Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Earth System Model LR

Abbreviated Model Name:

MPI-ESM-LR

Ensemble:

CMIP5

Experiments:

RCP 2.6

RCP 4.5

RCP 6

RCP 8.5

historical

Getting the Data

Data Access Link:

World Data Center for Climate CMIP5 Archive

Create an account here to download CMIP5 data. Instructions on how to search for and acquire the data are available here.

Data File Format:

.nc

Data Filename Convention:

clt_cfDay_MPI-ESM-LR_historical_r1i1p1_19790101-20051231.nc

Data Filenames to Download:

MXELr8DADvas111v111014 MXELr8DADuas111v111014 MXELr8DADtas111v111014 MXELr8DADtasmin111v111014 MXELr8DADtasmax111v111014 MXELr8DADpsl111v111014 MXELr8DADpr111v111014 MXELr8DADprsn111v111014 MXELr8DADprc111v111014 MXELr4DADvas111v111006 MXELr4DADuas111v111006 MXELr4DADtas111v111006 MXELr4DADtasmin111v111006 MXELr4DADtasmax111v111006 MXELr4DADpsl111v111006 MXELr4DADpr111v111006 MXELr4DADprsn111v111006 MXELr4DADprc111v111006 MXELr2DADvas111v111014 MXELr2DADuas111v111014 MXELr2DADtas111v111014 MXELr2DADtasmin111v111014 MXELr2DADtasmax111v111014 MXELr2DADpsl111v111014 MXELr2DADpr111v111014 MXELr2DADprsn111v111014 MXELr2DADprc111v111014 MXELhiXAHsftlf000v120315 MXELhiDADvas111v111006 MXELhiDADuas111v111006 MXELhiDADtas111v111006 MXELhiDADtasmin111v111006 MXELhiDADtasmax111v111006 MXELhiDADpsl111v111006 MXELhiDADpr111v111006 MXELhiDADprsn111v111006 MXELhiDADprc111v111006 MXELhiMAAts111v120315 MXELhiMOOtos111v120625 MXELhiMIXsic111v120315

Documentation

Model Documentation Link:

Model Description

Data Distribution Center (select model and experiment from table)

IPCC AR5 WG1 Chapter 9 Report (see Appendix 9A)

World Data Center for Climate (click magnifying glass in far right column for each experiment)

CMIP5 Variable Descriptions

CMIP5 Model Component Descriptions (ES-DOC)

CMIP5 Variable Descriptions (New Table)

Time and Space Information

Available Years of Data:

1979-2005