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IPCC 4th Assessment Report (2007): Scenario 20C3M

Scenario: 20C3M

Simulations of the 20th centuryMore details on scenarios here.

Data Tables

Each block in the table contains links to one or more data files and to one information page (the `info' link) with further information.

The data files are 'tar' files with names of the form [model]_[scenario]_[variable]_[climatology].tar.

The model, scenario and variable are determined by the position in the table.

Each tar file contains several NetCDF files with names of the form: [model]_[scenario]_[ensemble number]_[variable]_[start-year]-[end-year].nc.

Different climatologies are indicated by the links within each table entry.

  • 20x: Twenty year averages, +20-39, +46-65, +80-99, +180-199 (as used in Chapt. 10 of IPCC 2007)
  • 30a: Thirty year averages, +01-30, +31-60, +61-90 (as used in the observational climatologies)
  • 30b: Thirty year averages, +10-39, +40-69, +70-99 (for compatibility with the 3rd Assessment Report)
The averaging period is relative to AD2000 for SRES scenarios A1B, A2 and B1, relative to AD1900 for the twentieth century run (20C3M) and relative to the start of the experiment for the pre-industrial control (PICTL) and the 1PCTO2X and 1PCTO4X runs.

Data available

Variable
Model specific
humidity
precipitation
flux
air
pressure at
sea level
surface
downwelling
shortwave
flux in air
air
temperature
air
temperature
daily max
air
temperature
daily min
eastward
wind
northward
wind
BCCR:BCM2 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info
CCCMA:CGCM3_1-T47 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
CCCMA:CGCM3_1-T63 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
CNRM:CM3 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
CONS:ECHO-G -- 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
CSIRO:MK3 -- 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- --
GFDL:CM2 -- 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
GFDL:CM2_1 -- 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
INM:CM3 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info
IPSL:CM4 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
LASG:FGOALS-G1_0 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
MPIM:ECHAM5 -- 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
MRI:CGCM2_3_2 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
NASA:GISS-AOM 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info
NASA:GISS-EH 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
NASA:GISS-ER 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
NCAR:CCSM3 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- -- --
NCAR:PCM -- 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- --
NIES:MIROC3_2-HI 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info
NIES:MIROC3_2-MED 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info
UKMO:HADCM3 -- 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info
UKMO:HADGEM1 -- 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info 30a; info -- -- 30a; info 30a; info