Table 3:
Description of the ten PDRMIP models.
| Model | Version | Resolution | Ocean setup |
Aerosol setup | Key references |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CanESM2 | 2010 | 2.8°x2.8°, 35 levels | Coupled ocean | Emissions | (Arora et al. 2011) |
| NCAR-CESM1-CAM4 | 1.0.3 | 2.5°x1.9°, 26 levels | Slab ocean | Fixed concentrations | (Neale et al. 2010; Gent et al. 2011) |
| NCAR-CESM1-CAM5 | 1.1.2 | 2.5°x1.9°, 30 levels | Coupled ocean | Emissions | (Hurrell et al. 2013). This is the same model as (Kay et al. 2015), but with a coarser resolution (Otto-Bliesner et al. 2015) |
| GISS-E2-R | E2-R | 2°x2.5°, 40 levels | Coupled ocean | Fixed concentrations | (Schmidt et al. 2014) |
| HadGEM2-ES | 6.6.3 | 1.875°x1.2 5°, 38 levels | Coupled ocean | Emissions | (Collins et al. 2011; Martin et al. 2011) |
| HadGEM3 | GA 4.0 | 1.875°x1.2 5°, 85 levels | Coupled ocean | Fixed concentrations | (Bellouin et al. 2011; Walters et al. 2014) |
| IPSL-CM5A | CMIP5 | 3.75°x 1.875°, 39 levels | Coupled ocean | Fixed concentrations | (Dufresne et al. 2013) |
| MPI-ESM | 1.1.00p2 | T63, 47 levels | Coupled ocean | Climatology, year 2000 | Roeckner et al. 2016 (in prep.) |
| NorESM1 | NorESM1-M | 2.5°x1.9°, 26 levels | Coupled ocean | Fixed concentrations | (Bentsen et al. 2013; Iversen et al. 2013; Kirkevåg et al. 2013) |
| MIROC-SPRINTARS | 5.9.0 | T85 (approx.. 1.4°x1.4°), 40 levels | Coupled ocean | HTAP2 emissions | (Takemura et al. 2005; Takemura et al. 2009; Watanabe et al. 2010) |