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CCSM3 COUPLED MODEL DEVELOPMENT RUNS

IPCC Future Scenarios webpage
T85 control & CO2 runs webpage
T42 control & CO2 runs webpage
Finite Volume control webpage
Mark's master webpage
Sea-ice model webpage

T31 control runs
  • bt31gx3v5.04cd - standard case, with lower ice albedos, no ocean diurnal cycle, center differencing.
  • bt31gx3v5.04cd renamed to b30.031 starting at year 361
    Test Case Model Yrs Control Case Model Yrs
    b30.031 861-880 compared with b30.004 (T42) 861-880
    b30.031 801-820 compared with b30.004 (T42) 801-820
    b30.031 801-820 compared with OBS climatology
    b30.031 701-720 compared with b30.004 (T42) 701-720
    b30.031 401-420 compared with b30.004 (T42) 701-720
    bt31gx3v5.04cd 301-320 compared with OBS climatology
    bt31gx3v5.04cd 301-320 compared with b30.004 (T42) 601-620
    bt31gx3v5.04cd 301-320 compared with b30.004 (T42) 301-320
    bt31gx3v5.04cd 201-220 compared with b30.004 (T42) 201-220
    bt31gx3v5.04cd 105-114 compared with b30.004 (T42) 105-114
    bt31gx3v5.04cd 105-114 compared with OBS climatology
    bt31gx3v5.04cd 60-68 compared with bt31gx3v5.03 60-68
    Annual timeseries plots
    b30.031 years 30-880 plots (STOPPED)
    AO analysis plots
    NCEP reanalysis yrs 1949-2003 EOF1 EOF2
    b30.031 years 750-880 EOF1 EOF2
    PDO analysis plots
    b30.031 years 750-880 plot
    ENSO analysis plots
    NCEP reanalysis yrs 1948-2002 monthly
    b30.031 years 750-880 monthly DJF MAM JJA SON
    Monthly standard deviation of Nino 3.4 with 20-year moving window
    NCEP years 1948-2001 plot
    b30.031 years 750-880 plot
    T31 CO2 runs
  • b30.032 - branch off of b30.031 at year 400, at yr 410 start 1%/yr CO2 increase (uncapped).
  • b30.032a - branch off of b30.032 at yr 479 at constant doubled CO2 (capped).
  • b30.032b - branch off of b30.032 at yr 547 at constant quadrupled CO2 (capped).
    Test Case Model Yrs Control Case Model Yrs
    b30.032 541-560 (@4xCO2) compared with b30.031 501-520
    b30.032 471-490 (@2xCO2) compared with b30.031 501-520
    b30.032a 561-580 compared with b30.031 701-720
    b30.032b 636-655 compared with b30.031 701-720
    Annual timeseries plots
    b30.032 years 400-569 plots (STOPPED)

    Comparison of T31, T42, T85 change in surface temperature plot

    Last update: June 18, 2004
    send questions and comments to
    Mark Stevens (stevens@ucar.edu)