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10 AIC.C4X3L12.D771201 Atmospheric initial conditions for 1977/12/01: surface pressure, 12 layers of zonal wind, 12 layers of meridional wind, 12 layers of temperature, 12 layers of specific humidity, and surface air temperature
11 Z4X3N Ocean surface fraction, lake surface fraction, ground surface fraction, land ice surface fraction, atmospheric topography, ocean thickness, lake thickness, land ice thickness, and solid ground topography
16 SUL4X3.A1B Sulfate mass for IPCC SRES A1B from Boucher via PCMDI, every 10 years, 1850 to 2100
16 SUL4X3.B1 Sulfate mass for IPCC SRES B1 from Boucher via PCMDI, every 10 years 1850 to 2100
20 OIC4X3L16.Dec1.LEVITUS Ocean initial conditions for December 1 from Levitus
21 OST90X60.ROBINSON Monthly climatological ocean surface temperature from Robinson and Bauer for Atmosphere Model
30 SIIC90X60.Dec1 Sea and lake ice initial conditions for December 1: sea ice cover, 2 layers of sea ice mass, and 4 layers of sea ice temperature
31 OIC4X3E.AMIP Monthly climatological sea ice cover from AMIP for Atmosphere Model
32 SIM72X46.GIS Monthly climatological sea ice mass from Canadian Climate Centre via AMIP for Atmosphere Model
33 SIB4X3b.Russell Sea ice blocking factor
40 GIIC90X60.Dec1 Land ice initial conditions for December 1: land ice mass of layer 1, and 4 layers of land ice temperatures
41 GIF4X3.A410a Annual land ice downstream mass transport
50 GIC4X3.Dec1 Ground initial conditions for December 1: snow cover; over snow-free ground: surface ice mass, 4 layers of available water, 4 layers of ground temperature; over snow-covered ground: snow mass, snow temperature, surface ice mass, 4 layers of available water, 4 layers of ground temperature; and age of snow
51 VEG90X60 Horizontal cover for 10 kinds of vegetaion
52 GRDAT4X3.GISS Soil properties for 4 layers: minimum water, maximum water, dry heat capacity, dry thermal conductivity, change in conductivity due to liquid water, change in conductivity due to ice; interface properties between 3 layer pairs: constant hydraulic diffusivity, varying hydraulic diffusivity, gravitational water pull; bottom 3 layers: underground runoff rate
53 CDN4X3.GISS Neutral drag coefficient over land
60 LKIC4X3.Dec1 Lake initial conditions for December 1: lake depths of layers 1 and 2, lake temperatures of layers 1 and 2, lake temperature at bottom of layer 2
71 BCI4X3 Industrial black carbon aerosol for 12 months for 1950
72 OCI4X3 Industrial organic carbon aerosol for 12 months for 1950
76 AERN4X3 12 months each of natural tropospheric sulfate aerosol, natural organic carbon aerosol, organic carbon aerosol from burning, black carbon aerosol from burning
78 DUST4X3 clay dust optical depth for 12 months and 4 sizes, silt dust optical depth for 12 months and 4 sizes

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Curator: Gary L. Russell . . . . . 2008/01/24/16:27:06