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Dataset

 

HadCM3 Climate Simulation - all natural and anthropogenic forcing experiment (Ensemble element 2).

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2023-11-08
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2024-01-15
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 1.28K Files | 6GB

Abstract

The HadCM3-ALL2 dataset includes time varying forcing from major and minor greenhouse gases, anthropogenic sulfur cycle with direct and indirect sulphate aerosol effects, and variations in tropospheric and stratospheric ozone based partly on off-line chemistry calculations broadly consistent with the IPCC IS95a emission scenario from 1859 to 2002 as well as changes in total solar irradiance and volcanic aerosol. This dataset is the second ensemble member for the HadCM3-ALL ensemble.

The HadCM3-ALL experiment was designed to simulate the combined of all natural and anthropogenic forcings supported by the HadCM3 model.The forcings are based upon historical observations as defined in the IPCC IS95a emission scenario. The HadCM3 model was used by the Hadley Centre to provide input for the IPCC Third Assessment Report.

Data members run for this experiment: ['acabc', 'acabd', 'acabe', 'acabf', 'acabg', 'acabh', 'acbnk']

Boundary conditions: The HadCM3-ALL2 simulation includes time varying forcing from major and minor greenhouse gases, anthropogenic sulfur cycle with direct and indirect sulphate aerosol effects, and variations in tropospheric and stratospheric ozone based partly on off-line chemistry calculations broadly consistent with the IPCC IS95a emission scenario from 1859 to 2002 as well as changes in total solar irradiance from Lean, et. al. (1995) and changes in volcanic aerosol from Sato et al. (1993).
References:
Lean, J., J. Beer, and R. Bradley (1995), Reconstruction of Solar Irradiance Since 1610: Implications for Climate Change. Geophysical Research Letters, 22, 3195-3198.
Sato, M., J.E. Hansen, M.P. McCormick, and J.B. Pollack (1995), Stratospheric aerosol optical depths, 1850-1990. Journal of Geophysical Research, 98, 22987-22994.

Initial conditions: The second element of the HadCM3-ALL ensemble was initialised with the December 1959 conditions from the HadCM3 control run (HadCM3-ctrl).

More detailed metadata on the model configuration and parameters is available in XML format.

Citable as:  Johns, T.; Elkington, M. (2024): HadCM3 Climate Simulation - all natural and anthropogenic forcing experiment (Ensemble element 2).. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/f9ace167a2ba4f608e96f9af8915d7df/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: HadCM3-ALL (ensemble element 2), HadCM3_ALL2, HadCM3, forcings

Details

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Data lineage:

Data from the UK Met Office Hadley Centre. Dataset directory structure was reordered by CEDA staff in November 2023 to place experiment runs within a directory of their associated experiment.

Data Quality:
Model data.
File Format:
HadCM3 data is provided in PP (post processing) format.

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

Hadley Centre Hadley Centre Coupled Model Version 3

Abstract

The Hadley Centre Hadley Centre Coupled Model Version 3 was developed from the earlier HadCM2 model in the period 1997-2000. Various improvements were applied to the 19 level atmosphere model and the 20 level ocean model and as a result the model requires no artificial flux adjustments to prevent excessive climate drift. The atmosphere and ocean exchange information once per day, heat and water fluxes being conserved exactly. The main differences from the previous HadCM2 model are a significantly more sophisticated radiation scheme; the inclusion of the direct impact of convection on momentum; and the inclusion of a new land surface scheme that includes a better representation of evaporation, freezing and melting of soil moisture. It improved on the resolution available from previous Hadley Centre models and included support for interactive couplings between the atmosphere and ocean and the biosphere, atmospheric chemistry, the sulphur cycle and atmospheric aerosols. The HadCM3 model was used by the Hadley Centre to provide input for the IPCC Third Assessment Report.

Input Description

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Output Description

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Software Reference

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  • var_id: UM_m01s03i249_vn405
  • long_name: 10 METRE WIND SPEED M/S
  • units: m s-1
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  • long_name: 10 METRE WIND U-COMP
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  • long_name: 10 METRE WIND V-COMP
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  • units: W m-2
  • var_id: UM_m01s14i201_vn405
  • long_name: ATMOS ENERGY CORR'N IN COLUMN W/M2
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: CLEAR-SKY (II) UPWARD LW FLUX (TOA)
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i206_vn405
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: CLEAR-SKY (II) UPWARD SW FLUX (TOA)
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  • var_id: UM_m01s01i209_vn405
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: convective_rainfall_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s05i205_vn405
  • long_name: CONVECTIVE RAINFALL RATE KG/M2/S
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  • var_id: UM_m01s05i206_vn405
  • long_name: CONVECTIVE SNOWFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: W m-2
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  • var_id: UM_m01s02i207_vn405
  • units: m
  • long_name: GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT: PRESSURE LEVELS
  • standard_name: geopotential_height
  • var_id: UM_m01s16i202_vn405
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: HEAT FLUX THROUGH SEA ICE (GBM) W/M2
  • standard_name: downward_heat_flux_in_sea_ice
  • var_id: UM_m01s03i201_vn405
  • units: 1
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i126_vn405
  • long_name: HIGH LEVEL SO2 EMISSIONS KG/M2/S
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: INCOMING SW RAD FLUX (TOA): ALL TSS
  • standard_name: toa_incoming_shortwave_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i207_vn405
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: stratiform_rainfall_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s04i203_vn405
  • long_name: LARGE SCALE RAINFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: stratiform_snowfall_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s04i204_vn405
  • long_name: LARGE SCALE SNOWFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: NET DOWN SURFACE LW RAD FLUX
  • standard_name: surface_net_downward_longwave_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i201_vn405
  • long_name: NET DOWN SURFACE SW FLUX: SW TS ONLY
  • units: W m-2
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  • var_id: UM_m01s01i201_vn405
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: NET DOWNWARD LW FLUX AT THE TROP.
  • standard_name: tropopause_net_downward_longwave_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i237_vn405
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: NET DOWNWARD SW FLUX AT THE TROP.
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  • units: W m-2
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  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i205_vn405
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: OUTGOING SW RAD FLUX (TOA)
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i208_vn405
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: PRESSURE AT MEAN SEA LEVEL
  • standard_name: air_pressure_at_sea_level
  • var_id: UM_m01s16i222_vn405
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: PSTAR AFTER TIMESTEP
  • standard_name: surface_air_pressure
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i001_vn405
  • standard_name: relative_humidity
  • units: %
  • long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT 1.5M
  • var_id: UM_m01s03i245_vn405
  • standard_name: relative_humidity
  • units: %
  • long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • var_id: UM_m01s16i204_vn405
  • units: kg m-2
  • standard_name: snowfall_amount
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i023_vn405
  • long_name: SNOW AMOUNT AFTER TIMESTEP KG/M2
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: mass_fraction_of_sulfur_dioxide_in_air
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i101_vn405
  • long_name: SO2 MASS MIXING RATIO AFTER TSTEP
  • units: 1
  • long_name: SO4 ACCUM. MODE AEROSOL AFTER TSTEP
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i104_vn405
  • units: 1
  • long_name: SO4 AITKEN MODE AEROSOL AFTER TSTEP
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i103_vn405
  • units: 1
  • long_name: SO4 DISSOLVED AEROSOL AFTER TSTEP
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i105_vn405
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT
  • var_id: UM_m01s08i208_vn405
  • units: 1
  • long_name: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AFTER TIMESTEP
  • standard_name: specific_humidity
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i010_vn405
  • units: kg m-2
  • standard_name: subsurface_runoff_amount
  • var_id: UM_m01s08i205_vn405
  • long_name: SUB-SURFACE RUNOFF AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
  • long_name: SULPHUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i058_vn405
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: SURF & BL TOTL MOISTURE FLUX KG/M2/S
  • var_id: UM_m01s03i223_vn405
  • standard_name: upward_water_vapor_flux_in_air
  • units: W m-2
  • var_id: UM_m01s03i217_vn405
  • long_name: SURFACE & B.LAYER HEAT FLUXES W/M2
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s03i234_vn405
  • long_name: SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUX W/M2
  • units: kg m-2
  • standard_name: surface_runoff_amount
  • var_id: UM_m01s08i204_vn405
  • long_name: SURFACE RUNOFF AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
  • units: K
  • long_name: SURFACE TEMPERATURE AFTER TIMESTEP
  • standard_name: surface_temperature
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i024_vn405
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • long_name: TEMPERATURE AT 1.5M
  • var_id: UM_m01s03i236_vn405
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • long_name: TEMPERATURE ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • var_id: UM_m01s16i203_vn405
  • units: K
  • long_name: THETA AFTER TIMESTEP
  • standard_name: air_potential_temperature
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i004_vn405
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: TOTAL DOWNWARD LW FLUX AT THE TROP.
  • standard_name: tropopause_downwelling_longwave_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i238_vn405
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: TOTAL DOWNWARD SURFACE SW FLUX
  • standard_name: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i235_vn405
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: precipitation_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s05i216_vn405
  • long_name: TOTAL PRECIPITATION RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: TOTAL RAINFALL RATE: LS+CONV KG/M2/S
  • standard_name: rainfall_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s05i214_vn405
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: TOTAL SNOWFALL RATE: LS+CONV KG/M2/S
  • standard_name: snowfall_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s05i215_vn405
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • long_name: U COMPNT OF WIND AFTER TIMESTEP
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i002_vn405_true_latitude_longitude
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • long_name: U COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • var_id: UM_m01s15i201_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i321_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i250_vn405
  • long_name: UM_m01s01i250_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i251_vn405
  • long_name: UM_m01s01i251_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i299_vn405
  • long_name: UM_m01s01i299_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i437_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i438_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i450_vn405
  • long_name: UM_m01s01i450_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i451_vn405
  • long_name: UM_m01s01i451_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i241_vn405
  • long_name: UM_m01s02i241_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i250_vn405
  • long_name: UM_m01s02i250_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i251_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i437_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i438_vn405
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  • long_name: UM_m01s02i450_vn405
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i451_vn405
  • long_name: UM_m01s02i451_vn405
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: UPWARD SW FLUX AT THE TROP.
  • standard_name: tropopause_upwelling_shortwave_flux
  • var_id: UM_m01s01i238_vn405
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • long_name: V COMPNT OF WIND AFTER TIMESTEP
  • var_id: UM_m01s00i003_vn405_true_latitude_longitude
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • long_name: V COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • var_id: UM_m01s15i202_vn405
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: WIND MIXING EN'GY FLUX INTO SEA W/M2
  • var_id: UM_m01s03i224_vn405
  • standard_name: wind_mixing_energy_flux_into_sea_water
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: X-COMP OF SURF & BL WIND STRESS N/M2
  • standard_name: surface_downward_eastward_stress
  • var_id: UM_m01s03i219_vn405_true_latitude_longitude
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: Y-COMP OF SURF & BL WIND STRESS N/M2
  • standard_name: surface_downward_northward_stress
  • var_id: UM_m01s03i220_vn405_true_latitude_longitude
  • standard_name: mass_fraction_of_ozone_in_air
  • var_id: UM_m01s02i260_vn405

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1859-12-01T00:00:00
End time:
2002-12-01T00:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°