Calendar composed 12 months of 30 days each
National Center for Environmental Prediction Note 29
One percent/year CO2 increase to doubling
C-LAMP (CCSM Carbon LAnd Model intercomparison Project)
Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project
Hierarchical Data Format-Earth Observing System
The region of the Earth's Atmosphere above the mesopause.
National Center for Environmental Prediction
National Centers for Environmental Prediction
From about 50 km (upper boundary of the Stratosphere) to the range of 80 km to 85 km, temperature decreasing with height.
NetCDF original history file (multiple variables per time)
NCAR ASP 2008 Summer Colloquium on Numerical Techniques for Global Atmospheric Models
Modeling, Analysis, and Prediction Program
Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Services
From the 7–17 km range (upper boundary of the Troposphere) to about 50 km, temperature increasing with height.
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction, Met Office, UK, HadCM3 Model
NetCDF transposed over time (single variable, multiple times)
The region of the Earth Atmosphere above the Ionosphere, where the atmosphere thins out into space. This is the last major atmosphere.
INGV, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy, ECHAM 4.6
Or ozonosphere, the region of the Earth's Atmosphere approximately in the range 10 - 50 km, where stratospheric ozone is found. Note that even within this region, ozone is a minor constituent by volume.
Hundsorfer and Trompert 1994 (alternate direction)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5th Assesment Report
Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Russia, INMCM3.0
LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, China, FGOALS1.0_g
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th Assesment Report
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction, Met Office, UK, HadGEM1 Model
From the Greek word "tropos" meaning to turn or mix. The troposphere is the lowest layer of the atmosphere starting at the surface going up to between 7 km at the poles and 17 km at the equator with some variation due to weather factors. The troposphere has a great deal of vertical mixing due to solar heating at the surface. This heating warms air masses, which then rise to release latent heat as sensible heat that further buoys the air mass. This process continues until all water vapor is removed. In the troposphere, on average, temperature decreases with height due to expansive cooling.
Meteo-France, Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques, CM3
The region of the Earth Atmosphere containing ions: approximately the mesosphere and thermosphere up to 550 km.
CCSR/NIES/FRCGC, MIROC V3.2, medium resolution
Meteorological Research Institute, Japan, CGCM2.3.2a
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, CGCM3.1 Model, T63
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Norway, BCM2.0 Model
One percent/year CO2 increase to quadrupling
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, CM2.0
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany, ECHAM5 / MPI OM
Natioanal Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
National Center for Environmental Prediction Note 124
Slab ocean with instantaneous CO2 doubling
National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, C4x3
American Standard Code for Information Exchange
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, E20/HYCOM
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, CGCM3.1 Model, T47
CCSR/NIES/FRCGC, MIROC V3.2, high resolution
CSIRO Atmospheric Research, Australia, MK3.0
20th century anthropogenic forcings only
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, CM2.1
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, ModelE20/Russell
Meteorological Institute of the University of Bonn, ECHO-G Model
Semi-Lagrangian (horizontal) and finite difference Eulerian (vertical)
From 80–85 km (upper boundary of the Mesosphere) to 640+ km, temperature increasing with height.
The region of the Earth Atmosphere where the Earth's magnetic field interacts with the solar wind from the Sun. It extends for tens of thousands of kilometers, with a long tail away from the Sun.
CFMIP (Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project)
Non-commerical use only with author concent, non-distributable