Idealized precession GCM simulations with EC-Earth-2-2

This repository contains output from the EC-Earth-2-2 extreme precession simulations (Prec-min / Pmin and Prec-max / Pmax). The experiment details are described in the papers given as references. In this repository, monthly output of the last 50 years of simulation is given for precipitation (in m/s), zonal wind (east-west, in m/s, parameter 165), meridional wind (north-south, in m/s, parameter 166), mixed layer depth (MLD, in m, based on a σ0 difference of 0.01 with the surface), sea surface salinity (in PSU) and thermocline depth (TCD, in m). Furthermore, climatological mean monthly output (averaged over the last 50 years of simulation) is given for surface air temperature (parameter 167), surface sensible heat flux (146), surface latent heat flux (147), surface solar radiation downwards (169), surface thermal radiation downward (175), net surface solar radiation (176), net surface thermal radiation (177), net top solar radiation (at top of atmosphere, 178), and net top thermal radiation (at top of atmosphere, 179). Furthermore the following 3D variables are given on pressure levels: geopotential height (129), specific humidity q (133), zonal wind (east-west, 131), meridional wind (north-south, 132), vertical velocity (135). Please see the ECMWF GRIB parameter database for units and more details on these parameters: https://apps.ecmwf.int/codes/grib/param-db. More output from these simulations can be found through the repository:<br> Bosmans, Joyce. (2019). Idealized orbital extreme GCM simulations with EC-Earth-2-2 [Data set]. Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3268528 References: Bosmans, J. H. C. (2014). A model perspective on orbital forcing of monsoons and Mediterranean climate using EC-Earth. UU Depts. of Physical Geography and Earth Sciences.<br> Bosmans, J. H. C., Drijfhout, S. S., Tuenter, E., Hilgen, F. J., &amp; Lourens, L. J. (2015). Response of the North African summer monsoon to precession and obliquity forcings in the EC-Earth GCM. Climate dynamics, 44(1-2), 279-297.<br> Bosmans, J. H. C., Hilgen, F. J., Tuenter, E., &amp; Lourens, L. J. (2015). Obliquity forcing of low-latitude climate. Climate of the Past, 11(10), 1335-1346.<br> Bosmans, J. H. C., Drijfhout, S. S., Tuenter, E., Hilgen, F. J., Lourens, L. J., &amp; Rohling, E. J. (2015). Precession and obliquity forcing of the freshwater budget over the Mediterranean. Quaternary Science Reviews, 123, 16-30.<br> Bosmans, J. H. C., Erb, M. P., Dolan, A. M., Drijfhout, S. S., Tuenter, E., Hilgen, F. J., Edge, D., Pope, J.O. &amp; Lourens, L. J. (2018). Response of the Asian summer monsoons to idealized precession and obliquity forcing in a set of GCMs. Quaternary Science Reviews, 188, 121-135.<br> Chetankumar, J., Bosmans, J.H.C., Srinivasan, J. &amp; Chakraborty, A. (2019): The response of tropical precipitation to Earth's precesion: the role of energy fluxes and vertical stability. Climate of the Past, 15, 449-462. Contact:<br> [e-mail] Acknowledgements:<br> These model simulations were performed during Joyce Bosmans' PhD research, funded by an Utrecht University `Focus en Massa' grant and partly performed at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), with support from ECMWF.