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Download: GCM Outputs
Download: GCM Outputs
All the GCM outputs are model hindcasts and real-time forecasts, and so are meant for use in predictive analyses and
forecasting (there are no AMIP-type outputs, for example). Access is provided to outputs from five of the National Multi-Model
Ensemble (NMME) members, and to one two-tiered forecast system:
- CFSv2: a one-tiered system, with hindcasts
starting in January 1982. This model is part of the National Multi-Model Ensemble.
- ECHAM4.5: a two-tiered system
using constructed-analogue SST forecasts as boundary forcing, and with hindcasts starting in January 1957. (Note these model
outputs were discontinued in 2017).
- CMC4: a one-tiered system, with hindcasts
starting in January 1981. (Note that there is a gap in the data: outputs for start dates between January and November 2011 are
unavailable. CPT will recognise the gap so the only thing to consider is the Maximum % of
missing gridpoints/stations/values.) This model is part of the National Multi-Model Ensemble.
- COLA RSMAS CCSM4: a one-tiered
system, with hindcasts starting in January 1982. This model is part of the National Multi-Model Ensemble.
- GFDL FLOR B01: a one-tiered
system, with hindcasts starting in March 1980. This model is part of the National Multi-Model Ensemble.
- NCAR CESM1: a one-tiered
system, with hindcasts starting in January 1980. (Note that there is a gap in the data: outputs for start dates between
January 2011 and June 2016 are unavailable. CPT will recognise the gap so the only thing to consider is the
Maximum % of missing gridpoints/stations/values.) This model is part of the National
Multi-Model Ensemble.
If multiple pressure levels are selected, CPT will read these as multiple fields. Otherwise, to combine predictors and / or
models, first download the individual files and then use the Data ~ Merge option.
The data are typically updated towards the end of the first week of each month.
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