CESM Pacific Pacemaker Data

A 20-member ensemble of CESM1 (1 degree spatial resolution) simulations in which time-evolving SST anomalies in the eastern tropical Pacific (10S-10N, 160-90W, with a linearly tapering buffer zone that extends to 20S and 20N, 180W to the American coast) are nudged to observations (NOAA Extended Reconstruction Sea Surface Temperature version 3: ERSSTv3b) during 1920-2013. In this way, the observed evolution of ENSO is maintained in each simulation (i.e., ENSO is the pacemaker), with the rest of the model's coupled climate system free to evolve. Note that only the SST anomalies, not the total SST, are nudged to observations, maintaining the model's mean state, including any model biases.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1920-01-01
    End:  2013-12-31

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1920-01-01
Temporal Range End 2013-12-31
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Related Resource #1 : CESM CVCWG CESM1 Pacific Pacemaker Ensemble
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Resource Format NetCDF
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 25463251.343 MB
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Author Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

Publication Date 2016-11-30
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/DH0R-SH30
Alternate Identifier d651033
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2026-07-07T22:21:53Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d651033
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. (2016). CESM Pacific Pacemaker Data. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/DH0R-SH30. Accessed 12 July 2026.

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