MCM-UA-1-0: Historical Climate Model Output for CMIP6

CMIP6 historical simulation data from the Manabe Climate Model v1.0 developed at the University of Arizona. The model includes components for aerosol, atmosphere, land, land ice, ocean, and sea ice, with a nominal resolution of 250 km. These simulations provide a basis for climate research and served as a resource for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-AR6).

Use Cases

• Evaluating historical climate model performance based on the described aerosol, atmosphere, and ocean components.
• Analyzing long-term climate variability and change using the coupled model's time-series output.
• Comparing the Manabe bucket hydrology land scheme against other CMIP6 model representations.
• Studying sea ice thermodynamics and dynamics under historical forcing conditions.

Strengths

• Data is part of the internationally-coordinated CMIP6 project, involving simulations from about 120 global climate models.
• Model components and their nominal resolutions (250 km) are explicitly documented with cited references.
• Simulation data served as a resource for authors of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (IPCC-AR6).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA (UA).

Collection Method

Output from the Manabe Climate Model v1.0 (MCM-UA-1-0) run for the CMIP6 historical experiment.

Geography

Global coverage with a nominal resolution of 250 km.