cam4-oslo-vcmip5.a2.ctrl

ContactName = Alf Kirkevåg

ContactEmail = alf.kirkevag@met.no

Institution = MET Norway (met.no)

Project = EarthClim / AeroCom

ExperimentName = CTRL

ModelIntercomparison = AeroCom

ModelIntercomparisonExperimentID = AEROCOM_A2.CTRL

Purpose = Model documentation and validation for PD conditions, participation in AeroCom P2

Comment = Unlike most models in this experiment, CAM4-Oslo used aerosol emissions for year 2006

cf_version = CF-1.0

Optional global attributes

Authors = Alf Kirkevåg, Øyvind Seland, Trond Iversen

ModelVersion = CAM4-Oslo / NorESM1-M

ModelVersionRevisionNumber = r112

ChemicalMechanism =

ModelDomain = Global

EnsembleNumber = 1

EmissionSet = AeroCom Phase II

InitialConditions =

BoundaryConditions =

Forcing = Direct, 1 and 2. indirect effects

TuningParameters = rhminl = 0.90 (lower RH threshold for formation of low stratiform clouds, is 0.91 in CAM4), critrp = 5.0 mm/day (maximum precipitation rate for suppression of autoconversion of cloud water, is 0.5 mm/day in CAM4), r3lc = 14 um (critical mean droplet volume radius for onset of autoconversion, is 10 um in CAM4)

SpinUpPeriod = 3 years

ADDED ALFK: Simulation period = 5 years

MeterologyUsed = produced by CAM4-Oslo but CAM4 aerosols and CDNC

DatasetStartDate =

DatasetEndDate =

Calendar =

GridType =

GridResolution = 1.9 x 2.5 degrees

OutputFrequency = Monthly

AeroComDirectoryName =

ProductionComputerUsed = Cray XT3 in Bergen (hexagon)

ProductionOutputStorageLocation = NorStore and at local disks at MET Norway

ProductionOutputStorageDirectory =

ProductionDate = August 2010

ReferencePublications = Kirkevåg et al. (2013), Jiao et al. (2014), Myhre et al. (2013), Samset et al. (2013), Tsigaridis et al. (2014)

ALFK ADDED→ Emission year = 2006

ReferenceEmissions = Listed in Kirkevåg et al. (2013)

ReferenceModel =

ReferenceRetrieval =

Acknowledgements = NCAR, NorClim, EarthClim, NOTUR/NorStore, Norwegian Space Centre, PEGASOS and ACCESS