Simulation Set A: “C20C Simulations” -- AGCM simulation with historical SSTs and forcings
The ongoing CLIVAR C20C project is studying climate variations over the past 130 years using AGCMs forced with prescribed SSTs and observed radiative forcing. The DynVar C20C Simulation Set compares low-top and high-top versions of the focus period of the C20C simulations that begins in the late 1940’s. The forcing prescriptions for the C20C project are available online and include prescriptions for sea-surface temperatures, sea ice, stratospheric volcanic aerosols, carbon dioxide, and ozone.