source: TOOLS/CMIP6_FORCING/SOLAR/README @ 3567

Last change on this file since 3567 was 3567, checked in by tlurton, 6 years ago

Update Th. Lurton
7 Feb. 2018
Changed input file paths to fetch new versions of the files.
For SOLAR, AER_TROP_EMISSIONS, GHG, NITROGEN and OZONE.

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1Update 05/02/2018
2Thibaut Lurton
3Scripts now have paths directed to version 3.2 of the data.
4/prodigfs/esgf/mirror/input4MIPs/CMIP6/CMIP/SOLARIS-HEPPA/SOLARIS-HEPPA-3-2/atmos/
5
6
7Solar forcing dataset from CMIP6
8See http://www.wcrp-climate.org/wgcm-cmip/wgcm-cmip6
9and http://solarisheppa.geomar.de/cmip6
10
11Version 3.1
12Not distributed through ESGF yet
13The data is available on ciclad in /prodigfs/project/input4MIPs/SOLAR/
14
15Data was processed by Rong-Ming in June 2016 and reprocessed in October 2016 by Olivier Boucher.
16The final versions of the script are CMIP6_historical.m and CMIP6_piControl.m
17it can be run in matlab on ciclad only on a line command
18> run CMIP6_historical.m
19A script process.sh runs all scripts and post-processes the files for use in IPSL-CM6.
20
21The data are used to prescribe the solar constant (tsi) and its distribution (ssi_frac) in the new
22(RRTM) SW scheme of the LMDz model. This is activated with the ok_suntime_rrtm=y flag.
23The solar constant and RSUN are output in the paramphy netcdf output file.
24
25Daily data are used. The number of timesteps in the nc file has to match the number of days
26of the year in the model (ie 360, 365 or 366 days). Otherwise the model stops.
27A tolerance was added so that a 366-day file can be used in a 365-day model year.
28
29Files are prepared for two bands (NSW=2) or 6 bands (NSW=6) option. Default NSW=6 is used !
30
31For piControl and pdControl, a single value (repeated over the number of days) is used:
32solarforcing_v3.1_XXControl_ave_Ybands_ZZZdays.nc
33XX=pi or pd for pre-industrial or present-day control
34Y=2 or 6 depending on whether NSW=2 or 6
35ZZZ=360, 365 or 366 days according to which calendar (and number of days in the year) is chosen.
36
37The average for piControl consists of the first two solar cycles after 1850 (as per CMIP6 protocol)
38The average for pdControl consists of a 1991-2010 average (not an official CMIP6 run).
39
40Annual files are available for the historical and future period:
41solarforcing_v3.1_daily_6bands_XXXX.nc
42where XXXX is the year. The files are for a Gregorian calendar (365 and 366 days according to the year).
43
44There is also a scenario with a lower solar constant in 21st century for sensitivity study.
45This is not an official CMIP6 scenario though.
46
47The solar forcing file is to be renamed solarforcing.nc in the running directory.
48 
49Olivier Boucher
5011/10/2016
51revised 27/09/2017
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