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World Climate Research Programme's (WCRP) Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 3 (CMIP3) Project Database: MIROC3.2(medres) (Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate) at Centre for Climate System Research (The University of Tokyo) data

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2009-12-21
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2008-02-29
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 3.92K Files | 2TB

Abstract

Data from the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate MIROC3.2(medres) simulations

Citable as:  Centre for Climate System Research - National Institute for Environmental Studies (2008): World Climate Research Programme's (WCRP) Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 3 (CMIP3) Project Database: MIROC3.2(medres) (Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate) at Centre for Climate System Research (The University of Tokyo) data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/e0c5ff70060940fab8604c5a9db62158
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: CMIP3

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Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/cmip3.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data was converted to CF netCDF by the data provider.

File Format:
Data are netCDF formatted

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

MIROC3.2 (medres) Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate, Coupled GCM deployed on Centre for Climate System Research / National Institute for Environmental Studies (Japan) computer

Abstract

This computation involved: MIROC3.2 (medres) Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate, Coupled GCM deployed on Centre for Climate System Research / National Institude for Environmental Studies (Japan) computer.

Input Description

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Output Description

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Software Reference

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  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: Capacity of Soil to Store Water
  • standard_name: soil_moisture_content_at_field_capacity
  • var_id: mrsofc
  • units: %
  • long_name: Cloud Fraction
  • standard_name: cloud_area_fraction_in_atmosphere_layer
  • var_id: cl
  • units: kg m-2
  • standard_name: atmosphere_cloud_ice_content
  • long_name: Column Integerated Cloud Ice Content
  • var_id: clivi
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: Column Integerated Cloud Water Content
  • standard_name: atmosphere_cloud_condensed_water_content
  • var_id: clwvi
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: convective_precipitation_flux
  • var_id: prc
  • long_name: Convective Precipitation
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmin
  • long_name: Daily Minimum Surface Air Temperature
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmax
  • long_name: Daily Miximum Surface Air Temperature
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_sea_ice_velocity
  • long_name: Eastward Sea Ice Velocity
  • var_id: usi
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_sea_water_velocity
  • var_id: uo
  • long_name: Eastward Sea Water Velocity
  • units: %
  • long_name: Fraction of Grid Cell Covered with Glacier
  • standard_name: land_ice_area_fraction
  • var_id: sftgif
  • units: m
  • standard_name: geopotential_height
  • var_id: zg
  • long_name: Geopotential Height
  • units: m
  • long_name: Global Mean Sea Level Change
  • standard_name: global_average_sea_level_change
  • var_id: zosga
  • units: m
  • long_name: Global Mean Thermosteric Sea Level Change
  • standard_name: global_average_thermosteric_sea_level_change
  • var_id: zostoga
  • units: days
  • long_name: Growing Season Length
  • var_id: gsl
  • units: days
  • long_name: Heat Wave Duration Index
  • var_id: hwdi
  • units: K
  • long_name: Intra-Annual Extreme Temperature Range
  • var_id: etr
  • units: %
  • long_name: Land Area Fraction
  • standard_name: land_area_fraction
  • var_id: sftlf
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: Maximum 5-day Precipitation Total
  • var_id: r5d
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmax
  • long_name: Maximum Daily Surface Air Temperature
  • units: days
  • long_name: Maximum Number of Consecutive Dry Days
  • var_id: cdd
  • units: m3 s-1
  • long_name: Meridional Overturning Streamfunction
  • standard_name: ocean_meridional_overturning_streamfunction
  • var_id: stfmmc
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • var_id: vas
  • long_name: Meridional Surface Wind Speed
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: surface_downward_northward_stress
  • var_id: tauv
  • long_name: Meridional Surface Wind Stress
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • var_id: va
  • long_name: Meridional Wind Component
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmin
  • long_name: Minimum Daily Surface Air Temperature
  • units: kg m-2
  • standard_name: moisture_content_of_soil_layer
  • var_id: mrsos
  • long_name: Moisture in Upper 0.1 m of Soil Column
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Net Downward Shortwave Flux at 200 hPa
  • standard_name: net_downward_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • var_id: rsntp
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Net Flux at Top of Model
  • standard_name: net_downward_radiative_flux_at_top_of_atmosphere_model
  • var_id: rtmt
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Net Upward Longwave Flux at 200 hPa
  • standard_name: net_upward_longwave_flux_in_air
  • var_id: rlntp
  • units: W
  • long_name: Northward Ocean Heat Transport
  • standard_name: northward_ocean_heat_transport
  • var_id: hfogo
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_sea_ice_velocity
  • long_name: Northward Sea Ice Velocity
  • var_id: vsi
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_sea_water_velocity
  • var_id: vo
  • long_name: Northward Sea Water Velocity
  • units: days
  • long_name: Number of Days for which Precipitation Rate Exceeds 10 mm/day
  • var_id: r10
  • standard_name: ocean_barotropic_streamfunction
  • units: m3 s-1
  • long_name: Ocean Barotropic Streamfunction
  • var_id: stfbarot
  • long_name: Ocean Basin
  • standard_name: region
  • var_id: geo_region
  • units: Pa s-1
  • standard_name: lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure
  • var_id: wap
  • long_name: Omega (=dp/dt)
  • var_id: rlutcs
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
  • long_name: Outgoing Clear-Sky Longwave
  • var_id: rlut
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
  • long_name: Outgoing Longwave Radiation
  • units: 1e-9
  • long_name: Ozone Mole Fraction
  • standard_name: mole_fraction_of_o3_in_air
  • var_id: tro3
  • units: %
  • long_name: Percent of Annual Total Precipitation due to Events Exceeding the 1961-1990 95th Percentile
  • var_id: r95t
  • units: %
  • long_name: Percent of time Tmin > the 90th percentile value of daily minimum temperature
  • var_id: tn90
  • units: kg m-3
  • long_name: Potential Density
  • standard_name: sea_water_potential_density
  • var_id: rhopoto
  • units: K
  • standard_name: sea_water_potential_temperature
  • long_name: Potential Temperature
  • var_id: thetao
  • units: kg m-2
  • standard_name: atmosphere_water_vapor_content
  • long_name: Precipitable Water
  • var_id: prw
  • var_id: pr
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: precipitation_flux
  • long_name: Precipitation
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Q-Flux
  • standard_name: prescribed_heat_flux_into_slab_ocean
  • var_id: qflux
  • var_id: rsutcs
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
  • long_name: Reflected Clear-Sky Shortwave
  • standard_name: relative_humidity
  • units: %
  • long_name: Relative Humidity
  • var_id: hur
  • standard_name: sea_water_salinity
  • units: 1e-3
  • var_id: so
  • long_name: Salinity
  • units: m
  • long_name: Sea Floor Depth
  • standard_name: sea_floor_depth_below_geoid
  • var_id: zobt
  • units: %
  • standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
  • var_id: sic
  • long_name: Sea Ice Concentration
  • 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: m
  • var_id: zos
  • long_name: Sea Surface Elevation
  • standard_name: sea_surface_height_above_geoid
  • units: K
  • standard_name: sea_surface_temperature
  • var_id: tos
  • long_name: Sea Surface Temperature
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: Simple Daily Precipitation Index
  • var_id: sdii
  • units: kg m-2
  • var_id: snw
  • long_name: Snow Amount
  • standard_name: surface_snow_amount_where_land
  • units: %
  • long_name: Snow Area Fraction
  • standard_name: surface_snow_area_fraction_where_land
  • var_id: snc
  • units: m
  • standard_name: surface_snow_thickness
  • long_name: Snow Depth
  • var_id: snd
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: Snow Melt
  • standard_name: surface_snow_melt_flux_where_land
  • var_id: snm
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: snowfall_flux
  • var_id: prsn
  • long_name: Snowfall Flux
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: Soil Frozen Water Content
  • standard_name: soil_frozen_water_content
  • var_id: mrfso
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: specific_humidity
  • var_id: hus
  • long_name: Specific Humidity
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tas
  • long_name: Surface Air Temperature
  • units: m
  • long_name: Surface Altitude
  • standard_name: surface_altitude
  • var_id: orog
  • 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
  • var_id: hfls
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
  • long_name: Surface Latent Heat Flux
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: surface_air_pressure
  • var_id: ps
  • long_name: Surface Pressure
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: surface_runoff_flux
  • long_name: Surface Runoff
  • var_id: mrros
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
  • var_id: hfss
  • long_name: Surface Sensible Heat Flux
  • units: K
  • standard_name: surface_temperature
  • var_id: ts
  • long_name: Surface Skin Temperature
  • units: kg kg-1
  • standard_name: specific_humidity
  • var_id: huss
  • long_name: Surface Specific Humidity
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation
  • standard_name: surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
  • var_id: rlus
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: Surface Upwelling Shortwave Radiation
  • standard_name: surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • var_id: rsus
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: runoff_flux
  • long_name: Surface and Subsurface Runoff
  • var_id: mrro
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: toa_incoming_shortwave_flux
  • var_id: rsdt
  • long_name: TOA Incident Shortwave Radiation
  • var_id: rsut
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux
  • long_name: TOA Reflected Shortwave Radiation
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: ta
  • long_name: Temperature
  • units: %
  • standard_name: cloud_area_fraction
  • var_id: clt
  • long_name: Total Cloud Fraction
  • units: days
  • long_name: Total Number of Frost Days in Year
  • var_id: fd
  • units: kg m-2
  • standard_name: soil_moisture_content
  • long_name: Total Soil Moisture Content
  • var_id: mrso
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: upward_sea_water_velocity
  • var_id: wo
  • long_name: Upward Sea Water Velocity
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • var_id: wfo
  • long_name: Water Flux Into Ocean
  • standard_name: water_flux_into_ocean
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • var_id: uas
  • long_name: Zonal Surface Wind Speed
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: surface_downward_eastward_stress
  • var_id: tauu
  • long_name: Zonal Surface Wind Stress
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • var_id: ua
  • long_name: Zonal Wind Component
  • standard_name: atmosphere_hybrid_sigma_pressure_coordinate
  • var_id: lev_bnds
  • units: m
  • var_id: depth
  • standard_name: depth
  • long_name: depth
  • var_id: depth_bnds
  • units: m
  • standard_name: height
  • var_id: height
  • long_name: height
  • var_id: a
  • long_name: hybrid sigma coordinate A coefficient for layer
  • var_id: a_bnds
  • long_name: hybrid sigma coordinate A coefficient for layer bounds
  • var_id: b
  • long_name: hybrid sigma coordinate B coefficient for layer
  • var_id: b_bnds
  • long_name: hybrid sigma coordinate B coefficient for layer bounds
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: atmosphere_hybrid_sigma_pressure_coordinate
  • long_name: hybrid sigma pressure coordinate
  • var_id: lev
  • var_id: lat_bnds
  • var_id: lon_bnds
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: air_pressure
  • long_name: pressure
  • var_id: plev
  • units: Pa
  • var_id: p0
  • long_name: reference pressure for hybrid sigma coordinate
  • var_id: time_bnds

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
  • long_name: time
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1850-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
2300-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°