Analysis Figures for AM2 Experiments

Figures are available for the following experiments. Files of the type "*.ps.gz" can be automatically expanded and viewed with recent versions of ghostscript. A list of data sets referenced in the figures is given below.

Figures for m45_am2p14 (Lima/Memphis Release)
Atmosphere-only experiment using the Finite Voluma dynamical core and observed (AMIP2) sea surface temperatures for the period 1979-1995, using time varying radiative forcings (including volcanos) and time varying land cover type.
Figures for n45_am2p14 (Lima/Memphis Release)
Atmosphere-only experiment using the B-grid dynamical core (AM2.0) and observed (AMIP2) sea surface temperatures for the period 1979-1995, using time varying radiative forcings (including volcanos) and time varying land cover type.
Figures for am2p12b_amip2 (Khartoum Release)
Atmosphere-only experiment using the B-grid dynamical core (AM2.0) and observed (AMIP2) sea surface temperatures for the period 1979-1995. A description of the model can be found in:

The GFDL Global Atmospheric Model Development Team, 2004: The new GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM2-LM2: Evaluation with prescribed SST simulations. Journal of Climate, 17(24), 4641-4673.
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Figures for am2p13_1990 (Khartoum Release)
The same atmospheric model (AM2.0) as above except using observed (Reynolds OI) sea surface temperatures for the period 1983-1998. The aerosol and trace gas concentration, insolation, and land cover type were fixed as in the 1990 control integration described in:

Delworth et al, 2005: GFDL's CM2 global coupled climate models, Part 1. Formulation and simulation characteristics. Submitted to J. Clim., December 2004.
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NCEP Reanalysis (Kalnay et al. 1996)
ECMWF Reanalysis (Gibson et al. 1997)
ISCCP (Rossow and Schiffer 1999)
COADS (da Silva et al. 1994)
Weng-Grody (Weng et al. 1997)
Greenwald (Greenwald et al. 1993)
SOBS, Surface Observed Cloud Dataset (Warren et al. 1986; Warren et al. 1988)
NVAP (Randel et al. 1996)
CMAP (Xie and Arkin 1997)
CRU (New et al. 1999)
ERS (CERSAT-IFREMER 2002)

Complete references can be found in:

The GFDL Global Atmospheric Model Development Team, 2004: The new GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM2-LM2: Evaluation with prescribed SST simulations. Journal of Climate, 17(24), 4641-4673.
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Analysis Figures for AM2 Experiments

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