CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 Model Output for CMIP5 Aerosol Forcing Experiment

CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 Earth System model output prepared for the CMIP5 sstClimAerosol experiment. The data represents an AMIP-style simulation with climatological sea surface temperatures and year 2000 aerosol conditions, formatted as time series per variable in netCDF format. The dataset is managed by the Australian Ocean Data Network and was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the climate response to aerosol forcing based on the specified sstClimAerosol experiment design.
• Compare model output against other CMIP5 simulations based on the coordinated experiment framework.
• Study atmospheric variables under fixed SST and aerosol conditions based on the described AMIP-style setup.

Strengths

• Data follows the standardized CMIP5 experimental design and output format, facilitating intercomparison.
• Model output is structured according to the CMIP5 Data Reference Syntax, ensuring consistent naming.
• Dataset is part of a major, coordinated international climate modeling project (CMIP5).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

CSIRO-Mk3-6-0 Earth System model, part of the CMIP5 project.

Collection Method

Model simulation output from the sstClimAerosol experiment.

Time Range

Simulation conditions are based on climatological SSTs and aerosols from the year 2000 of the historical run.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 19:36:15.523915; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely global model grid spatial resolution.