Example Perturbed Parameter Ensemble: Black Carbon Aerosol Model Output

Example Perturbed Parameter Ensemble (Black Carbon) contains the parameter design and example model output from the AeroCom multi-model experiment. The dataset was created by Duncan Watson‐Parris at the University of Oxford. The last update date is unknown.

Use Cases

• Sensitivity analysis of climate model parameters based on the perturbed parameter ensemble design.
• Studying black carbon aerosol impacts on atmospheric processes based on the ECHAM-HAM model output.
• Benchmarking multi-model aerosol simulations based on the AeroCom experiment framework.

Strengths

• Dataset originates from a formal multi-model experiment (AeroCom Phase III).
• Associated with a research institution (University of Oxford).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

University of Oxford

Collection Method

Output from the ECHAM-HAM global aerosol-climate model for a Perturbed Parameter Ensemble experiment.