FAMOUS Model Output for Multi-Millennial Climate Simulations

Output from the FAMOUS General Circulation Model presented in the study by Dentith et al. (2018). The dataset includes ocean variables like salinity and temperature at a 2.5° x 3.75° resolution and atmospheric variables like precipitation at a 5° x 7.5° resolution, processed into netCDF timeseries. The data was produced under NERC grant NE/L002574/1 and is hosted by the British Geological Survey.

Use Cases

• Analyzing ocean circulation drifts based on meridional overturning streamfunction data.
• Studying salinity corrections and climate feedbacks based on salinity and potential temperature variables.
• Investigating sea ice dynamics based on sea ice concentration data.
• Model validation and intercomparison based on the multi-millennial simulation output.

Strengths

• Includes key ocean and atmospheric variables at specified model resolutions (2.5° x 3.75° and 5° x 7.5°).
• Data is processed into a standard, interoperable netCDF timeseries format.
• Associated with a peer-reviewed manuscript (Dentith et al., 2018) providing scientific context.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect the specific biases and assumptions of the FAMOUS model and the uk_data platform.

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Collection Method

Output from the FAMOUS General Circulation Model.

Time Range

Multi-millennial simulations (specific range not stated).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:39:16.989590; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Global ocean and atmosphere coverage at the specified model resolutions.