Norwegian Climate Centre Earth System Model ME

Abbreviated Model Name:

NorESM1-ME

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:

omldamax_day_NorESM1-ME_historical_r1i1p1_18500101-18501231.nc

Data Filenames to Download:

NCCNEhiXAHsftlf000v120225 NCCNEhiMIXsic111v120225

Documentation

Model Documentation Link:

Model Description 1

Model Description 2

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:

1950-2005

2006-2099

Length (years) of Files:

1 year

Spatial Coverage:

United States

Canada

Spatial Resolution (atmospheric):

1.9° latitude, 2.5° longitude

Model Components

Lake Treatment:

From The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1-M – Part 1: Description and basic evaluation of the physical climate

"The land model in NorESM is the original version 4 of the Community Land Model (CLM4) (Oleson et al., 2010; Lawrence et al., 2011) of CCSM4."

Variables and Units

only the variables that are being collected for the Ensemble are shown

Temperature

Mean Temperature Output Name:

tas

Mean Temperature Temporal Frequency:

Monthly

Min/Max Temperature Output Name:

tasmin/tasmax

Temperature Units:

Kelvin

Precipitation

Total Precipitation Output Name:

Total Precipitation Temporal Frequency:

Monthly

Convective Precipitation Output Name:

prc

Convective Precipitation Temporal Frequency:

Monthly

Precipitation Units:

kg m-2 s-1

Sea Level Pressure

Sea Level Pressure Output Name:

psl

Sea Level Pressure Temporal Frequency:

Monthly

Sea Level Pressure Units:

Pascal (Pa)

Wind

Wind Output Name:

uas/vas

Wind Temporal Frequency:

Monthly

Wind Speed Units:

m/s

Snow

Snow Depth Output Name:

snd

Snow Depth Temporal Frequency:

Monthly

Snow Depth Units:

meters

Snowfall Flux Output Name:

prsn

Snowfall Flux Temporal Frequency:

Monthly

Snowfall Flux Units:

kg m-2 s-1

Figures

Representation of Great Lakes

Skin Temperature:

Land-Sea Fractions

Land-Sea Mask Data:

Link to Data

Great Lakes Ice

Ice Area Fraction (DJF):

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