Global and tropical band averages for a selection of CMIP5 and CMIP6 models: piControl and abrupt-4xCO2 experiments

This dataset provides post-processed spatial averages for a selection of CMIP5 and CMIP6 models. The experiments contained in this dataset are only the pre-industrial controls (piControl) and the experiments with a four-fold increase in the atmospheric CO$_{2}$ concentration in relation to the pre-industrial level (abrupt-4xCO2). The spatial averages are global and tropical bands from x°S to x°N, where the x value is between 5 and 40 in increments of 5°. This dataset was created to study climate sensitivity in general and the effect of stratospheric circulation changes on the tropical equilibrium climate sensitivity. It contains the following variables:

• incoming (d) short-wave (SW, s) radiative flux (RF, r) at the top of the atmosphere (TOA, t): rsdt
• outgoing (u) SW RF at TOA: rsut
• outgoing long-wave (LW, l) RF at TOA: rlut
• net (n) RF at TOA: rnt
• incoming SW RF at the surface (s): rsds
• outgoing SW RF at the surface: rsus
• incoming LW RF at the surface: rlds
• outgoing LW RF at the surface: rlus
• net RF at the surface: rns
• sensible heat flux (hfs) at the surface: hfss
• latent heat flux (hfl) at the surface: hfls
• surface temperature (t): ts
• atmospheric temperature: ta
• specific humidity: hus
• zonal component of wind: ua
• meridional component of wind: va
• lagrangian tendency of pressure (vertical component of wind in pressure per time dimensions): wap
• surface pressure: ps
• geopotential height: zg