AWI-CM3 Spinup Simulation: Annual Climate Variables from 1850-2549

700 annual mean climate variables from a spinup simulation of the AWI-CM3 version 3.0 model. The data includes surface and top radiation fluxes, heat fluxes, sea ice metrics, and ocean temperature. It was produced by Jan Streffing at the Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in surface solar and thermal radiation based on SSR and STR variables.
• Study sea ice dynamics and mass based on a_ice and m_ice variables.
• Validate or initialize other climate models using the 3D ocean temperature data.
• Investigate energy balance at the Earth's surface and top-of-atmosphere based on the radiation and heat flux variables.

Strengths

• Provides a 700-year continuous simulation from 1850 to 2549.
• Includes multiple key climate variables such as radiation fluxes, heat fluxes, sea ice concentration, and 3D ocean temperature.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Collection Method

Spinup simulation output from the AWI-CM3 version 3.0 climate model.

Time Range

1850-2549