1. CMIP6 archive of NorESM results

NorESM2 contributes to the 6th phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6; Eyring et al., 2016):

CMIP6:

  • Project under World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
  • Since 1995 CMIP has coordinated climate model experiments
  • Defines common experiment protocols, forcings and output.
  • 33 model groups participate

Advantages:

  • Several models perform the same experiments (enabeling comparisons across models and multi-model ensembles)
  • Homogenized and standardized outputs (including variable names). More specifically, all data is in compliance with the standards of the Climate Model Output Rewriter (CMOR).

1.1. Data access

1.1.1. The Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF):

All data is CMOR-ized and public available here: https://esg-dn1.nsc.liu.se/search/cmip6-liu/

1.1.2. The (Norwegian) National Infrastructure for Research Data (NIRD)

All NIRD users can access the archive of CMOR-ized CMIP6 NorESM data under project NS9034K:

/projects/NS9034K/CMIP6/

This is the same data that you can access through the ESGF. Note data is organized by the different contributions/MIPs. The DECK and historical simulations are located under “CMIP”.

NIRD users that are members of NS9252K (NFR storage project for KeyCLIM) can access CMOR-ized CMIP6 data from multiple models under:

/projects/NS9252K/CMIP6/

Note this data has a different structure than the data residing in /projects/NS9034K/CMIP6/. If you want to make a request for data or for more data to be downloaded to this folder, contact jang@met.no. If you are a NIRD user, but not a member of this project and would like to request access, contact michaels@met.no.

NIRD users that are members of NS9252 (NFR storage project for INES) can access most of the raw (non-CMOR-ized) model data under:

/projects/NS9560K/noresm/cases/

If you are a NIRD user, but not a member of this project and would like to request access, contact mben@norceresearch.no.

1.2. DECK contributions

NorESM2 contributions to the CMIP6 Diagnostic, Evaluation and Characterization of Klima (DECK) and CMIP6 historical simulations

Exp. short name Exp. long name NorESM2 version (members)
amip a historical Atmospheric MIP simulation NorESM2-LM (1), NorESM2-MM (1)
piControl pre-industrial control simulation NorESM2-LM (1), NorESM2-MM (1)
historical historical NorESM2-LM (3), NorESM2-MM (1)
abrupt-4xCO2 forced by an abrupt quadrupling of atmospheric CO2 NorESM2-LM (1), NorESM2-MM (1)
1pctCO2 forced by a 1 % pr. year atmospheric CO2 increase NorESM2-LM (1), NorESM2-MM (1)

1.3. MIPs contributions

MIP short name MIP long name NorESM2 version Contact person(s)*
CMIP Coupled MIP NorESM2-LM, NorESM2-MM ØS, TT, DJLO
AerChemMIP Aerosols and Chemistry MIP NorESM2-LM DJLO, MS
C4MIP Coupled Climate Carbon Cycle MIP NorESM2-LME JS, JT
CDRMIP The Carbon Dioxide Removal MIP NorESM2-LM JT, JS
CFMIP Cloud Feedback MIP No contribution yet TS, ØS
DAMIP Detection and Attribution MIP NorESM2-LM ØS
DCPP Decadal Climate Prediction Project NorCPM1 NK, FC
GeoMIP Geoengineering MIP No contribution yet HM
LUMIP Land-Use MIP No contribution yet HL, YH
OMIP Ocean MIP NorESM2-LM MB, JS
PAMIP Polar Amplification MIP NorESM2-LM LSG, MB
RFMIP Radiative Forcing MIP NorESM2-LM, NorESM2-MM AK, DJLO
ScenarioMIP Scenario MIP NorESM2-LM, NorESM2-MM MB, MS
SIMIP Sea Ice MIP No contribution yet JBD
ZECMIP Zero Emissions Commitment MIP NorESM2-LM JS, JT

* MB: Mats Bentsen <mats.bentsen@uni.no>, FC: Francois Counillon <francois.counillon@nersc.no>, JBD: Jens Boldingh Debernard <jensd@met.no>, LSG: Lise Seland Graff <lisesg@met.no>, YH: Yanchun He <yanchun.he@nersc.no>, AK: Alf Kirkevag <alfk@met.no>, NK: Noel Keenlyside <noel.keenlyside@gfi.uib.no>, HL: Hanna Lee <hanna.lee@uni.no>, HM: Helene Muri <helene.muri@ntnu.no>, DJLO: Dirk Jan Leo Olivie <dirkjlo@met.no>, TT: Thomas Toniazzo <thomas.toniazzo@uni.no>, JS: Jörg Schwinger <jorg.schwinger@norceresearch.no>, MS: Michael Schultz <michaels@met.no> TS: Trude Storelvmo <trude.storelvmo@geo.uio.no>, ØS: Øyvind Seland <oyvind.seland@met.no>, JT: Jerry Tjiputra <Jerry.Tjiputra@norceresearch.no>,

1.4. References

Seland, Ø., Bentsen, M., Seland Graff, L., Olivié, D., Toniazzo, T., Gjermundsen, A., Debernard, J. B., Gupta, A. K., He, Y., Kirkevåg, A., Schwinger, J., Tjiputra, J., Schancke Aas, K., Bethke, I., Fan, Y., Griesfeller, J., Grini, A., Guo, C., Ilicak, M., Hafsahl Karset, I. H., Landgren, O., Liakka, J., Onsum Moseid, K., Nummelin, A., Spensberger, C., Tang, H., Zhang, Z., Heinze, C., Iverson, T., and Schulz, M.: The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM2 – Evaluation of theCMIP6 DECK and historical simulations, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2019-378, in review, 2020.

Eyring, V., Bony, S., Meehl, G. A., Senior, C. A., Stevens, B., Stouffer, R. J., and Taylor, K. E.: Overview of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) experimental design and organization, Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 1937–1958, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1937-2016, 2016.