt Transport
  • var_id: sltnorth
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • var_id: va
  • long_name: Northward Wind
  • units: m
  • standard_name: ocean_mixed_layer_thickness_defined_by_sigma_t
  • var_id: mlotst
  • long_name: Ocean mixed layer thickness defined by sigma T
  • var_id: pr
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: precipitation_flux
  • long_name: Precipitation
  • units: %
  • standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
  • var_id: sic
  • long_name: Sea Ice Area Fraction
  • units: m
  • standard_name: sea_ice_thickness
  • long_name: Sea Ice Thickness
  • var_id: sit
  • units: Pa
  • var_id: psl
  • standard_name: air_pressure_at_sea_level
  • long_name: Sea Level Pressure
  • units: K
  • standard_name: sea_surface_temperature
  • var_id: tos
  • long_name: Sea Surface Temperature
  • units: psu
  • standard_name: sea_water_salinity
  • var_id: so
  • long_name: Sea Water Salinity
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: uo
  • long_name: Sea Water X Velocity
  • standard_name: sea_water_x_velocity
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: vo
  • standard_name: sea_water_y_velocity
  • long_name: Sea water Y velocity
  • units: K
  • standard_name: sea_water_potential_temperature
  • var_id: thetao
  • long_name: Sea water potential temperature
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: snowfall_flux
  • var_id: prsn
  • long_name: Snowfall Flux
  • units: kg kg-1
  • standard_name: specific_humidity
  • var_id: hus
  • long_name: Specific Humidity
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: surface_downward_eastward_stress
  • var_id: tauu
  • long_name: Surface Downward Eastward Wind Stress
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: surface_downward_northward_stress
  • var_id: tauv
  • long_name: Surface Downward Northward Wind Stress
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
  • var_id: rlds
  • long_name: Surface Downwelling Longwave Radiation
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • var_id: rsds
  • long_name: Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation
  • units: K
  • standard_name: surface_temperature
  • long_name: Surface Temperature of Sea Ice
  • var_id: tsice
  • var_id: hfls
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
  • long_name: Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
  • var_id: hfss
  • long_name: Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: toa_incoming_shortwave_flux
  • var_id: rsdt
  • long_name: TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation
  • var_id: rlut
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
  • long_name: TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation
  • units: days
  • long_name: Time elapsed since the start of the forecast
  • standard_name: forecast_period
  • var_id: leadtime
  • units: %
  • standard_name: cloud_area_fraction
  • var_id: clt
  • long_name: Total Cloud Fraction
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: runoff_flux
  • var_id: mrro
  • long_name: Total Runoff
  • units: kg m-2
  • standard_name: soil_moisture_content
  • long_name: Total Soil Moisture Content
  • var_id: mrso
  • units: N m-2
  • var_id: strairx
  • long_name: X-Component of Atmospheric Stress On Sea Ice
  • standard_name: surface_downward_x_stress
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: usi
  • long_name: X-Component of Sea Ice Velocity
  • standard_name: sea_ice_x_velocity
  • units: N m-2
  • var_id: strairy
  • long_name: Y-Component of Atmospheric Stress On Sea Ice
  • standard_name: surface_downward_y_stress
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: vsi
  • long_name: Y-Component of Sea Ice Velocity
  • standard_name: sea_ice_y_velocity
  • units: 1
  • long_name: cell index along first dimension
  • var_id: i
  • units: 1
  • long_name: cell index along second dimension
  • var_id: j
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: evaporation
  • standard_name: lwe_water_evaporation_rate
  • var_id: evlwr
  • units: m
  • standard_name: height
  • var_id: height
  • long_name: height
  • units: degrees_north
  • var_id: lat_vertices
  • var_id: lev_bnds
  • units: degrees_east
  • var_id: lon_vertices
  • units: m
  • standard_name: depth
  • var_id: lev
  • long_name: ocean depth coordinate
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: air_pressure
  • long_name: pressure
  • var_id: plev
  • units: m
  • standard_name: lwe_thickness_of_surface_snow_amount
  • long_name: snow depth
  • var_id: snld
  • var_id: time_bnds

Co-ordinate Variables

  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • units: days
  • long_name: Verification time of the forecast
  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: lat
  • long_name: latitude coordinate
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: lon
  • long_name: longitude coordinate
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1979-04-30T23:00:00
End time:
2012-04-30T23:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
 
Related parties
Authors (1)
Principal Investigators (1)