High Frequency Region Data from CM2.1
High frequency (6-hourly) data from the GFDL CM2.1 model is available for two IPCC AR4 experiments: the historical (20C3M) run for the years 1968 to 2000 and the A2 scenario run from 2038 to 2070. Documentation and references for the the CM2.1 model can be found on the CM2.X Coupled Climate Model web page.
Data Coverage
Most data is saved on the model's atmospheric grid except for sea surface fields which have been interpolated from the tri-polar ocean grid to a 1-degree lat-lon grid. Due to the large volume of data the region publicly available covers the North American sector only. Three-dimensional fields have been interpolated to pressure levels.
- 160°E to 0° longitude
- 0° to 90°N latitude
- 1050 mb to 25 mb, every 25 mb (42 levels)
How to obtain the data
The data can be downloaded from GFDL's data portal either by http or ftp:
Data is available for the following GFDL IPCC AR4 experiments
| IPCC Experiment |
GFDL Experiment Name/Directory |
Available Dates |
| 20C3M |
CM2.1U-D4_1860-2000-AllForc_H2 |
Jan 1968 - Dec 2000 |
| SRESA2 |
CM2.1U-H2_SresA2_W1 |
Jan 2038 - Dec 2070 |
After navigating into an experiment directory, individual fields can be located as follows. Note that each file contains one field for one year.
| Field | Location | |
| sic = sit = sst = ta = ua = va = hus = psl = pr = tas = ps = prc = uas = vas = orog = sftlf = |
sea ice area fraction (%) sea ice thickness (m) sea surface temperature (K) 3d air temperature (K) 3d eastward wind (m/s) 3d westward wind (m/s) 3d specific humidity air pressure at sea level (Pa) precipitation flux (kg/m2/s) near surface air temperature at 2 meters (K) surface air pressure (Pa) convective precipitation flux (kg/m2/s) near surface eastward wind at 10 meters (m/s) near surface westward wind at 10 meters (m/s) surface altitude (m) land area fraction (%) |
pp/ice_interp/ts/6hr/sic_O6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/ice_interp/ts/6hr/sit_O6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/ocean_interp/ts/6hr/sst_O6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/ta_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/ua_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/va_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/hus_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/psl_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/pr_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/tas_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/ps_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/prc_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/uas_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/ts/6hr/vas_A6.yyyy010100-yyyy123123.nc pp/atmos/static/orog_A1.static.nc pp/land/static/sftlf_A1.static.nc |
