Global Change Master Directory gsfc-gcmduso@mail.nasa.gov 50 2013-05-24T12:16:05Z http://mddemo.gsfc.nasa.gov/KeywordSearch/OpenSearch.do 46 0 http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPCC -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 0001-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-11-02T04:00:00Z

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was organized in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). Four series of reports ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_692 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,-50.0 1993-09-30T00:00:00Z 1995-03-31T00:00:00Z 2012-09-20T04:00:00Z

The data set associated with this project is a long simulation from a global climate model, with data saved every 6 hours. Also part of the simulated atmospheric data in the project is the results ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]deccen_coupled_climate -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1860-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2012-02-13T05:00:00Z

The GFDL R30 climate model is a coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model (AOGCM). Its four major components are an atmospheric spectral GCM, and ocean GCM, and relatively ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]FED_SMP 80.0,50.0,110.0,75.0 2011-04-06T04:00:00Z

The purpose of the Siberian Mapping Project is to improve forest cover maps and create above ground biomass maps of the Siberian boreal forest. The project is aimed at improving forest disturbance ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCAR_CCSM3 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1870-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2010-08-10T04:00:00Z

The Community Climate System Model (CCSM) is a fully-coupled, global climate model that provides state-of-the-art computer simulations of the Earth's past, present, and future ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_632 -180.0,-80.0,180.0,-45.0 1975-02-01T00:00:00Z 1990-03-31T00:00:00Z 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z

The data set generated in this project is a long (10 years) climate model simulation, with the data over the Antarctic coastal region extracted. A subsidiary data set is episodes of strong simulated ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[AADC]ASAC_697 62.0,-90.0,155.0,-30.0 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z 1991-06-30T00:00:00Z 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z

The data set derived from this project consists of the extraction of unusually cold days at Melbourne and Perth. (The basic source was the Bureau of Meteorology daily data records.) Another part of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]ALERA -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-10T00:00:00Z 2010-03-02T05:00:00Z

ALERA is an experimental atmospheric reanalysis dataset for about one and a half years from 1 May 2005 produced on the Earth Simulator. It provides not only the ensemble mean but also spread of the ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]JAMSTEC_K7 -180.0,-89.5,180.0,89.5 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-06-30T00:00:00Z 2010-03-02T05:00:00Z

The main objective of the research is to construct an innovative four-dimensional variational (4D-VAR) coupled data assimilation (CDA) system capable of providing high-quality comprehensive datasets ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]JAMSTEC_OFES -180.0,-75.0,180.0,75.0 2010-03-02T05:00:00Z

OFES (OGCM for the Earth Simulator) and the Earth Simulator enable to perform decadal integrations of eddy resolving ocean simulations in the world ocean. The Earth Simulator Center (ESC) and Frontier ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]GISS_STORM_TRACK -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-08-25T04:00:00Z

[Source: NASA/GISS, http://data.giss.nasa.gov/stormtracks/ ] Extratropical storms directly effect the environment and economy throughout the mid-latitudes, greatly impacting the lives of billions ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NASA_GISS_AOM_CD_C089 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 2100-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-08-25T04:00:00Z

[Source: NASA/GISS, http://aom.giss.nasa.gov/general.html ] The global coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model was designed at GISS for climate predictions at decade to century time scales. Atmospheric Models ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]IPCC_DDC_CD -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 2099-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-06-12T04:00:00Z

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Data Distribution Centre (IPCC/DDC) has been established to facilitate the timely distribution of a consistent set of up-to-date ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LDEO_CARTON -180.0,-60.0,180.0,60.0 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-12-31T00:00:00Z 2009-05-11T04:00:00Z

This data set is a global assimilation analysis of the ocean using a General Circulation Model of the oceans based on the GFDL MOM2 code to study the ocean's role in climate variability. ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CEOP_MODEL_GATEWAY -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

These data consist of model output data to support the Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP). The data consists of Model Output Location Time Series (MOLTS) from NOAA/NCEP Global ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NCDC_GFDL_100_1000 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z T00:00:00Z 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Global Climate Model (GCM) 100 year run can be found here: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/climate/online/gcm.html . The Geophysical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]MINTZ_WALKER_SOIL_AND_EVAPO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

Monthly fields of soil moisture are widely used in numerical weather predictions and climate simulations with general circulation models (GCMs). Gridded global fields of normal monthly ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]USDA0585 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2009-04-20T04:00:00Z

"Response of Atmospheric Dynamics to Changes in Surface Conditions" is a General Circulation Model (GCM) output from model simulations with various land surface configurations and ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]CDIAC_ICRCCM 2007-06-29T04:00:00Z

The Intercomparison of Radiation Codes in Climate Models (ICRCCM) study was started under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_2002-051 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2007-02-06T05:00:00Z

Revision of the GEOCARB model (Berner, 1991, 1994) for paleolevels of atmospheric CO2, has been made with emphasis on factors affecting CO2 uptake by continental weathering. This includes: (1) new ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LDEO_GISS_MODELS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-12-31T00:00:00Z 2006-06-30T04:00:00Z

Model output consists of surface diagnostics from an atmospheric model simulation that used Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) boundary conditions. See http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/projects/amip/index.php ...

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Sea surface temperature (SST) model runs from Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) boundary conditions. See" "http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/amip/"

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2006-05-11T04:00:00Z

The Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) was initiated in order to coordinate and encourage the systematic study of atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) and to assess their ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]G01000 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2006-02-08T05:00:00Z

General collection of paleoclimate proxy data including climate indicators from microfossils, pollen, ice cores, tree rings, etc.

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_GFDL -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-07-28T04:00:00Z

One of several versions of global spectral models in use at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, ithis version of the GFDL model is applied primarily to climate studies. In its treatment of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_BMRC -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The BMRC model is a descendant of a spectral general circulation model first developed in the 1970s (cf. Bourke et al. 1977 , and McAvaney et al. 1978 ). This version is more recent than that used ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CCC2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The CCC model is the second-generation version of a model first developed in the early 1980s for climate applications. The model is identical to the latest AMIP model exept for different initial ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_96-027 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The data set consists of CCM1 General Circulation model output for paleoclimatic simulations over the past 18,000 years. CCM1 Experiment 25 for 21k, 16k, 14k, 11k, 6k, and 0k, monthly data. CCM1 ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CCSR1 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

Model CCSR/NIES AGCM (T21 L20) 1995 is based on a simple global atmospheric model first developed at the University of Tokyo (cf. Numaguti 1993), and further refined as a collaboration between CCSR ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CLIMBER2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

CLIMBER-2, is a model developed by the CLIMate and BiosphERe groupe-Climate System Department at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). For the PMIP, CLIMBER-2 consists of runs ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CNRM2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The model is a version (Cycle 14) of the ARPEGE climate model, which is designed for use by the French climate community. (ARPEGE is the acronym for Action de Recherche Petite Echelle Grande Echelle: ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CSIRO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The CSIRO model is derived from earlier two-level and four-level spectral models based on the primitive equations expressed in conservative flux form (cf. Gordon 1981, 1993 ). For the PMIP, CSIRO ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_ECHAM3 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

This is the third in a series of models developed at MPI that derive from an earlier version (cycle 17) of the operational forecast model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_GEN1 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The global climate model used for PMIP is Version 1.02A of GENESIS (Global ENvironmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems). It has been developed at NCAR Interdisciplinary Climate ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_GEN2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The global climate model used for PMIP is Version 2.0 of GENESIS (Global ENvironmental and Ecological Simulation of Interactive Systems). It has been developed at NCAR Interdisciplinary Climate Systems ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_LMCELMD4 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

LMCELMD4: The LMD model derives from an earlier version developed for climate studies (cf. Sadourny and Laval 1984) . Subsequent modifications principally include changes in the representation of ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_MRI2 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The MRI model is derived from an earlier version of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) model (cf. Arakawa and Mintz 1974 and Arakawa and Lamb 1977 ). Subsequent modifications include ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_MSU -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The MSU model was developed in 1989 for climate applications. The latest version of this model is significantly differ from the first version: a) it is used the simulation with seasonal resolution, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]NOAA_NCDC_PALEO_94-012 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

GISS MODEL II NINE LAYER PALEOCLIMATE SIMULATIONS There are a number of different modern control runs for the paloeclimate experiments. It is important to be sure that the correct control run is ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_GISS -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The GISS model used for the PMIP experiment is a modified version of Model II that is described by Hansen et al. (1983) . The current model (described by Hansen et al., 1997) differs from this predecessor ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_UGAMP -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The UGAMP model is based on the ECMWF (cycle 27) model (cf. Tiedtke et al. 1988 and Simmons et al. 1989 ), but with modifications principally in the treatment of radiation, convection, surface fluxes, ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_UIUC11 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The 11-layer tropospheric/lower-stratospheric GCM is a descendent of the 2-layer atmospheric GCM developed in the late 1960's and early 1970's by Arakawa and Mintz at UCLA , and subsequently developed ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_UKMO -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The UKMO HADAM2 model part of the line of Unified Models (UM) intended to provide a common framework for forecasting and climate applications (cf. Cullen 1993 ). The dynamical formulations are those ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_YONU -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-20T04:00:00Z

The model extends the vertical domain and resolution of the AMIP baseline model YONU Tr5.1 (4x5 L5) 1994 by the inclusion of 2 more vertical levels. The method of obtaining surface values of air temperature ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]PMIP_CCM13 -180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0 2005-06-14T04:00:00Z

CCM3: The Atmospheric model is the fourth generation NCAR Community Climate Model (version 3: CCM3). The CCM3 is an evolution of the CCM2 as described by Hack and al (1993,1994) and CCM2 is the historical ...

http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/getdif.htm?[GCMD]LDEO_ECHAM 0.0,-90.0,2.81,90.0 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-12-31T00:00:00Z 2004-03-01T05:00:00Z

This data set contains the surface stresses from the Max-Planck-Institut (MPI) ECHAM model run with observed SSTs for the period Jan 1949 to Dec 1990.