NorESM2 Key Experiments#

Here we provide an overview of NorESM2-MM and NorESM2-LM key experiments:

NorESM2-MM CMIP6 DECK:

  • piControl (pre-industrial control)

  • abrupt-4xCO2 (abrupt quadrupling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration)

  • 1pctCO2 (1 percent per year increase in the atmospheric CO2 concentration)

  • AMIP historical (1975 - 2012)

NorESM2-LM CMIP6 DECK:

  • piControl (pre-industrial control)

  • abrupt-4xCO2 (abrupt quadrupling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration)

  • 1pctCO2 (1 percent per year increase in the atmospheric CO2 concentration)

  • AMIP historical (1979 - 2014)

NorESM2 CMIP6 historical simulations:

Fully coupled and AMIP historical experiments (1850 - 2014) for

  • NorESM2-MM

  • NorESM2-LM

NorESM2 CMIP6 scenario simulations :

Fully coupled future scenario experiments (2015 - 2100) for

  • NorESM2-MM

  • NorESM2-LM

NorESM2-MM spinup tree:

  • Detailed information about the 18 experiments which make up the NorESM2-MM spinup (years: 1 - 1200)

NorESM2-LM spinup tree:

  • Detailed information about the 12 experiments which make up the NorESM2-LM spinup (years: 1 - 1600)