Preliminary Integrated Earth System Analysis (PIESA)

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Experiments based on PIESA tag: piesa-Fortuna-2_1_p2-m10

Restarts from:

/discover/nobackup/projects/gmao/iesa/aerosol/Data/restarts/144x91/19991231


Naming convention is:[F,R][p,c]_[description]

F = Free Running (GCM)

R = Replay

p = passive aerosols (no aerosol forcing) -- if omitted, interactive aerosol forcing is assumed

c =forcing by climatological aerosols -- if omitted, interactive aerosol forcing is assumed


Table 1. List of PIESA Experiments
Experiment Description Status System Contact
F_control Interactive aerosol forcing, monthly mean GFED-v2 BB emissions completed discover Anton
Fp_control No aerosol forcing, monthly mean GFEDv2 BB emissions completed pleiades Pete
Fc_mmControl As in F_control but forced by monthly-mean F_control aerosol climatology in progress pleiades Cynthia
F_dustv3 As in F_control but with modified dust optics (v3) completed pleiades Pete
Fc_mmdustv3 As in F_dustv3 but forced by monthly-mean F_dustv3 aerosol climatology pending pleiades Cynthia
F_mmQFED As in R_mmQFED, but no replay completed discover Anton
F_mmQFEDec As in F_mmQFED, but BB emissions calculated using the ECMWF global constant pending discover Anton
F_mmNOBB As in F_control, but with BB emissions set to zero completed discover Anton
R_control Interactive aerosol forcing, monthly mean GFED-v2 BB emissions completed discover Anton
R_mmQFED Interactive aerosol forcing, monthly mean QFED-v2.1 BB emissions completed discover Anton
R_dmQFED Daily mean QFED-v2.1 emissions completed discover Anton
R_ddQFED Daily-mean QFED-v2.1 with prescribed diurnal cycle pending discover Anton
R_mmNOBB All biomass burning set to zero completed discover Anton
R_ddQFEDtf Only QFED-v2.1 BB emissions due to tropical forests pending discover Anton
R_ddQFEDxf Only QFED-v2.1 BB emissions due to extra-tropical forests pending discover Anton
R_ddQFEDsv Only QFED-v2.1 BB due to savanna pending discover Anton
R_ddQFEDgl Only QFED-v2.1 BB due to grassland pending discover Anton
piesa-Fortuna-2_1_p1-m4
F_control Interactive aerosol forcing, monthly mean GFED-v2 BB emissions completed discover Anton
Fp_control No aerosol forcing, monthly mean GFEDv2 BB emissions in progress pleiades Pete
Fc_control As in F_control but forced by 2000-2006 F_control aerosol climatology pending pleiades Cynthia
F_dustv3 As in F_control but with modified dust optics (v3) completed pleiades Pete
Fc_dustv3 As in F_dustv3 but forced by 2000-2006 F_dustv3 aerosol climatology completed pleiades Cynthia
F_mmQFED As in R_mmQFED, but no replay completed discover Anton
F_mmQFEDec As in F_mmQFED, but BB emissions calculated using the ECMWF global constant completed discover Anton
F_mmNOBB As in F_control, but with BB emissions set to zero completed discover Anton


Output from various runs are stored in the contact (owner) archive space on the respective machine indicated. Monthly mean files are being accumulated in:

/discover/nobackup/projects/gmao/iesa/aerosol/Experiments