Chapter 6 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - Input data for Figure 6.8 (v20230213)

Input Data for Figure 6.8 from Chapter 6 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Figure 6.8 depicts the time evolution of changes in global mean aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm --------------------------------------------------- How to cite this dataset --------------------------------------------------- When citing this dataset, please include both the data citation below (under 'Citable as') and the following citation for the report component from which the figure originates: Szopa, S., V. Naik, B. Adhikary, P. Artaxo, T. Berntsen, W.D. Collins, S. Fuzzi, L. Gallardo, A. Kiendler-Scharr, Z. Klimont, H. Liao, N. Unger, and P. Zanis, 2021: Short-Lived Climate Forcers. In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 817–922, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.008. --------------------------------------------------- List of data provided --------------------------------------------------- This dataset contains netcdf files of 3-dimensional (time,lat,lon) aerosol optical depth (od550aer) time-series from 1850 to 2014 from the historical simulations performed by 16 CMIP6 models. Multiple ensemble members are included for some models. --------------------------------------------------- Data provided in relation to figure --------------------------------------------------- Instructions in how to relate the input data with the figure in the 'Notes on reproducing the figure from the provided data' field. --------------------------------------------------- Notes on reproducing the figure from the provided data --------------------------------------------------- This data file should be used in conjunction with the code Fig6.8_trend_plot_AOD_rolling_10change_volcanic_mask.py This code creates the AOD timeseries (1850-2014) using the ensemble mean of individual CMIP6 models output in AOD_trend.png and is linked in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record. --------------------------------------------------- Sources of additional information --------------------------------------------------- The following weblinks are provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record: - Link to the figure on the IPCC AR6 website - Link to the report component containing the figure (Chapter 6) - Link to the Supplementary Material for Chapter 6, which contains details on the input data used in Table 6.SM.3 - Link to the code for the figure, archived on Zenodo.