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Add CAMtr_volume_mixing_ratio for SSPs (#1553)
TYPE: enhancement KEYWORDS: CMIP6, GHG, SSP, climate, radiation SOURCE: Jesus Fernandez (Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria CSIC-UC, Santander, Spain) DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES: Problem: Missing GHG concentration files for the new Shared Socioeconomic Pathways used in CMIP6 and IPCC AR6 ([Meinshausen et al. 2020](https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3571-2020)). They are required to nest WRF into CMIP6 global models for future regional climate simulation. Solution: Add corresponding GHG concentration files using global average data provided via input4MIP (namely, via CSV files provided by https://greenhousegases.science.unimelb.edu.au). Note that yearly hemispheric averages are also available from this source, and also 15-degree resolution monthly values. These could be used to tailor GHG evolution files for a particular WRF domain (see the code used to generate these files in https://github.com/SantanderMetGroup/wrf-ghg-files/tree/v0.1.2). The files included in this PR are global averages, consistent with previous CAMtr RCP files. The files are used as the existing RCP CAMtr files, by renaming or linking the appropriate file with the exact name CAMtr_volume_mixing_ratio in the WRF running directory. For this to work, WRF needs to be compiled with the macro `-DCLWRFGHG` and the long-wave radiation parameterization set to one of: RRTM, CAM, RRTMG (ra_lw_physics = 1, 3, 4). A successful reading of the files leads to messages such as the following at the beginning of the WRF standard output log: ``` d01 2033-12-27_00:00:00 CLWRF reading...: istatus: 0 idata: 1 year: 1765 co2: 277.913000000000 n2o: 274.372000000000 ch4: 738.986000000000 d01 2033-12-27_00:00:00 CLWRF reading...: istatus: 0 idata: 2 year: 1766 co2: 277.958000000000 n2o: 274.392000000000 ch4: 739.831000000000 d01 2033-12-27_00:00:00 CLWRF reading...: istatus: 0 idata: 3 year: 1767 co2: 278.017000000000 n2o: 274.426000000000 ch4: 740.729000000000 d01 2033-12-27_00:00:00 CLWRF reading...: istatus: 0 idata: 4 year: 1768 co2: 278.078000000000 n2o: 274.447000000000 ch4: 741.222000000000 ``` LIST OF MODIFIED FILES: M run/README.physics_files A run/CAMtr_volume_mixing_ratio.SSP119 A run/CAMtr_volume_mixing_ratio.SSP126 A run/CAMtr_volume_mixing_ratio.SSP245 A run/CAMtr_volume_mixing_ratio.SSP370 A run/CAMtr_volume_mixing_ratio.SSP585 TESTS CONDUCTED: 1. Model runs with the new files, which are just ASCII files formatted exactly as the existing ones for RCPs used in CMIP5. 2. The new files were compared to the existing ones for RCPs to ensure a consistent order of magnitude and evolution of the concentration values. No long-term climate simulation has been yet conducted with the new data files, but the files are within the order of magnitude of existing RCP files, which were extensively tested. ![CAMtr file comparison](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SantanderMetGroup/wrf-ghg-files/v0.1.2/CAMtr_files.png) RELEASE NOTE: Added new CAMtr_volume_mixing_ratio data files for CMIP6 SSPs (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5507554) containing yearly global average concentrations from input4MIPs (v1.2.0 for historical part and v1.2.1 for scenario evolution).
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