E3SMv1 (Water Cycle)

The E3SM version 1 water cycle simulation campaign includes the standard set of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Characterization of Klima (DECK) simulations. These E3SM simulations at standard resolution have been completed and the data is publicly available.

Data Resolution:

The standard resolution configuration of E3SM v1.0 water cycle configuration has approximate horizontal resolution of 1 deg latitude by 1 deg longitude in atmosphere (110 km grid spacing), with ocean and sea ice grid of 60 km in the mid-latitudes and 30 km at the equator and poles, and river transport at 55 km horizontal resolution.

For more details, refer to Coupled E3SM v1 Model Overview or to the reference papers:

  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Overview and Evaluation at Standard Resolution doi: 10.1029/2018MS001603

  • Description of historical and future projection simulations by the global coupled E3SMv1.0 model as used in CMIP6 doi:10.5194/gmd-15-3941-2022

  • Ensemble Spread Behavior in Coupled Climate Models: Insights From the Energy Exascale Earth System Model Version 1 Large Ensemble doi:10.1029/2023MS003653

  • The DOE E3SM Coupled Model Version 1: Description and Results at High Resolution doi:10.1029/2019MS001870

Experiments:

The datasets include the following experiments.

For low-resolution:

  • DECK

    • piControl – Pre-industrial control (piControl) simulation (500 years)

    • 1pctCO2 – Prescribed 1% / year CO2 increase (1pctCO2) simulation (150 years)

    • abrupt-4xCO2 – Abrupt CO2 quadrupling (abrupt-4xCO2) simulation (150 years)

    • abrupt-4xCO2-ext300yrs – Abrupt CO2 quadrupling (abrupt-4xCO2) simulation (140-300 years)

  • Historical

    • historical – Historical simulations 1850-2014 (165 years), 5 ensemble members

  • AMIP

    • amip – Atmosphere only AMIP simulation 1870-2014 (145 years), 3 ensemble members

    • amip_1850_allF – Atmosphere only AMIP with all forcings held at 1850 values, 1870-2014 (145 years), 3 ensemble members

    • amip_1850_aeroF – Atmosphere only AMIP with all aerosol forcings held at 1850 values, 1870-2014 (145 years), 3 ensemble members

  • DAMIP

    • damip_hist-GHG – Greenhouse gases only, 3 ensemble members

  • LargeEnsemble

    • historical - Historical simulations, 20 ensemble members

    • ssp370 - Future projection, 20 ensemble members

  • Projection

    • ssp5-8.5 – Future projection, 5 ensemble members

    • damip_ssp5-8.5-GHG – Future projection with greenhouse gases only, 3 ensemble members

For high-resolution:

  • Control Runs

    • A_WCYCL1950S_CMIP6_HR.ne120_oRRS18v3_ICG – 4 ensemble members

  • Transient Production Runs

    • A_WCYCL20TRS_CMIP6_HR.ne120_oRRS18v3_ICG – 2 ensemble members

  • Additional Simulations

    • A_WCYCL1950S_CMIP6_LRtunedHR.ne30_oECv3_ICG – LR tuned HR control run, 1 ensemble member

    • A_WCYCL20TRS_CMIP6_LRtunedHR.ne30_oECv3_ICG – LR tuned HR transient production run, 1 ensemble member

    • F2010-CMIP6-HR – 3 ensemble members

    • F2010C5-CMIP6 – 5 ensemble members. “nudgeUV” refers to U and V wind directions.

    • F2010LRtunedHR – 4 ensemble members

    • A_WCYCLSSP585_CMIP6_HR – Future projection, 1 ensemble member

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