Data Description

Contents Description

Each file provided below contains long term means of several variables derived from a single ECHAM5 palaeoclimate simulation. Details about the type of means and simulations are given in the file name (see explanation below). For information about the simulation setup and boundary conditions, please refer the user to the Mutz et al. (2018) publication. For details about the construction of contained variables, we refer the reader to the Mutz and Ehlers (2019 In Review/Discussion) publication.

The variables included in this data package are:
- csfd: consecutive freezing days (days)
- fthd: freeze thaw days (days)
- cswd: consecutive wet days (days)
- csdd: consecutive dry days (days)
- t2am: 2m air temperature amplitude (°C)
- tsam: surface temperature amplitude (°C)
- pamp: precipitation amplitude (mm/day)
- pmax: maximum daily precipitation (mm/day)

File Names

[publication]_[experiment ID]_[time period]_[horizontal resolution][vertical resolution]_[means].tar.gz

experiment ID: usually a letter followed by 3-5 digits, e007_2 (pre-industrial), e008 (Mid-Holocene), e009 (Last Glacial Maximum), e010 (Pliocene)
time period: PI (pre-industrial), MH (Mid-Holocene), LGM (Last Glacial Maximum), PLIO (Pliocene)
horizontal resolution: spectral resolution, t followed by a number, e.g. t159
vertical resolution: number of vertical levels, l followed by a number, e.g. l31
means: alterm (annual long term means) or mlterm (monthly long term means)

Format

netCDF (.nc)

Publication

Mutz S.G. and Ehlers T. A. (2019 In Review/Discussion). Detection and Explanation of Spatiotemporal Patterns in Late Cenozoic Palaeoclimate Change Relevant to Earth Surface Processes. Earth Surface Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-2019-3

(This is how the data should be cited.)

Authors

Mutz S.G., Ehlers T. A.

Correspondence

Sebastian G. Mutz (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), Todd A. Ehlers (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)