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Description of SST boundary conditions used in the HadAM3 experiments. (‘MW’ and ‘LA’ indicate global mean warming and local anomalies respectively.)
| experiment | SST boundary condition |
|---|---|
| CONT | GISST |
| MWLA | GISST+full SST change |
| MW | GISST+global mean warming |
| LA | GISST+full change−global mean |
| ATL | as LA, but ΔSST in tropical Atlantic only |
| PAC | as LA, but ΔSST in tropical Pacific only |
| IND | as LA, but ΔSST in tropical Indian Ocean only |
