CCM3 Model Experiments
You may download seasonal and monthly output from these experiments by clicking the appropriate link in the Experiment Name column. Not all data is available. The numbers on the end of the filename correspond to the years. You may obtain more information on these boundary conditions: carbon dioxide volume, orbital parameters, and paleocalendar dates.
Experiment Tables
- 6k Sensitivity Experiments
- Variable Mountain Height Experiments
- 6k Land-Surface Experiments
- PMIP Experiments
6k Sensitivity Experiments | ||||||||||||
| CCR Expt Name | Description | Res (2) |
SSTs (3) |
Sea ice (4) |
Insol. (5a) | Mask (5b) | CO2 | Calendar (6) | Hist Files (7) |
Run Length | Yrs Avged | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version Omega 0.9 with LSM (JEFF O9AMIPc2) | T42 | F | F | M | M | 355 | M | D,M | 13 | 0108 | ||
| 6K B.P. with LSM (BONAN 030) | T42 | F | F | 6k | M | 355 | 6k | D | 5 | 0105 | ||
| 6K B.P. with LSM, with Paleovegetation (BONAN 032) |
T42 | F | F | 6k | M | 355 | 6k | D | 5 | 0105 | ||
| 6K B.P. with LSM, with Paeleolakes (Coe)(BONAN 031, 031b) | T42 | F | F | 6k | M | 355 | 6k | D | 5 | 0105 | ||
| 6K B.P. with LSM, PMIP CO2 (BONAN 033) |
T42 | F | F | 6k | M | 288 | M | D | 8 | 0108 | ||
| Related Publications | Kutzbach, J.E., G. Bonan, J. Foley, and S.P. Harrison (1996). Vegetation and soil feedbacks on the response of the African monsoon to orbital forcing in the early to middle Holocene. Nature 384, 623-626. Coe, M., and G. Bonan (1997). Feedbacks between climate and surface water in Northern Africa during the middle-Holocene. Journal of Geophysical Research 102, 11,087-11,101. |
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Variable Mountain Height Experiments | ||||||||||||
| CCR Expt Name | Description | Res (2) |
SSTs (3) |
Sea ice (4) |
Insol. (5a) |
Mask (5b) | CO2 | Calendar (6) | Hist Files (7) |
Run Length | Yrs Avged | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version Omega 0.9 (OLSON sld012b) | T42 | F | F | M | M | 355 | M | D, M | 10 | 0307 | ||
| Asia no mtn (KUTZ2 anomtexp) |
T42 | F | F | M | M | 355 | M | D | 7 | 0307 | ||
| East Africa no mtn | T42 | F | F | M | M | 355 | M | D | 7 | 0307 | ||
| Ideal Himalayan Mtn. Narrow Plateau | T42 | F | F | M | M | 355 | M | D | 7 | 0307 | ||
| Ideal Himalayan Mtn only | T42 | F | F | M | M | 355 | M | D | 7 | 0307 | ||
| Global no mtn | T42 | F | F | M | M | 355 | M | D | 7 | 0307 | ||
| Related Publications | Kutzbach, J.E., W.F. Ruddiman, and W.L. Prell (1997).
Possible effects of Cenozoic uplift and CO2 lowering on global
and regional hydrology. In "Tectonic Uplift and Climate
Change" (W.F. Ruddiman, ed.), Plenum Publishing |
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6k Land-Surface Experiments | ||||||||||||
| CCR Expt Name | Description | Res (2) |
SSTs (3) |
Sea ice (4) |
Insol. (5a) | Mask (5b) | CO2 | Calendar (6) | Hist Files (7) |
Run Length | Yrs Avged | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Version Omega 0.9 (OLSON sld012b) | T42 | F | F | M | M | 355 | M | D, M | 10 | 0202, 0307 | ||
| 6K; NO Veg, Soil, Lake, Wetland chg ovr N. Africa | T42 | F | F | 6 k | M | 355 | 6k | D | 7 | 0307 | ||
| 6k Veg, Soil; NO lake, Wetland chg over N. Africa | T42 | F | F | 6 k | M | 355 | 6k | D | 7 | 0307 | ||
| 6K Veg, Soil, Lake, NO Wetland chg over N. Africa | T42 | F | F | 6 k | M | 355 | 6k | D | 7 | 0307 | ||
| 6K Veg, Soil, Lake, Wetland chg over N. Afr | T42 | F | F | 6 k | M | 355 | 6k | D | 7 | 0307 | ||
| Related Publications |
Broström, A. M. Coe, S.P. Harrison, R. Gallimore, J.E. Kutzbach, J. Foley, I.C. Prentice, and P. Behling (1998). Land Surface feedbacks and palaeomonsoons in Northern Africa. Geophysical Research Letters 25(19), 3615-3618. Carrington, D.P.,. R.G. Gallimore, and J.E. Kutzbach (2001). Climate sensitivity to wetlands and wetland vegetation in mid-Holocene North Africa. Climate Dynamics, 17, 151-157. CCR #794 |
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PMIP Experiments | ||||||||||||
| CCR Expt Name | Description | Res (2) |
SSTs (3) |
Sea ice (4) |
Insol. (5a) | Mask (5b) | CO2 | Calendar (6) | Hist Files (7) |
Run Length | Yrs Avged | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0KPMIPEX |
0k PMIP | T42 | F | F | M | M | 355 | M | D | 7 | 0312 | |
| 6k PMIP | T42 | F | F | 6k | M | 288 | M | D | 7 | 0312 | ||
| 21k PMIP | T42 | P | P | 21k | 21k Pelt | 206 | M | D | 7 | 0312 | ||
| Related Publications | Branconnot, P., S.P. Harrison, S. Joussaume, C.D. Hewitt, A. Kitoh, J.E. Kutzbach, Z. Liu, B. Otto-Bliesner, J. Syktus, and N. Weber (2002). Evaluation of PMIP Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Simulations of the Mid-Holocene. Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research. CCR #764 Joussaume, S., K.E. Taylor, P. Braconnot, J. Mitchell, J. Kutzbach, S.P. Harrison, I.C. Prentice, A.J. Broccoli, A. Abe-Ouchi, P.J. Bartlein, C. Bonfils, B. Dong, J. Guiot, K. Herterich, C. Hewitt, D. Jolly, J.W. Kim, A Kislov, M.F. Loutre, V. Masson, B. McAvaney, N. McFarlane, N. deNoblet, W.R. Peltier, J.Y. Peterschmitt, D. Pollard, D. Rind, J.F. Royer, M. Schlesinger, J. Syktus, S. Thompson, P. Valdes, G. Vettoretti, R.S. Webb, U. Wyputta (1999). Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: results of 18 simulations from the Palaeoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP). Geophysical Research Letters 26(7), 859-862. CCR #721 |
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Tables Key
1 Experiment Name, Global Stats (Standard Areas), Downloadable Data
2 Resolution: T42 (2.8125 x 2.8125)
3 SSTs: ML=mixed-layer, F=fixed, P=prescribed
4 Sea-ice: I=interactive, P=prescribed, F=fixed
5a Insolation: M=modern
5b Mask: M=modern, C=calculated, P=Peltier reconstruction
CO2: A=Atmosphere, V=Vegetation
6 Calendar: M=modern dates, number=paleodate before present (i.e., 6k)
7 History file written: D=daily, M=monthly
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