ACCESS1-3 CMIP5 Climate Model Output for Sulfate Aerosol Forcing

ACCESS1-3 model output prepared for the CMIP5 sstClimSulfate experiment, version 2015. This dataset contains AMIP-style simulations with climatological sea surface temperatures and sulfate aerosol forcing consistent with year 2000 conditions. It was contributed by the Australian Ocean Data Network and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the impact of sulfate aerosol forcing (experiment 6.4b) on climate variables like temperature and precipitation.
• Compare modeled time series variables against other CMIP5 ensemble members for uncertainty quantification.
• Validate the ACCESS1-3 Earth System Model's performance in an AMIP-style setup with prescribed SSTs and sea ice.
• Study aerosol-cloud interactions using output variables from the atmospheric modeling realm.

Strengths

• Data follows the standardized CMIP5 Data Reference Syntax and output format.
• Experiment design is documented in the official CMIP5 design paper.
• Output variables are defined in the CMIP5 standard output specification.

Limitations

• Specific row count, column list, and dataset size are unknown.
• Data is from a single model (ACCESS1-3) and a single ensemble member, limiting statistical robustness.
• Temporal and spatial coverage details for the time series are not provided.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network, part of the CMIP5 coordinated framework.

Collection Method

Generated by the ACCESS1-3 Earth System Model for the sstClimSulfate (6.4b) experiment.

Time Range

Simulation uses aerosols consistent with year 2000 of the historical run; exact temporal coverage null.

Freshness

Metadata was last updated in April 2026, but the underlying model output is from the 2015 version.

Geography

Global model grid spatial resolution; specific domain null.