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| Driving Global Coupled Models | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HadGEM2-ES | EC-EARTH | CNRM-CM5 | NorESM1-M | MPI-ESM-LR | IPSL-CM5A-MR | CanESM2 | MIROC5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Regional Climate Models | RCA4 (SMHI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| CCLM-8-17 (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| CCLM-GPU (ETH) | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| REMO 09&15 (GERICS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| RACMO22E (KNMI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| HIRHAM5 (DMI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WRF361H | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WRF381P | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ALADIN53 (CNRM) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ALADIN63 (CNRM) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| RegCM4.6.1 (ICTP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| HadGEM3-RA (MOHC) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| RCP26 | RCP45 | RCP85 | [0-9] = Number of simulations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dataset numbers (simulation version)
On a general level in the CDS form for the RCM simulations “v” enumerates runs and NOT model versions. For the DMI, KNMI and SMHI runs numbers different from “v1” means new simulations relative to the first “v1” one. It might not mean a new version. Hereafter we describe the meaning of the different dataset numbers for those models, which have some.
- DMI
- For the EC-EARTH r3i1p1 forced HIRHAM simulation “v2” is a new simulation where proper GHG concentrations changing with time are used as a contrast to “v1” that erroneously used the constant control level throughout the simulation. Therefore users should use v2.
- As it is for the previous point “v2” is used for the HIRHAM simulation forced by MOHC-HadGEM2-ES.
- As for the previous two points but here “v3” is used for the NorESM driven simulation. A previous “v2” version including also an error in the vertical interpolation when preparing the boundary files also exists.
- KNMI
- For the MOHC-HadGEM2-ES forced RACMO simulation v2 is a new simulation where a big error in SST-remapping from the HadGEM-grid to the RCM-grid in v1 was corrected. The erroneous v1-simulation has been unpublished from the ESGF.
- For the CNRM-CM5 simulation v2 is a new simulation replacing the old now with input data taken from pressure levels instead of model levels. The originally provided model level fields from CNRM were wrong.
- SMHI
- Two MPI-driven scenario runs were rerun in 2016 as there had been problems with a restart file and as there was an error in the snow diagnostics in the original run. The reruns were labelled v1a.
- CNRM
- For the CNRM-CM5 simulation v2 is a new simulation replacing the old now with input data taken from pressure levels instead of model levels. The original provided model level fields from CNRM were wrong.
Ensembles
The boundary conditions used to run a RCM are also identified by the model member if the CMIP5 simulation used. Each modeling centre typically run the same experiment using the same GCM several times to confirm the robustness of results and inform sensitivity studies through the generation of statistical information. A model and its collection of runs is referred to as an ensemble. Within these ensembles, three different categories of sensitivity studies are done, and the resulting individual model runs are labelled by three integers indexing the experiments in each category.
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