Variability in Antarctic Surface Climatology Across Regional Climate Models and Reanalysis Datasets

• Main Authors: Carter, Jeremy, Leeson, Amber, Orr, Andrew, Kittel, Christoph, van Wessem, Melchior
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2022
• Subjects: Antarctica; Climate; Variability; Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6367849; https://zenodo.org/record/6367849

This dataset includes output for snowfall, near-surface air temperature and melt from the following regional climate models (RCMs): Met Office Unified Model version 11.1 (MetUMv11.1), the Modèle Atmosphérique Régional version 3.10 (MARv3.10) and the Regional Atmospheric Climate Model version 2.3p2 (RACMOv2.3p2). The data is aggregated to monthly timesteps from initial 3/6hourly data. The code for aggregation is available here: https://github.com/Jez-Carter/Antarctica_Climate_Variability . Data goes from ~1971-2018 and includes two simulations from each RCM: 0.11° (12.25 km) and 0.44° (49 km) resolution simulations from the MetUM; ERA-Interim and ERA5 driven simulations from MAR and RACMO. The data used in the results for 'Variability in Antarctic Surface Climatology Across Regional Climate Models and Reanalysis Datasets' J.Carter et al, is included here and can be generated using the code available here: https://github.com/Jez-Carter/Antarctica_Climate_Variability . Data usage notice: If you use any of these results, please acknowledge the work of the people involved in producing them. Acknowledgements should have language similar to the below. "We thank C. Kittel and the MAR team which make available the model outputs, as well agencies (F.R.S - FNRS, CÉCI, and the Walloon Region) that provided computational resources for MAR simulations." In order to document MAR scientific impact and enable ongoing support of the model, users are encouraged to contact C. Kittel to add their works in the list of MAR-related publications. If you need other variables or output frequencies over Antarctica from: MAR, contact C.Kittel ([e-mail]); RACMO, contact J.M. van Wessem; MetUM, contact A.Orr.