Dataset
RAPID: Meteorology model output from the HadCM3 control ensemble (1991-2030)
Abstract
Data from "The Predictability of rapid climate change associated with the Atlantic thermohaline circulation" project. This was a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 2 - NE/C509174/1 - Duration 1 Jan 2005 - 18 Sep 2008) led by Prof Rowan Sutton of the University of Reading, with co-investigators at the University of Oxford and at the National Oceanography Centre. The dataset identifies the dominant sources of uncertainty in General Circulation Model predictions of the Thermohaline Circulation.
This dataset contains meteorology model output from the HadCM3 control ensemble.
Forecasts of the future behaviour of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation (THC) are needed to inform policy on climate change. Such forecasts must be probabilistic taking into account the principal sources of uncertainty. It is not possible to sample exhaustively all sources of uncertainty because the number of degrees of freedom is too great. Consequently a future forecasting system will be reliant on strategies to identify those dimensions of uncertainty that are most important. This project developed an objective methodology to identify the dominant sources of uncertainty in General Circulation Model predictions of the THC. Perturbations to oceanic initial conditions and climate model parameters that generate the most rapid change in the THC and related aspects of climate were identified. These perturbations were used to produce an early probabilistic forecast for the behaviour of the THC up to 2100. The results were also feed directly into the next generation of ensemble climate predictions being developed at the UK Hadley Centre.
Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) was a £20 million, six-year (2001-2007) programme for the Natural Environment Research Council. The programme aimed to improve the ability to quantify the probability and magnitude of future rapid change in climate, with a main (but not exclusive) focus on the role of the Atlantic Ocean's Thermohaline Circulation.
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_32fef6b0-41b4-11e4-9be1-00163e251233
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| Data lineage: |
Data supplied by Reading University. |
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Not known.
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Data are netCDF formatted
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Related Documents
Process overview
| Title | Hadley Centre Coupled Model 3 (HadCM3) deployed on unknown computer |
| Abstract | This computation involved: Hadley Centre Coupled Model 3 (HadCM3). |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
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Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
1991-08-31T23:00:00
2030-01-01T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
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-90.0000° |