The CCSM3 Deep Time Climate Simulation lpia.lowstand.design_2

I. Top Level Description

This dataset archives a simulation with Community Climate System Model version 3 (CCSM3) known as lpia.lowstand.design_2. It was called Icehouse.base in Heavens et al. (2015), the publication in which it was first reported in the peer-reviewed literature. This publication should be used for reference concerning the overarching methodology of the simulation.

The simulation was run on the bluefire machine operated by the Computational Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) between 2 March 2011 and 19 March 2011.

The included README.TXT provides a more detailed description.

References:

Heavens, N.G., N.M. Mahowald, G.S. Soreghan, M.J. Soreghan, C.A. Shields, 2015, A model-based evaluation of tropical climate in Pangaea during the late Palaeozoic Icehouse, Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 425, 109–127, doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.02.024.

Rosenbloom, N., C. Shields, E. Brady, S. Levis, and S. Yeager, 2011, Using CCSM3 for Paleoclimate Applications, National Center for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, CO) Technical Note, NCAR/TN-483+STR.

Acknowledgments:

This simulation made use of CISL-NCAR resources and was supported by the National Science Foundation under EAR-0745961, EAR-0932946, and EAR-1003509. It was archived under EAR-1337363.