HadCM3 Climate Simulation - IPCC SRES-A1B scenario holds greenhouse gases, sulfur emissions, and ozone forcings constant at year 2000 levels. The Hadley Centre developed this model for the IPCC Third Assessment Report, with a last recorded update in 2099. It represents a parallel simulation to the standard SRES-A1B run.
Use Cases
- Analyze temperature and precipitation anomalies under constant greenhouse gas forcing from year 2000 levels.
- Compare atmospheric radiation budgets between this simulation and standard SRES-A1B runs to isolate sulfur and ozone effects.
- Study long-term climate drift and ocean-atmosphere heat exchange dynamics in a controlled forcing environment.
- Validate the impact of the model's improved land surface scheme on soil moisture and evaporation projections.
Strengths
- Model developed by the Hadley Centre for authoritative IPCC Third Assessment Report input.
- Simulation eliminates artificial flux adjustments, reducing excessive climate drift.
Limitations
- Specific temporal coverage, row count, and spatial resolution are unknown.
- Simulation holds multiple complex forcings constant, which is a non-standard scenario limiting direct real-world comparison.
Provenance
- Source
- Hadley Centre (Met Office) via SCIOPS organization on NASA EarthData.
- Collection Method
- Output from the Hadley Centre Coupled Model version 3 (HadCM3) climate simulation.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Global