This dataset contains model data for SNAPSI experiment 'free' produced by the seasonal prediction research team at Météo-France. It is generated with the coupled climate model CNRM-CM 6.1.

The SNAPSI project is a model intercomparison project to study the role of the stratosphere in subseasonal forecasts following stratospheric sudden warmings and the representation of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in subseasonal forecast models.

The free experiment is a set of retrospective, 45-day, 50-member ensemble forecasts. The forecasts are initialized on the date indicated by the sub-experiment id; for instance, the sub-experiment 's20180125' is initialized on 25 January 2018. The ocean, sea-ice, land-surface and ozone are all initialized and run prognostically.

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Sources of additional information
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The following web links are provided in the Details/Docs section of this catalogue record:
- Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI): A Protocol for Investigating the Role of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex in Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasts
- New set of controlled numerical experiments: Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI)
- Evaluation of CMIP6 DECK experiments with CNRM-CM6-1: Voldoire, A., Saint-Martin, D., Sénési, S., Decharme, B., Alias, A., Chevallier, M., Colin, J., Guérémy, J.-F., Michou, M., Moine, M.-P., Nabat, P., Roehrig, R., y Mélia, D. S., Séférian, R., Valcke, S., Beau, I., Belamari, S., Berthet, S., Cassou, C., Cattiaux, J., Deshayes, J., Douville, H., Ethé, C., Franchistéguy, L., Geoffroy, O., Lévy, C., Madec, G., Meurdesoif, Y., Msadek, R., Ribes, A., Sanchez-Gomez, E., Terray, L., and Waldman, R., J. Adv. Model Earth Sy., 11, 2177–2213, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001683, 2019