HadCM3 climate model outputs simulate future atmospheric and oceanic conditions under the IPCC SRESB1 greenhouse gas emission scenario. The dataset was produced by the Hadley Centre for input to the IPCC Third Assessment Report and is hosted by NASA EarthData. The last recorded update was in November 2100.
Use Cases
- Analyze projected changes in greenhouse gas concentrations, including methane, under the SRESB1 scenario.
- Model the impact of sulfur emissions, including direct and indirect forcing from anthropogenic SO2, on climate variables.
- Simulate tropospheric and stratospheric ozone levels as part of a coupled atmosphere-ocean system.
- Study climate drift and flux adjustments using outputs from the 19-level atmosphere and 20-level ocean models.
- Compare future climate projections from the SRESB1 scenario, which has the lowest greenhouse gas concentrations among the six SRES scenarios.
Strengths
- Simulation is based on the HadCM3 model, an improved version of HadCM2 with a more sophisticated radiation scheme and new land surface representation.
- Dataset includes a specific and policy-relevant IPCC emission scenario (SRESB1) for analysis.
Limitations
- Specific data volume, row count, and temporal coverage of the simulation outputs are unknown.
- The dataset's last update date is far in the future (2100), which may indicate metadata error or lack of recent maintenance.
Provenance
- Source
- Hadley Centre (Met Office) via 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