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Input forcing data-sets for CABLE offline simulations

This page describes how to access offline forcing data for running CABLE on the NCI (i.e., for those using the raijin cluster). This data collection forms part of an RDSI application (https://www.rdsi.edu.au/) made by the CABLE community for the purpose of sharing useful data-sets related to CABLE.

These data be accessed (read and execute (rx) only) by members of the cable group (you become a member of the cable group when you register to have access to the source code). Only administrators have write access (rwx) to this directory.

To find out which groups you belong to at NCI, you can use the groups command, e.g:

groups $USER

All the data is hosted at:

/g/data1/wd9/MetForcing/

If you have forcing/input data you would like to share, please contact either Bernard Pak ([email protected]) if you are based at either CSIRO/BoM/CAWCR. Contact Paola Petrelli ([email protected]) if you are based within the Center of Excellence for Climate Systems Science or partner institution. If neither applies, get in touch with Rachel Law ([email protected]) and/or Andy Pitman ([email protected]).

Global meteorological forcings

1. Global Soil Wetness Project 2 (GSWP2)

  • Description: GSWP2 is global forcing data-set used to run land-surface models offline, and is widely used within the land surface modeling community (http://www.iges.org/gswp/)
  • Location: “/g/data1/wd9/MetForcing/Global/GSWP2/”
  • Spatial resolution: 1 by 1 degree
  • Temporal resolution: 3-hourly from 1986 to 1995
  • How to use:
  • In your run directory, create a gswp dir and create soft links:
mkdir gswp
cd gswp
ln -s /g/data1/wd9/MetForcing/Global/GSWP2/*.nc .
  • Sample job script and namelists are available at:
/short/public/bep599/mpi_gswp_vayu.bash
/short/public/bep599/namelistDir/
  • How to cite: There is no “official” paper to cite for using GSWP2, however, previous papers using GSWP2 have cited the following:
  • International GEWEX Project Office, 2002: GSWP-2: The second global soil wetness project science and implementation plan. IGPO Publication Series, No. 37, 65 pp
  • Zhao, M., and P. A. Dirmeyer, 2003: Production and analysis of GSWP-2 near-surface meteorology data sets. COLA Tech. Rep. 159, Center for Land Ocean Atmosphere Studies, Calverton, MD, 38 pp
  • Dirmeyer, P. A., X. Gao, M. Zhao, Z. Guo, T. Oki, and N. Hanasaki (2006), GSWP-2: Multimodel analysis and implications for our perception of the land surface, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 87, 1381–1397

2. Global Soil Wetness Project 3 (GSWP3) Forcing

cd run_directory
ln -s /g/data1/wd9/MetForcing/Global/GSWP3/Corr.20C2.05 gswp

3. GPCC met forcings from Princeton

  • Description: This is the global forcing data constructed with the NCEP-NCAR reanalysis and bias-corrected using the daily product from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)
  • Location: /g/data1/wd9/MetForcing/Global/GPCC
  • Spatial Resolution: 1x1 degree
  • Temporal Resolution 1: 3-hourly from 1948 to 2008 in subdirectory original_3hrly
  • Temporal Resolution 2: 1-hourly from 1948 to 2008 in subdirectory hourly_beta
  • Website: http://http://hydrology.princeton.edu/data.pgf.php
  • Citations 1: Sheffield, J., G. Goteti, and E. F. Wood, 2006: Development of a 50-yr high-resolution global dataset of meteorological forcings for land surface modeling, J. Climate, 19 (13), 3088-3111
  • Citations 2: reference for the hourly dataset (temporally interpolated from the 3-hourly dataset) will be added
  • Surface Data: Share the same 1x1 degree gridinfo file in CABLE-AUX that has been used for GSWP2 runs

4. NCAR met forcings

  • Description: This is the global forcing data dumped from the CLM4.0 simulation.
  • Location: /g/data1/wd9/MetForcing/Global/NCAR
  • Spatial Resolution: 2.5x1.9 degrees
  • Temporal Resolution: 1-hourly from 1900 to 2005 for historical run and then from 2006 to 2100 for the RCP8.5 run.
  • Citations: Xingjie Lu, Yiqi Luo, Zheng Shi, Junyi Liang, Lifen Jiang, Manoj Kc, Will Wieder, Ying-Ping Wang, Traceability analysis of transient dynamics of modelled terrestrial carbon storage, in preparation.
  • Surface Data: will add the corresponding gridinfo file to CABLE-AUX

5. More input forcings will be added as they become available

Regional meteorological forcings

1. BIOS2 Weather Generator

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