ACCESS1.3b model output from the Amazonian Deforestation (AMZDEF) experiment v2.0 ACCESS1.3b model output from the Amazonian Deforestation (AMZDEF) experiment v2.0. The AMZDEF simulation investigates the effect of Amazonian deforestation for the global climate between 1978-2011. ACCESS1.3 is a general circulation climate model developed as a collaboration between CSIRO and BoM. The 1.3b version of this model uses UM7.3 as the atmospheric component and CABLE2.0 as the land component. The ocean component is not included in this simulations. Model configuration is based on Greg Roff's (BoM) ACCESS 1.3 job on Solar, but with CABLE2.0 instead of 1.8. Updated sea surface temperature and sea ice input files to cover longer time period (1950-2011). Alternative vegetation fraction files used for different experiments. Set up on Raijin by Ruth Lorenz with help from Scott Wales and Jhan Srbinovsky. Updated Sea surface temperature and sea ice files provided by Dan Copsey (Met Office) Version v1.0 of this dataset includes monthly means for air temperature at 1.5m and total precipitation, calculated from the raw model output. Version v2.0 adds new variables heat fluxes, radiation, humidity and wind component to air temperature and total precipitation. Version v2.0 includes all V1.0 ensemble members (E0) and new ones (E1, E2, E3 and E4). The new ensemble members are initiliased in earlier years. These experiments were executed by Dr Ruth Lorenz of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (ARCCSS) as part of its research program: "The role of land surface forcing and feedbacks for regional climate". More information on the model configuration can be found on the CLEX CMS wiki: experiment configuration: http://climate-cms.wikis.unsw.edu.au/ACCESS1.3b+AMIP+Land+Use+Change control run configuration: http://climate-cms.wikis.unsw.edu.au/ACCESS1.3b_AMIP The data is available online on the NCI TDS server: https://dapds00.nci.org.au/thredds/catalog/ks32/ARCCSS_Data/ACCESS1-3b_AMZDEF/v2-0/catalog.html and for NCI users in the ks32 project. Files organisation: Model input in Input/ Model output in v2-0/ Files: # Model output from Land use change experiments: CTL.tas_pr_monthly_TS.1978_2011.nc for control run 001GPsc.* - 121GPsc.* for strongly coupled region 001GPwc.* - 121GPwc.* for weakly coupled region # Model output from GLACE-CMIP5 for calculation of coupling strength: pr_daily_ACCESS_GLACECMIP5_CTL_1_1978-2011.nc daily precip from control tas_daily_ACCESS_GLACECMIP5_CTL_1_1978-2011.nc daily temp from control pr_daily_ACCESS_GLACECMIP5_ExpA_1_1978-2011.nc daily precip from expA tas_daily_ACCESS_GLACECMIP5_ExpA_1_1978-2011.nc daily temp from expA # Model output from GLACE-1 for calculation of coupling strength # provided in supplementary material: pr_ensmean_GLACE1_W_DJF_1994.nc Write ensemble, ensemble mean of precip pr_full_ens_GLACE1_W_DJF_1994.nc Write ensemble, full ensemble of precip tas_ensmean_GLACE1_W_DJF_1994.nc Write ensemble, ensemble mean of temp tas_full_ens_GLACE1_W_DJF_1994.nc Write ensemble, full ensemble of temp pr_ensmean_GLACE1_R_DJF_1994.nc Read ensemble, ensemble mean of precip pr_full_ens_GLACE1_R_DJF_1994.nc Read ensemble, full ensemble of precip tas_ensmean_GLACE1_R_DJF_1994.nc Read ensemble, ensemble mean of temp tas_full_ens_GLACE1_R_DJF_1994.nc Read ensemble, full ensemble of temp # Input files for model runs: cable_vegfracN96.2005.anc.nc for CTL *001_sc.nc - *121_sc.nc for strongly coupled region *001_wc.nc - *121_wc.nc for weakly coupled region (pseudo dimension in these files are the plant functional types per grid cell) DOI: v2.0 - https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/41/56F0BDE513DDA Research Data Australia records: v2.0 - https://researchdata.ands.org.au/access13b-model-output-experiment-v20/653710 Contact: ruth.lorenz@env.ethz.ch for any question on the dataset content and provenance paola.petrelli@utas.edu.au for questions or issues with file accessibility Citation: Lorenz, Ruth, 2016: ACCESS1.3b model output from the Amazonian Deforestation (AMZDEF) experiment v2.0 . NCI National Research Data Collection , doi:10.4225/41/56F0BDE513DDA Associated paper: Lorenz, R., A. J. Pitman, and S. A. Sisson (2016), Does Amazonian deforestation cause global effects; can we be sure?, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, 5567–5584, doi:10.1002/2015JD024357 Pitman, A & Lorenz, Ruth. (2016). Scale dependence of the simulated impact of Amazonian deforestation on regional climate. Environmental Research Letters. 11. 094025. 10.1088/1748-9326/11/9/094025. License: Creative Commons - Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode