PRISM3D Project
| Stepanek, Christian | Alfred Wegener Institute |
| Zhang, Zhongshi | Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research |
| Caballero Gill, Rocio | Brown University |
| Yan, Qing | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Chandler, Mark | Columbia University/GISS |
| Contoux, Camille | Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement |
| Ramstein, Gilles | Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement |
| Otto–Bliesner, Bette | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| Rosenbloom, Nan | National Center for Atmospheric Research |
| Salzmann, Ulrich | Northumbria University |
| Tuenter, Erik | Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute |
| Lunt, Dan | University of Bristol |
| Valdes, Paul | University of Bristol |
| Dolan, Aisling | University of Leeds |
| Haywood, Alan | University of Leeds |
| Hill, Dan | University of Leeds |
| Hunter, Stephen | University of Leeds |
| Pope, James | University of Leeds |
| Clark, Nicola | University of Leicester |
| Koenig, Sebastian | University of Massachusetts,Amherst |
| Jost, Anne | Université Pierre et Marie Curie |
| Chan, Wing–Le | University of Tokyo |
| O’ishi, Ryota | University of Tokyo |
| Kamae, Youichi | University of Tsukuba |
| Dowsett, Harry | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Foley, Kevin | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Riesselman, Christina | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Robinson, Marci | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Stoll, Danielle | U.S. Geological Survey |
| ✓ Data must be on regular grid | |||||
| ✓ Data is required for the Pliocene plus the control experiment | |||||
| data needed for first papers | ???? | ||||
| data really needed for first papers | 1 January | ||||
| all other papers | 1 February | ||||
| Data | Units | Monthly | Priority | Lesser Priority | |
| expt_name.totalprecip | mm/day | Yes | x | averaging period is the last 30 years | |
| expt_name.NearSurfaceAirTemp | deg C | Yes | x | 12 values (monthly means) | |
| expt_name.SurfaceSkinTemp (radiative temp) | deg C | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.totalevap | mm/day | Yes | x | ||
| total cloud cover | % | Yes | x | ||
| minimum surface temp | deg C | x | |||
| expt_name.u10m (near surface winds) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.v10m. (near surface winds) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| (winds) v all levels? (if possible) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| (winds) u all levels? (if possible) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.v200m. (atmosphere - winds) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.u200. (atmosphere - winds) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.v500m. (atmosphere - winds) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.u500. (atmosphere - winds) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.v850m. (atmosphere - winds) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.u850. (atmosphere - winds) | m/s | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.mslp. | hPa | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.z500. | m | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.z200. | m | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.z850 | m | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.downsolar_toa. | W/m2 | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.upsolar_toa. | W/m2 | Yes | x | ||
| outgoing LR_toa | W/m2 | Yes | x | ||
| surface SW&LW up and down | W/m2 | Yes | x | ||
| clear sky (surface SW up and down, and LW down) | W/m2 | Yes | x (if you can) | ||
| OCEANS | |||||
| expt_name.oceantemp..nc (ocean SSTs - Layer1) | deg C | Yes | x | ||
| Ocean temperature all layers (all layers) | deg C | annual only | x | in situ | |
| 4 stream functions (zonal average per basin) | Sv | annual only | x | global, atlantic, pacific, indian | |
| SST timeseries | deg C | 100 years monthly | x | ||
| Ocean velocity u (all levels) | m/s | annual only | x | ||
| Ocean velocity v (all levels) | m/s | annual only | x | ||
| Salinity all layers (all layers) | psu | annual only | x | ||
| expt_name.icedepth. (sea ice thickness) | m | Yes | x | ||
| expt_name.iceconc. (sea ice fraction) | % | Yes | x | ||
| freshwater flux | Sv | Yes | x | ||
| latent heat flux | W/m2 | Yes | x | ||
| sensible heat flux | W/m2 | Yes | x | ||
| BOUNDARY CONDITIONS | |||||
| landsea mask | zero-one | x | |||
| orography | m | x | |||
| TREND (one number for last 100 yrs of...) | |||||
| global mean temp | one number | x | |||
| ocean integratedtemp | one number | x |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL:http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eespteam/prism/prism_pliomip.html
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Page Last Modified:12 February 2013
