
GISS Climate Model Outputs for Carbon Dioxide Studies
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| DOI: 10.5065/G9AF-1568

This dataset contains outputs from climate models at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) for use in assessing the impact of increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations on the global climate. A global equilibrium run (1XCO2 and 2XCO2) was made in 1984. A 100-year transient run and two scenario runs (exponential trace gas growth and reduced linear trace gas growth) were made sometime in the mid-1980s. Monthly means and 10-year monthly, seasonal, and annual climatologies are available for numerous parameters, depending on the specific model run, but most parameters are only available at the surface.
Air Temperature | Cloud Frequency | Cloud Top Pressure | Evaporation |
Evaporation | Geopotential Height | Heat Flux | Heat Flux |
Humidity | Longwave Radiation | Longwave Radiation | Precipitation Amount |
Runoff | Sea Ice Concentration | Sea Level Pressure | Shortwave Radiation |
Shortwave Radiation | Snow Depth | Soil Moisture/Water Content | Soil Temperature |
Solar Irradiance | Surface Winds | Upper Air Temperature | Upper Level Winds |
Ground or water surface | Mean sea level | 1000 mbar | 850 mbar |
700 mbar | 500 mbar | 300 mbar | 100 mbar |
30 mbar |
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information 10° x 7.5° from 0E to 350E and 90S to 90N (36 x 24 Longitude/Latitude)


