MODEL DATA: Meta-data-set FUTURA (Present and future climate)

1.) General description of the data set:

Simulations with the coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean regional climate model RCAO, driven by the output of the global climate simulations ECHAM4/OPYC3 and HadAM3H with the greenhouse gas emission scenarios A2 and B2

Impact simulations with the hydrological model HBV and the coupled physical-biogeochemial model RCO-SCOBI driven by RCAO

2.) Created:

2003 (RCAO), 2008 (RCO-SCOBI)

3.) Last update:

New scenarios will be available during 2010 (ongoing work).

4.) Keywords:

Regional climate model, coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean model

5.) Area:

Europe, parts of the North Atlantic

6.) Spatial extension:

Rotated grid covering the entire Baltic Sea catchment area

7.) Spatial resolution:

44 km in the atmosphere and 11 nautical miles in the ocean

8.) Time window:

1961-1990, 2071-2100

9.) Temporal resolution:

6-hourly for atmospheric variables, 2-daily for oceanic variables

10.) Data and arrays:

Variables describing the three-dimensional atmospheric and oceanic climate,

including hydrological and biogeochemical variables

11.) Reference to other data sets:

Climate simulation with ECHAM4/OPYC3, HadAM3H

12.) Data quality (degree of validation):

model simulation

13.) Where to find the data?

Due to data volume, data available from the Rossby Centre (RCAO, HBV) or from the Oceanographic Research Unit at SMHI (RCO-SCOBI) via the contact persons

14.) Contact persons:

Dr. Markus Meier
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Research Department
SE-60176 Norrköping, Sweden
Email: markus.meier@smhi.se

Dr. Anders Höglund
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Research Department
SE-60176 Norrköping, Sweden
Email: anders.hoglund@smhi.se