Global and tropical band averages for a selection of CMIP5 and CMIP6 models: piControl and abrupt-4xCO2 experiments

This dataset provides post-processed spatial averages for a selection of CMIP5 and CMIP6 models. The experiments contained in this dataset are only the pre-industrial controls (piControl) and the experiments with a four-fold increase in the atmospheric CO$_{2}$ concentration in relation to the pre-industrial level (abrupt-4xCO2). The spatial averages are global and tropical bands from x°S to x°N, where the x value is between 5 and 40 in increments of 5°. This dataset was created to study climate sensitivity in general and the effect of stratospheric circulation changes on the tropical equilibrium climate sensitivity. It contains the following variables:

incoming (d) short-wave (SW, s) radiative flux (RF, r) at the top of the atmosphere (TOA, t): rsdt

outgoing (u) SW RF at TOA: rsut

outgoing long-wave (LW, l) RF at TOA: rlut

net (n) RF at TOA: rnt

incoming SW RF at the surface (s): rsds

outgoing SW RF at the surface: rsus

incoming LW RF at the surface: rlds

outgoing LW RF at the surface: rlus

net RF at the surface: rns

sensible heat flux (hfs) at the surface: hfss

latent heat flux (hfl) at the surface: hfls

surface temperature (t): ts

atmospheric temperature: ta

specific humidity: hus

zonal component of wind: ua

meridional component of wind: va

lagrangian tendency of pressure (vertical component of wind in pressure per time dimensions): wap

surface pressure: ps

geopotential height: zg