Arctic sea ice seasonal transition metrics from coupled climate model simulations, 1979-2013 ...

• Main Authors: Smith, Abigail, Jahn, Alexandra
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; sea ice; melt; freeze; break-up; freeze-up; opening; closing; melt season; open water; Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble; CMIP6; Kay; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2c53f235; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2C53F235

This dataset includes annual, gridded Arctic sea ice seasonal transition metrics (dates and periods) for fifteen Coupled Model Intercomparison Project version 6 (CMIP6) models and the Community Earth System Model version 1.1 (CESM1.1) Large Ensemble (CESM LE) (Kay, et al., 2015). Seasonal transition dates include melt onset, opening, break-up, freeze onset, freeze-up and closing. Seasonal transition periods include the melt period, the seasonal loss-of-ice period, the freeze period, the seasonal gain-of-ice period, the melt season, the open water period and the outer ice-free period. Data are provided for one ensemble member of the following models: Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator CM2 (ACCESS-CM2), Beijing Climate Center Climate System Model 2 MR (BCC-CSM2-MR), Beijing Climate Center Earth System Model 1 (BCC-ESM1), Community Earth System Model 2 (CESM2), Community Earth System Model 2 FV2 (CESM2-FV2), Community Earth System Model 2 Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model ...