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Longitude-Latitude Color Plots of 4x3 Decade Averaged Data

Comparisons of Model and observed past climate changes and future climate predictions can be displayed from this web page.
Color Plot takes 10 to 20 seconds.

Select time frequency:
M10: decade monthly S10: decade seasonal A10: decade annual

Select spatial domain: Global Land only Ocean only

Select decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s
2050s 2060s 2070s 2080s 2090s

Select months: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Select model simulations: Control SRES A1B SRES B1
none C480 C483 C484 Run 1 of ensemble
C490 C493 C494 Run 2 of ensemble
Both Both Both Ensemble average
Subtract appropriate simulations: Control SRES_A1B SRES_B1 none


Select model climate variables to be used:
Temperature Radiation Heat Flux Water Water Pressure Velocity
T200 RSPI HPRE Q200 RUNS PS WAS
T500 RSPA HSEN Q500 RUNT PVS USMA
T850 ALBP HWV Q850 MRVR PSL VSMA
TS RTPE HS QAS MSWG
TSMIN CLDT HOCT MWV SIC Height
TSMAX RSSI PREC MSI Z200
TSDV RSSA Salt PRECNV MIGI Z500
TG ALBS SOS EVAP MLLAK Z850
TG4 RTSD MSALT SNOWC MOSI ZOSI
TOS RTSE MSNOW ZOSTE
SULB MISG ZOBL

Select climatological observations to be used:
Temperature Radiation Radiation Water Pressure
T200.NCEP RSPI.ERBE RSSI.ISCCP Q500.NCEP PS.NCEP
T500.NCEP RSPI.ISCCP RSSI.LANG Q850.NCEP PSL.SHEA
T850.NCEP RSPA.ERBE RSSA.ISCCP QAS.GSSTF
TS.LEGA RSPA.ISCCP RSSA.LANG PREC.DEKLIM Height
TS.NCEP ALBP.ERBE ALBS.ISCCP PREC.GPCP Z200.NCEP
TS.SHEA ALBP.ISCCP ALBS.LANG PREC.LEGA Z500.NCEP
TS.MAY RTPE.ERBE RTSD.ISCCP PREC.SHEA Z850.NCEP
TS.UEA RTPE.ISCCP RTSD.LANG PREC.UEA
TSDV.MAY CLDT.ISCCP RTSE.ISCCP SNOWC.ROBN Velocity
TSDV.UEA CLDT.UEA RTSE.LANG SIC.AMIP WAS.UEA
TOS.AMIP SIC.GSFC USMA.GSSTF
TOS.LEV HeatFlux VSMA.GSSTF
TOS.ROBB HSEN.GSSTF Salt
TOS.SHEA HLAT.GSSTF SOS.LEV

Select transient observations to be used:
Temperature Water Pressure Height
T200.NCEP Q500.NCEP PS.NCEP Z200.NCEP
T500.NCEP Q850.NCEP Z500.NCEP
T850.NCEP PREC.DEKLIM Z850.NCEP
TS.NCEP SIC.AMIP
TOS.AMIP

Color Plot takes 10 to 20 seconds.
Override center value of color scale:
Override difference between scale markers:
Override color spacing: . 0 = uniform; 1 to 9 = nonuniform.
Override color plot title (parentheses must be balanced):

Be sure to blank out your values if you switch to another quantity.

Page Links to 4x3 Atmophere-Ocean Model
COLOR PLOTS STATISTICS MODEL DOC MODEL DATA SUNLIGHT PUBLICA
LINE PLOTS GEN INFO MODEL CODE OBSERVE DATA TIDES and MOON PEOPLE

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Curator: Gary L. Russell . . . . . 2006/01/10/11:44:53