COSMO-CLM Climate Model Simulations for Mid-Holocene and Pre-Industrial Europe

Additional data supporting Mid-Holocene and Pre-Industrial climate simulations performed with the COSMO-CLM regional climate model. The data includes external parameters for soil type, albedo, and land mask, as well as a reference soil moisture file. The simulations were used for analysis in a manuscript by Russo et al. submitted to the journal Climate of the Past in 2021.

Use Cases

• Initializing regional climate model simulations based on external parameter data for soil type and albedo.
• Analyzing soil moisture conditions for paleoclimate experiments using the provided reference soil moisture file.
• Benchmarking the performance of COSMO-CLM model simulations for the Mid-Holocene period.
• Studying land surface-atmosphere interactions in past climates using the provided geospatial land mask and soil data.

Strengths

• Data is directly tied to a peer-reviewed manuscript submitted to the journal Climate of the Past.
• Includes specific, named NetCDF files for external parameters and a reference soil moisture state.
• Supports simulations for two distinct historical climate periods: Mid-Holocene and Pre-Industrial.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, spatial resolution, and temporal extent require manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics for the NetCDF files must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Emmanuele Russo, University of Bern

Collection Method

Output from COSMO-CLM regional climate model simulations.

Time Range

Mid-Holocene and Pre-Industrial periods, with a specific soil moisture snapshot from April 1st of a simulation year.

Geography

Likely Europe, inferred from the manuscript's focus on European summer temperatures.