Ensemble of global climate simulations for temperature in historical, 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C scenarios from HadAM4

• Published in: Scientific data Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 578
• Main Authors: Lizana, Jesús, Miranda, Nicole D., Sparrow, Sarah N., Watson, Peter A. G., Zachau Walker, Miriam, Wallom, David C. H., McCulloch, Malcolm D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 04.06.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/106; 704/106/694/2739; 704/172; 704/172/4081; Bias; Boundary conditions; Climate change; Data Descriptor; Emissions; General circulation models; Global warming; Humanities and Social Sciences; Ice; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Simulation; Temperature
• ISSN: 2052-4463
• DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03400-2

Large ensembles of global temperature are provided for three climate scenarios: historical (2006–16), 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C above pre-industrial levels. Each scenario has 700 members (70 simulations per year for ten years) of 6-hourly mean temperatures at a resolution of 0.833° ´ 0.556° (longitude ´ latitude) over the land surface. The data was generated using the climate prediction .net (CPDN) climate simulation environment, to run HadAM4 Atmosphere-only General Circulation Model (AGCM) from the UK Met Office Hadley Centre. Biases in simulated temperature were identified and corrected using quantile mapping with reference temperature data from ERA5. The data is stored within the UK Natural and Environmental Research Council Centre for Environmental Data Analysis repository as NetCDF V4 files.