Observations

Data

Analysis

Merged SST (HadiSST 1870-1981; NCEP OI2 1981-2008)

EOFs

Fully-Coupled

1990, 20th Cent, 1850, Prediction

Experiment

Description

Initialization

Diagnostics

Atmosphere

Ice

Land

Ocean

b40.032b

Present Day,
ccsm4_0_beta10, 1.9x2.5_gx1v5,
CAM3_5, N^2 dependent kappa

pd.timeseries,
541-560,
pd.moc.360-909,

b40.032b_no

Present Day,
equivalent to b40.032b, BUT no overflows

b40.032b 0359-01-01

Atm

Yrs 611-1090 vs Obs

Lnd

pd.timeseries,
541-560,
MOC_compare,
pd.moc.530-1079,

b40.20th.track1.1deg.002a

1850-2000 transient, Track1,
start from end of b40.1850.track1.1deg.004,
CN + new ice albedo

Case Info.

Yrs 1985-2004 w/ Obs,

Yrs 1985-2004 vs Obs

pd.timeseries,
1985-2004, MOC_compare

b40.1850.track1.008

1850 Control,
B1850TR1 new ice albedos, CN,
rhminl 0.924

Case Info.

Yrs 515-534 w/ Obs

Yrs 515-534 vs Obs

pd.timeseries,
515-534

b40.20th.track1.005

1850-2000 transient, Track1,
start from 101-01-01 of b40.1850.track1.008

Case Info.

Yrs 1985-2004 w/ Obs

Yrs 1985-2004 vs Obs

pd.timeseries,
MOC_compare

b40.1850.track1.1deg.005

1850 Control,
hybrid run off end of b40.1850.tr1_bgcspin,
160 years spun up

Case Info.

Yrs 131-150 w/ Obs

Yrs 131-150 vs Obs

pd.timeseries
131-150,
MOC_compare

b40.1850.track1.2deg.003

1850 2deg Control,
Out-of-box beta35

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

MOC_compare
pd.MOC.400-1000,

b40.1850.track1.1deg.006

1850 Control,
hybrid run off end of b40.1850T1_1deg_07ornl,
(130+ years spun up)

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

pd.timeseries
181-200,
1001-1100,
MOC_compare,
pd.MOC.400-1000,
pd.MOC.700-1299,

b40.20th.track1.1deg.004

1850-2005 transient, Track1,
start from 0863-01-01 of b40.1850.track1.1deg.006

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

pd.timeseries,
MOC_compare,
MOC_compare2,
SSTA_2000-2005,

b40.20th.track1.1deg.005

1850-2005 transient, Track1,
start from 0863-01-01 of b40.1850.track1.1deg.006,
CMIP5 aerosols

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Ocn

b40.20th.track1.1deg.006

1850-2005 transient, Track1,
start from 0893-01-01 of b40.1850.track1.1deg.006,
CMIP5 aerosols

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Ocn

b40.20th.track1.1deg.007

1850-2005 transient, Track1,
start from 0983-01-01 of b40.1850.track1.1deg.006,
CMIP5 aerosols

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Ocn

b40.dp.i1970.1deg.001

1970-2005 prediction,
ocn/ice IC: g.b29.01,
atm/lnd IC: a 20C run

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Ocn

b40.dp.i1980.1deg.001

1980-2005 prediction,
ocn/ice IC: g.b29.01,
atm/lnd IC: a 20C run

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Ocn

b40.dp.i1990.1deg.001

1990-2005 prediction,
ocn/ice IC: g.b29.01,
atm/lnd IC: a 20C run

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Ocn

b40.dp.i2000.1deg.001

2000-2005 prediction,
ocn/ice IC: g.b29.01,
atm/lnd IC: a 20C run

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Ocn

b40.dp.i2000.1deg.005

2000-2005 prediction,
ocn/ice IC: c.da48 (DART),
atm/lnd IC: a 20C run

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Ocn

b40.dp.i2000.rcp4_5.1deg.005

2005-2030 prediction extension,
ocn/ice IC: b40.dp.i2000.1deg.005,
atm/lnd IC: b40.dp.i2000.1deg.005

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

2020-2029,

b40.dp.i2000.rcp4_5.1deg.006

2005-2030 prediction extension,
ocn/ice IC: b40.dp.i2000.1deg.006,
atm/lnd IC: b40.dp.i2000.1deg.006

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

2020-2029,

b40.dp.i2000.rcp4_5.1deg.007

2005-2030 prediction extension,
ocn/ice IC: b40.dp.i2000.1deg.007,
atm/lnd IC: b40.dp.i2000.1deg.007

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

2020-2029,

b40.dp.i2000.rcp4_5.1deg.008

2005-2030 prediction extension,
ocn/ice IC: b40.dp.i2000.1deg.008,
atm/lnd IC: b40.dp.i2000.1deg.008

Case Info.

Atm

Ice

Lnd

2020-2029,

Coupled Ocean-Ice

Experiment

Description

Initialization

Diagnostics

Atmosphere

Ice

Land

Ocean

g.b29.01

ccsm4_0_beta29, GIAF,CORE2_IAF (1948-2007);
equivalent to c.b27.01; sfwf_weak_restore = 0.0115

Levitus/PHC

Atm

Yrs 1-60,
Yrs 61-120,
Yrs 121-180,
Yrs 181-240,

Lnd

51-60,
111-120,
171-180,
1998-02,
1998-03,
1998,
1999,
2000-02,
231-240,
WOCEtracks.3rdcycle,
pd.timeseries,
pd.MOC.121-180,
pd.MOC.181-240,

g.b29.02

ccsm4_0_beta29, GIAF,CORE2_IAF (1948-2007);
equivalent to c.b27.02; sfwf_weak_restore = 0.046

Levitus/PHC

Atm

Yrs 1-60,
Yrs 61-120,
Yrs 121-180,
Yrs 181-240,

Lnd

51-60,
111-120,
171-180,
231-240,
pd.timeseries

g.b29.03

ccsm4_0_beta29, GIAF,CORE2_IAF (1948-2007);
equivalent to c.b27.03; sfwf_weak_restore = 0.55

Levitus/PHC

Atm

Yrs 1-60,
Yrs 61-120,
Yrs 121-180,
Yrs 181-240,

Lnd

51-60,
111-120,
1998,
171-180,
231-240,
pd.timeseries,
pd.MOC.121-180,

g.b29.04

ccsm4_0_beta29, GIAF,CORE2_IAF (1948-2007);
equivalent to c.b27.04; sfwf_weak_restore = 0.0

Levitus/PHC

Atm

Yrs 1-60,
Yrs 61-120,
Yrs 121-180,
Yrs 181-240,

Lnd

51-60,
111-120,
171-180,
231-240,
pd.timeseries

Ocean Only

Experiment

Description

Initialization

Diagnostics

Atmosphere

Ice

Land

Ocean

c.b12.001

CORE2 IAF, 0.5deg SSMI, 1deg annual Dai-Tren runoff,
ccsm4_0_beta12, N^2 dependent kappa

Levitus/PHC2

Atm

Ice

Lnd

20-20,
44-53 (1991-2000),
pd.timeseries,

c.b12.002

CORE2 NYF, 0.5deg SSMI, 1deg annual Dai-Tren runoff,
ccsm4_0_beta12, N^2 dependent kappa

Levitus/PHC2

Atm

Ice

Lnd

20-20,
44-53,
91-100,
141-150,
pd.timeseries,MOC_compare

c.b12.002a

identical to c.b12.002 BUT climatological (12-month) Dai-Tren runoff

branch from 0075-01-01 of c.b12.002

Atm

Ice

Lnd

91-100,
141-150,
141-150w/c.b12.002,
pd.timeseries,MOC_compare

c.b12.002b

identical to c.b12.002 BUT interannual (56-year) Dai-Tren runoff

branch from 0075-01-01 of c.b12.002

Atm

Ice

Lnd

91-100,
141-150,
141-150w/c.b12.002,
pd.timeseries,MOC_compare

c.b12.002a.2x

identical to c.b12.002a BUT uses future projection
climatological (12-month) runoff (runoff.daitren.clim.090427.future.nc)

branch from 0075-01-01 of c.b12.002

Atm

Ice

Lnd

91-100,MOC_compare,

c.b27.01

CORE2 IAF 1948-2007 (60 yr cycle): 0.5deg SSMI, 12-month clim Dai-Tren runoff, ccsm4_0_beta27, sfwf_weak_restore = 0.0115

Levitus/PHC2

Atm

Ice

Lnd

51-60,
111-120,
171-180,
231-240,
1998,
1999,
pd.timeseries,
WOCEtracks.3rdcycle,

c.b27.02

CORE2 IAF 1948-2007 (60 yr cycle): 0.5deg SSMI, 12-month clim Dai-Tren runoff, ccsm4_0_beta27, sfwf_weak_restore = 0.046

Levitus/PHC2

Atm

Ice

Lnd

51-60,
2000_01,
111-120,
171-180,
231-240,
pd.timeseries,

c.b27.03

CORE2 IAF 1948-2007 (60 yr cycle): 0.5deg SSMI, 12-month clim Dai-Tren runoff, ccsm4_0_beta27, sfwf_weak_restore = 0.55

Levitus/PHC2

Atm

Ice

Lnd

51-60,
111-120,
1998,
171-180,
231-240,
pd.timeseries,

c.b27.04

CORE2 IAF 1948-2007 (60 yr cycle): 0.5deg SSMI, 12-month clim Dai-Tren runoff, ccsm4_0_beta27, sfwf_weak_restore = 0.0

Levitus/PHC2

Atm

Ice

Lnd

51-60,
111-120,
pd.timeseries,

DART, Ocean Only

Experiment

Description

Initialization

Diagnostics

Atmosphere

Ice

Land

Ocean

dart.002hy

23-ocean, ccsm4_0_beta21ie, January 2000 CORE2 IAF,
GTSPP T&S, daily restart/assimilate

c.b12.001, jan01, various years

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Jan2000_12,

dart.003hy

equivalent to dart.002hy BUT: correct & evaluate salinity, cutoff=0.2,
reduced TEMP variance, DART speedup.

c.b12.001, jan01, various years

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Jan2000_20,
Jan2000_ensavg,

dart.004

January 2000; WOD obs; S var = 0.5g/kg; T var = 1degC

c.b12.001, jan01, various years

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Jan2000_17,
Jan2000_ensavg,
Feb2000_3,
Feb2000_ensavg,

dart.004ai

February 2000; WOD obs; equivalent to dart.004 BUT w/ adaptive inflation

dart.004, feb01

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Feb2000_9,
Feb2000_ensavg,

dart.005.6

January 1998 on; WOD obs; adaptive inflation OFF; 6 nodes

c.b12.001, jan01

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Jan1998_14,
Feb1998_18,
1998_9,
1998_ensavg,
1999_9,
1999_ensavg,

c.da48

January 1998 on; WOD obs; NO inflation; 48-member

core2 hindcasts, jan01-1998

Atm

Ice

Lnd

Mar1998_9,
1998_ensavg,
1998_9,
1999_9,

c.da48.2c

January 2000 on; WOD obs; continuation of c.da48

c.da48

Atm

Ice

Lnd

2000_9,
2001_9,
2002_9,