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This page highlights experiments conducted with CAM/CCSM by the CVWG or CCSM development team. [FAQs]

CAM/CCSM Integrations

Model	Run Type	Res	Description
CCSM3	IPCC sres-a1b scenario	T42	(New) 30 member ensemble from 2000-2061 forced using IPCC sres-a1b scenario conditions [details]
CAM3	RADATM	T42	(New) 10 member ensemble forced by climatological SSTs and time-varying (1950-2000) volcanic, greenhouse gas, aerosol and solar forcings used in the CCSM3 "Climate of the 20th century" integrations. [details]
CAM3	TOGA	T85	5 member TOGA ensemble forced by tropical (20N-20S) observed time-varying SSTs from January 1871 through December 1949. Climatological seasonal cycle of SSTs used polewards of 30°, with linear interpolation between 20° and 30°. [details]
CAM3	TOGA	T85	5 member TOGA ensemble forced by tropical (20N-20S) observed time-varying SSTs from January 1950 through November 2001. Climatological seasonal cycle of SSTs used polewards of 30°, with linear interpolation between 20° and 30°. [details]
CAM3	TOGA	T42	5 member TOGA ensemble forced by tropical (20N-20S) observed time-varying SSTs from January 1950 through September 2001. Climatological seasonal cycle of SSTs used polewards of 30°, with linear interpolation between 20v and 30°. [details]
CAM3	GOGA	T42	5 member GOGA ensemble forced by global observed time-varying SSTs from January 1950 through January 2001. [details]
CAM3	GOGA (IPCC)	T42	5 member GOGA ensemble forced by global observed time-varying SSTs from January 1950 through December 2000 plus volcanic, greenhouse gas, aerosol and solar forcings used in the CCSM3 "Climate of the 20th century" integrations. [details]
CAM3	GOGA	T42	5 member GOGA ensemble forced by global observed time-varying SSTs from January 1950 through December 2000. [details]
CAM3	GOGA (IPCC)	T85	5 member GOGA ensemble forced by global observed time-varying SSTs from January 1950 through December 2000 plus volcanic, greenhouse gas, aerosol and solar forcings used in the CCSM3 "Climate of the 20th century" integrations. [details]
CAM2	GOGA	T42	15 member GOGA ensemble forced by global observed time-varying SSTs from February 1949 through September 2001. [details]
CAM3	Control	T42	200 year control run forced by observed SST (climatological seasonal cycle). [details]
CAM3	Control	T85	100 year control run forced by observed SST (climatological seasonal cycle). [details]
CCSM3	Control	T42	1000 year control run, fully coupled. [details]
CCSM3	Control	T85	700 year control run, fully coupled. [details]

Observational Comparison Datasets

ERA 40	ECMWF 40 year reanalysis. Data is available at T85 resolution in netCDF and grib format, as well as model resolution and 2.5 x 2.5 degree resolutions. Sep. 1957 - Aug 2003
NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis	NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data is available on many different grids. [CDC (2.5° x 2.5° / T62, netCDF)] [NCAR's DSS (various grids, GRIB)] [IRI (2.5° x 2.5° / T62, netCDF)] Jan. 1948 - present