Bristol Research Initiative for the Dynamic Global
Environment
with the
University of Reading, Open University, and the British Antarctic Survey.
Model Simulations
Experiment: tcosa
This run acts as the control pre-industrial LAM run for Europe. It uses lateral boundary conditions from tcosd which is as effectively a HadAM3 version of tcmfa3.
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European_LAM_tcmfa
European LAM for pre-industrial conditions. Configured using tcmfa3 SST and sea ice but otherwise all boundary conditions same as standard.
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bigblue
Intel_v10.1
2009_06_08_22_48
2009_06_08_22_48
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Summary of Results for Experiment tcosa
Variable
DJF
JJA
ANN
Monthly
Variable
Surface Air Temperature
Surface Air Temperature Time Series
Total Precipitation
Surface Air Temperature Time Series (annual means)
Evaporation
Soil Moisture in Layer 4 (Deepest layer)
Precipitation - Evaporation
Soil Moisture in Layer 4 (Deepest layer) (annual means)
Fractional Plant Stress (layer 1)
Mean Sea Level Pressure
Total Cloud Cover
Plantary Albedo
Warm Month Mean
Surface Albedo
Cold Month Mean
Sea Ice Concentration
Mean Annual Temperature Cycle
Mean Annual Precipitation Cycle
Perturbation Height at 500 hPa
Meridional Stream Function
High Pass Eddy Kinetic Energy at 200 hPa
Low Pass Eddy Kinetic Energy at 200 hPa
High Pass Temperature Flux at 850 hPa
Summary of Results for Experiment tcosa-tcosb
Variable
DJF
JJA
ANN
Monthly
Variable
Surface Air Temperature
Surface Air Temperature Time Series
Total Precipitation
Surface Air Temperature Time Series (annual means)
Evaporation
Soil Moisture in Layer 4 (Deepest layer)
Precipitation - Evaporation
Soil Moisture in Layer 4 (Deepest layer) (annual means)
