The CSIRO archive of the 2007 Sydney Health or Sydney Water Project Regional Climate Model dataset for the Australasia region for the years 1961-2100. Created with the CSIRO Cubic Conformal Atmospheric Model (CCAM) Regional Climate Model (RCM) by dynamically downscaling the CSIRO Mk3.0 A2 M20th Global Climate Model output over a target area centered on the Australasia region. This dataset was also supplied to the Air Pollution Group as part of a study examining the possible health problems associated with the future environmental air quality conditions. The CCAM model was nested in the CSIRO Mk3.0 Global Climate model (GCM) host for the A2 scenario with the M20th scenario as greenhouse emissions corresponding to 1961-2000. 4X-Daily, Monthly mean and seasonal atmospheric variables are available between Lat: 15, -50 & Lon: 70, 200 at 6 levels (1000, 850, 700, 500, 300, 200 hPa) with .5º (60km) resolution. There are 1687 daily files totalling 2.39 TB, and 3122 monthly_mean & seasonal files totaling 94.3 GB. All files are in netcdf format and are available for internal use and analysis by CSIRO staff on the HPSC cherax.
The CSIRO arcive of the South East Australian Climate Initiative (SEACI) Regional Climate Model dataset for the Murray Darling Basin region for the years 1950-2000. Created with the CSIRO Cubic Conformal Atmospheric Model (CCAM) Regional Climate Model (RCM) by dynamically downscaling the NCEP reanalysis model output over a target area centered on south eastern Australia. SEACI is a research program investigating the causes and impacts of climate change and climate variability across this region. The CCAM model was nested in the NCEP host with 50 years of NCEP output being used, with greenhouse emissions corresponding to 1950-2000. 4X-Daily, monthly and seasonal atmospheric variables are available between Lat: -5, -50 & Lon: 130, 160 at 5 levels (1000, 850, 700, 500, 300 hPa) with .2º (20km) resolution. There are 678 daily files totalling 1.81 TB, and 1093 monthly_mean & seasonal files totaling 46.8 GB. All files are in netcdf format and are available for internal use and analysis by CSIRO staff on the HPSC cherax.
The CSIRO archive of the Hydro Tasmania Regional Climate Model simulation dataset for the Australasia region for the years 1961-2100. Created with the CSIRO CCAM (Cubic Conformal Amostpheric Model) RCM (Regional Climate Model) by dynamically downscaling the CSIRO MK3.0 Global Climate Model output to 60 km resolution over a target area centered over Australasia. Three runs of CCAM were conducted for this project with CCAM nested in NCEPG (global nudging 1961-200), NCEPF (far field nudging 1961-2000) and also in the CSIRO Mk3.0 A2 Global Climate Model (refer to uk1 control run). 2X - Daily and Monthly mean atmospheric variables are available between Lat: 0, -50 & Lon: 100, 190 at 18 levels (1000, 850, 700, 500, 300 hPa) with .5º (60km) resolution. There are 1683 daily files totaling 545 GB, and 306 monthly_mean files totaling 15.7 GB. All files are in netcdf format and are available for internal use and analysis by CSIRO staff on the HPSC cherax.
The CSIRO archive of the Indian Ocean Climate Initiative 2005 (IOCI) Regional Climate Model dataset for the entire Australasia region for the years 1950-2100. Created with the CSIRO Cubic Conformal Atmospheric Model (CCAM) Regional Climate Model (RCM) by dynamically downscaling the NCEP reanalysis model output over a target area centered on the Australasia region. IOCI is a research program investigating the causes and impacts of climate change and climate variability in Western Australia. The CCAM model was nested in the NCEP R1, CSIROMk3.0 A2 & A1B host with M20th greenhouse emissions. 2X-Daily, monthly and seasonal atmospheric variables are available between Lat: 15, -50 & Lon: 70, 200 at 5 levels (1000, 850, 700, 500, 300 hPa) with .5º (60km) resolution. There are: CSIROMk3.0 A2 M20th - 1682 daily files totalling 2.25 TB, and 2680 monthly_mean & seasonal files totaling 73.6 GB. CSIROMk3.0 A1B M20th - 1200 daily files totaling 21.62 TB, and 1663 monthly_mean & seasonal files totaling 39.0 GB. NCEPG - 637 daily files totalling 883 GB, and 1408 monthly_mean & seasonal files totaling 40.0 GB. All files are in netcdf format and are available for internal use and analysis by CSIRO staff on the HPSC cherax.
The CSIRO archive of the the Fitzroy Basin Regional Climate Model dataset for for the years 1961-2100. Created with the CSIRO Cubic Conformal Atmospheric Model (CCAM) Regional Climate Model (RCM) by dynamically downscaling the CSIRO Mk3.0 Global Climate Model output over a target area centered on the Fitzroy Basin region (south eastern Queensland). The CCAM model was nested in the CSIRO Mk3.0 Global Climate Model (GCM) host for the A2 scenario with the M20th scenario as greenhouse emissions corresponding to 1961-2000. 2X-Daily and Monthly mean atmospheric variables are available between Lat: -15, -35 & Lon: 130, 170 at 5 levels (1000, 850, 700, 500, 300 hPa) with .1º (14km) resolution. There are 1178 daily files totaling 3.53 TB, and 2379 monthly_mean files totaling 131 GB. All files are in netcdf format and are available for internal use and analysis by CSIRO staff on the HPSC cherax.
The CSIRO archive of the South East Australian Climate Initiative (SEACI) Regional Climate Model dataset for the Murray Darling Basin region for the years 1961-2100. Created with the CSIRO Cubic Conformal Atmospheric Model (CCAM) Regional Climate Model (RCM) by dynamically downscaling the CSIRO Mk3.0 Global Climate Model output over a target area centered on south eastern Australia. SEACI is a research program investigating the causes and impacts of climate change and climate variability across this region. The CCAM model was nested in the CSIRO Mk3.0 Global Climate model (GCM) host for the two scenarios of SRESA1B & A2 with the M20th scenario as greenhouse emissions corresponding to 1961-2000. 4X-Daily, Monthly mean and seasonal atmospheric variables are available between Lat: -10.45, -40 & Lon: 135, 155 at 9 levels (1000, 850, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 hPa) with .15º (20km) resolution. There are 1682 daily files totalling 4.73 TB, and 3251 monthly_mean & seasonal files totaling 71.6 GB for the SRESA2 scenario. With 1220 daily files totalling 3.25 TB, and 1679 monthly_mean & seasonal files totaling 40.2 GB for the SRESA1B scenario. All files are in netcdf format and are available for internal use and analysis by CSIRO staff on the HPSC cherax.
The CSIRO archive of the Tas Futures 2008 Regional Climate Model simulation datasets for the years 1961-2100. Created with the CSIRO CCAM (Cubic Conformal Amostpheric Model) RCM (Regional Climate Model) by dynamically downscaling the GFDL CM2.1 (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Global Climate Model 2.1) outputs to 60 km resolution (C64 Grid) with the main target area centered over Australasia. These runs have been completed using only bias corrected SST(Sea Surface Temperatures) and Sea Ice (No Atmospheric) forcings. 4X Daily atmospheric variables are available globally at 18 levels with .5º (60km) resolution on a C64 Grid. There are 1680 daily files in netcdf format, totaling approximately 2.47 TB. Regional climate data is also available for CCAM nested in other GCMS as part of this project. This dataset has also been further downscaled to 14km resolution for the Tasmania region.
Regional Climate Model simulation dataset for the Australasian region for the years 1971-2000. Created with the CSIRO CCAM (Cubic Conformal Amostpheric Model 805) RCM (Regional Climate Model) by dynamically downscaling the ERA40 reanalysis Climate Model output to 60 km resolution over a target area centered over Australia. 30 years of ERA40 output was used as the host model (nested in ERA40), with greenhouse emissions corresponding to 1971-2000. Daily and Monthly Atmospheric variables are available between Lat:-60N 0N(.5 deg res) & Lon:105E 165E(.5 deg res), at 5 levels (1000, 850, 700, 500, 300 hPa), 60Km resolution(C48 grid) & 18 vertical levels. There are 360 Daily files totalling 173.0 GB, 361 Monthly_mean files totalling 3.79 GB and 360 Raw cubic conformal model output files totaling 128.0 GB with all being in netcdf format. This dataset has been created as part of a model evaluation experiment involving CCAM to examine the dynamic downscaling performance when nested in different Global climate models. Available for internal use and analysis by CSIRO staff on the HPSC cherax.
The CSIRO archive of the Tas Futures 2008 Regional Climate Model simulation datasets for the years 1961-2100. Created with the CSIRO CCAM (Cubic Conformal Amostpheric Model) RCM (Regional Climate Model) by dynamically downscaling the UKHADCM3 (United Kingdom - Hadley Coupled Model 3) outputs to 60 km resolution (C64 Grid) with the main target area centered over Australasia. These runs have been completed using only bias corrected SST(Sea Surface Temperatures) and Sea Ice (No Atmospheric) forcings. 4X Daily atmospheric variables are available globally at 18 levels with .5º (60km) resolution on a C64 Grid. There are 1680 daily files in netcdf format, totaling approximately 2.47 TB. Regional climate data is also available for CCAM nested in other GCMS as part of this project. This dataset has also been further downscaled to 14km resolution for the Tasmania region.
The CSIRO archive of the Tas Futures 2008 Regional Climate Model simulation datasets for the years 1961-2100. Created with the CSIRO CCAM (Cubic Conformal Amostpheric Model) RCM (Regional Climate Model) by dynamically downscaling the MIROC 3.2 medres (Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate-Japan) GCM outputs to 60 km resolution (C64 Grid) with the main target area centered over Australasia. These runs have been completed using only bias corrected SST(Sea Surface Temperatures) and Sea Ice (No Atmospheric) forcings. 4X Daily atmospheric variables are available globally at 18 levels with .5º (60km) resolution on a C64 Grid. There are 1680 daily files in netcdf format, totaling approximately 2.47 TB. Regional climate data is also available for CCAM nested in other GCMS as part of this project. This dataset has also been further downscaled to 14km resolution for the Tasmania region.