Climate Model Outputs Assembled by DSS for EPA Carbon Dioxide Studies

Various global climate model runs at several institutions were made in the 1980s to assess the impact of increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 on the global climate. The Data Support Section at NCAR assembled and/or computed the 10-year monthly climatologies from the outputs of these runs and made them available in a common ASCII exchange format. The standard parameters that were provided by all of the models are surface temperature, wind speed, precipitation, humidity, incoming solar radiation, and pressure (sea-level or surface). Other parameters were provided and they varied depending on the individual model. These models also provided outputs in various timesteps other than decadal means, and those outputs are archived by institution in the ds318.1 through ds318.5 series of datasets.

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Resource Type dataset
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Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 175.00 MB
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Resource Support Name Bob Dattore
Resource Support Email dattore@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR - Geoscience Data Exchange
Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, U.S. Department of Commerce
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1987-10-28
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/6W1M-ZW77
Alternate Identifier d318000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-03T00:25:20Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d318000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, U.S. Department of Commerce, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA. (1987). Climate Model Outputs Assembled by DSS for EPA Carbon Dioxide Studies. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/6W1M-ZW77. Accessed 04 October 2025.

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