NorStore Research Data Archive: Guidelines for ingestion of NorESM output

The recommendations presented on this page are based on discussion between Alok, Mats and Ingo. Please feel free to comment and modify them.

The access point to NorStore's Research Data Archive is http://archive.norstore.no

For testing purposes, the alternative site http://archive-test.norstore.uio.no should be used.

Metadata recommendations

BibliographicCitation

For NorESM1-M output: http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/6/687/2013/gmd-6-687-2013.html

For NorESM1-ME output: http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/6/301/2013/gmd-6-301-2013.html

Coverage

Please follow DCMI recommendations when specifying coverage.

Box (http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-box)

If coverage is global, use:

northlimit=90

southlimit=-90

westlimit=-180

eastlimit=180

units=signed decimal degrees

(leave rest unspecified)

Period (http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-period http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime)

Specification of start- and end-year required (optionally, month and day):

start=YYYY[-MM-DD]

end=YYYY[-MM-DD]

scheme=W3C-DTF

The value of scheme should be always set to W3C-DTF. The value of name can be left blank.

Description

Recommended content in description:

long version of title, e.g. “Norwegian Earth System Model version 1 (medium resolution) output prepared for the CMIP5 pre-industrial control experiment.”

citation information (see below)

reference to CMIP5 experimental design (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/Taylor_CMIP5_design.pdf)

forcing agents (information available at http://search.es-doc.org)

initialisation (parent experiment, branch time)

NorESM1-M citation:

Bentsen, M., Bethke, I., Debernard, J. B., Iversen, T., Kirkevåg, A., Seland, Ø., Drange, H., Roelandt, C., Seierstad, I. A., Hoose, C., and Kristjánsson, J. E.: The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1-M – Part 1: Description and basic evaluation of the physical climate, Geosci. Model Dev., 6, 687-720, doi:10.5194/gmd-6-687-2013, 2013.

NorESM1-ME citation:

Tjiputra, J. F., Roelandt, C., Bentsen, M., Lawrence, D. M., Lorentzen, T., Schwinger, J., Seland, Ø., and Heinze, C.: Evaluation of the carbon cycle components in the Norwegian Earth System Model (NorESM), Geosci. Model Dev., 6, 301-325, doi:10.5194/gmd-6-301-2013, 2013.

Mapping of CMIP experiment long/short names

10- or 30-year run initialized in year XXXX decadalXXXX
volcano-free hindcast initialized in year XXXX noVolcXXXX
prediction with 2010 volcano volcIn2010
pre-industrial control piControl
historical historical
historical extension historicalExt
other historical forcing historicalMisc
mid-Holocene midHolocene
last glacial maximum lgm
last millennium past1000
RCP4.5 rcp45
RCP8.5 rcp85
RCP2.6 rcp26
RCP6 rcp60
ESM pre-industrial control esmControl
ESM historical esmHistorical
ESM RCP8.5 esmrcp85
ESM fixed climate 1 esmFixClim1
ESM fixed climate 2 esmFixClim2
ESM feedback 1 esmFdbk1
ESM feedback 2 esmFdbk2
1 percent per year CO2 1pctCO2
abrupt 4XCO2 abrupt4xCO2
natural-only historicalNat
GHG-only historicalGHG
AMIP amip
2030 time-slice sst2030
control SST climatology sstClim
CO2 forcing sstClim4xCO2
all aerosol forcing sstClimAerosol
sulfate aerosol forcing sstClimSulfate
4xCO2 AMIP amip4xCO2
AMIP plus patterned anomaly amipFuture
aqua planet control aquaControl
4xCO2 aqua planet aqua4xCO2
aqua planet plus 4K anomaly aqua4K
AMIP plus 4K anomaly amip4K

Boundary conditions

piControl:

-Prescribed atmospheric concentrations of pre-industrial well mixed gas: Carbon Dioxide
-Unperturbed Pre-Industrial Land Use
-Prescribed concentrations or emissions of pre-industrial natural aerosols
-Prescribed concentrations or emissions of pre-industrial natural aerosol precursors
-Prescribed atmospheric concentration of pre-industrial short lived (reactive) gas species
-Prescribed concentrations or emissions of pre-industrial short lived (reactive) aerosol species
-Prescribed atmospheric concentrations of pre-industrial well mixed gases: excluding CO2

Label

If the dataset matches a NorESM case then specify the case name as label, e.g., NAER1850CNOC_f19_g16_06.

Rights holder

If in doubt, specify

Organization: Norwegian Climate Centre

Organization acronym: NCC

Organization web-page: gfi.uib.no/EarthClim

Contact email: noresm-ncc@met.no

Title

We recommend to use following formula:

<MODEL ACRONYM> <PROJECT> <OFFICIAL EXPERIMENT ACRONYM> (<experiment number in Taylor document>) r<realisation number>[<realisation letter>] <output type>

Examples:

NorESM1-M CMIP5 historicalExt (3.2) r1 raw output

NorESM1-ME CMIP5 rcp85 (4.2) r1a raw output

NorESM1-ME CMIP5 rcp85 (4.2) r1 cmor-processed output

<output type> should be a brief and general description of the type of output, e.g. raw output or cmor-processed output. Information on data format etc will be specified elsewhere.

<realisation letter> can be used if an experiment is composed of several cases -- e.g., NorESM1-ME CMIP5 rcp85 r1 is associated with the cases NRCP85AERCNOC_f19_g16_01 and NRCP85AERCNOC_f19_g16_02 -- and one intends to create a dataset for each cases.

Mapping between CMIP5 experiment acronyms and NorESM1-M cases:

piControl r1 NAER1850CNOC_f19_g16_06
1pctCO2 r1 N1850RMAERCN_f19_g16_01
abrupt4xCO2 r1 N18504XAERCN_f19_g16_01
amip r1 NFAMIP2005AERAMIPO_f19_f19_01 (1979-2005), NFAMIP2008AERAMIPO_f19_f19_01 (2006-2008)
amip r2 NFAMIP2005AERAMIPO_f19_f19_02 (1979-2005), NFAMIP2008AERAMIPO_f19_f19_02 (2006-2008)
amip r3 NFAMIP2005AERAMIPO_f19_f19_03 (1979-2005), NFAMIP2008AERAMIPO_f19_f19_03 (2006-2008)
amip4xCO2 r1 NF20054XAERAMIPO_f19_f19_01 (1979-2005), NF20084XAERAMIPO_f19_f19_01 (2006-2008)
historical r1 N20TRAERCN_f19_g16_01
historical r2 N20TRAERCN_f19_g16_02
historical r3 N20TRAERCN_f19_g16_03
historicalExt r2 NRCP85AERCN_f19_g16_02
historicalExt r3 NRCP85AERCN_f19_g16_03
historicalGHG r1 N20TRAERCNGHG_f19_g16_01 (1850-2005), NRCP85AERCNGHG_f19_g16_01 (2006-2012)
historicalMisc r1 N20TRAERCNAER_f19_g16_01 (1850-2005), NRCP85AERCNAER_f19_g16_01 (2006-2012)
historicalNat r1 N20TRAERCNNAT_f19_g16_01 (1850-2005), NRCP85AERCNNAT_f19_g16_01 (2006-2012)
rcp26 r1 NRCP26AERCN_f19_g16_01
rcp45 r1 NRCP45AERCN_f19_g16_01 (2006-2100), NRCP45XTAERCN_f19_g16_01 (2101-2300)
rcp6 r1 NRCP60AERCN_f19_g16_01
rcp85 r1 NRCP85AERCN_f19_g16_01
sst2030 r1 NFRCP45_2026-2035_f19_f19
sstClim r1 NF1850AERCNAMIPC_f19_f19_01
sstClim4xCO2 r1 NF18504XAERCNAMIPC_f19_f19_01
sstClimAerosol r1 NF1850AER20CNAMIPC_f19_f19_01

Mapping between CMIP5 experiment acronyms and NorESM1-ME cases names:

piControl r1 N1850AERCNOC_f19_g16_CTRL_02
1pctCO2 r1 N1850RMAERCNOC_f19_g16_02
historical r1 N20TRAERCNOC_01
esmControl r1 N1850AERBPRP_f19_g16_02
esmHistorical r1 N20TRAERCNOCBPRP_f19_g16_01
esmrcp85 r1 NRCP85AERBPRP_f19_g16_03
esmFdbk1 r1 N1850RMAERCNOC_f19_g16_RAD_02
esmFixClim1 r1 N1850RMAERCNOC_f19_g16_BGC_02
rcp26 r1 NRCP26AERCNOC_f19_g16_01 (2006-2060), NRCP26AERCNOC_f19_g16_02 (2061-2101)
rcp45 r1 NRCP45AERCNOC_f19_g16_02
rcp6 r1 NRCP60AERCNOC_f19_g16_01 (2006-2050), NRCP60AERCNOC_f19_g16_02 (2051-2101)
rcp85 r1 NRCP85AERCNOC_f19_g16_01 (2006-2044), NRCP85AERCNOC_f19_g16_02 (2045-2100)

Metadata example

Link to this section.

Parameter	Value
Title	NorESM1-M CMIP5 historicalExt (3.2) r2 raw output
Created on	29/Oct/2011
Category	Simulation
State	Raw
Domain	Natural Sciences
Field	Earth Sciences
Creator	Norwegian Climate Center (NCC)
Contributor	Alok Kumar Gupta (Alok.Gupta@uni.no)
Data Manager	Alok Kumar Gupta (Alok.Gupta@uni.no)
Rights Holder	Ingo Bethke (Ingo.Bethke@uni.no)
Access Rights	Public
Label	N20TRAERCN_f19_g16_02
BibliographicCitation	http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/6/687/2013/gmd-6-687-2013.html

Description

Norwegian Earth System Model version 1 (medium resolution) output prepared for the CMIP5 historical ensemble.
Citation: Bentsen, M., Bethke, I., Debernard, J. B., Iversen, T., Kirkevåg, A., Seland, Ø., Drange, H., Roelandt, C., Seierstad, I. A., Hoose, C., and Kristjánsson, J. E.: The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1-M – Part 1: Description and basic evaluation of the physical climate, Geosci. Model Dev., 6, 687-720, doi:10.5194/gmd-6-687-2013, 2013.
External resources:
http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/Taylor_CMIP5_design.pdf (experimental design)
http://search.es-doc.org (model system, boundary conditions, experiments, etc)
Comments:
The forcing scenario RCP8.5 is used.