Image Metadata File

Person Submitting Metadata/Point of Contact:

Name: Laura Stevens
Physical Address: 151 Patton Ave Asheville, NC 28801
Organization: CICSNC
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Phone:

Image Info:

Image Title:
Time series of mean annual temperature simulated vs observational
Image Description:
Time series of mean annual temperature for the Great Plains region from observations (blue) and from all available CMIP3 global climate model simulations (black and grey). Black represents the mean and grey indicates the 5 and 95% limits of the model simulations. Model mean and percentile limits were calculated for each year separately and then smoothed. Results are shown for the low (B1) emissions scenario (left) and the high (A2) emissions scenario (right). A total of 74 simulations of the 20th century were used. For the 21st century, there were 40 simulations for the high emissions scenario and 32 for the low emissions scenario. For each model simulation, the annual temperature values were first transformed into anomalies by subtracting the simulation’s 1901-1960 average from each annual value. Then, the mean bias between model and observations was removed by adding the observed 1901-1960 average to each annual anomaly value from the simulation. For each year, all available model simulations were used to calculate the multi-model mean and the 5th and 95th percentile bounds for that year. Then, the mean and 5th and 95th percentile values were smoothed with a 10-year moving boxcar average.
Attributes (variables name, description and units):
Mean annual temperature difference (deg F / year)
Temporal domain:
Start Time: 1900-01-01 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2100-12-31 00:00:00.0
Spatial domain:
Max latitude: 48.9375
Min latitude: 25.9375
Max longitude: -93.5625
Min longitude: -116.063
Keywords:
Great Plains, Observed, Simulated, CDDv2, CMIP3, Temperature
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Panels within image: 2

Left:
Image Description:
B1 Scenario
Right:
Image Description:
A2 Scenario

Image Creation:

Who created the image:
Name: Laura Stevens
Physical Address: 151 Patton Ave Asheville, NC 28801
Organization: CICSNC
Email:
Phone:
When was image created (YYYY-MM-DD): 2012-07-18 00:00:00.0

Data Sources:

Dataset #1
Dataset Name: CMIP3
Dataset Version:
Dataset Description: Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3
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Dataset Release/Publication Date:
Affiliated Organization Name and Role: The Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI)
Date Accessed: 2012-08-30 00:00:00.0
Dataset Location (ftp, URL, etc): http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about_ipcc.php
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Description of the scope of a resource, quality report, or process:
Spatial Extent of the source/output (polygon, box or region name): All grids; 1971 - 1999 for 20th Century runs; 2021 - 2050, 2041 - 2070, and 2070 - 2099 for 21st Century runs
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Dataset #2
Dataset Name: CDDv2
Dataset Version: 2 beta
Dataset Description: Climate Division Database version 2
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Dataset Release/Publication Date:
Affiliated Organization Name and Role: NOAA/NCDC
Date Accessed: 2011-06-06 00:00:00.0
Dataset Location (ftp, URL, etc): ftp://ncdcftp/pub/upload/7days
Data qualifier (QA/QC, etc): QA for all elements...
The denominator of the scale of the source/output: N/A
Spatial Reference system used by the source/output: Geographic coordinates (lat/lon)
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Description of the scope of a resource, quality report, or process:
Spatial Extent of the source/output (polygon, box or region name): Conterminous U.S.
Temporal extent of the source/output: 1895-01-01 to present
Vertical extent of the source/output: Surface
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Spatial resolution of the source/output: 5 km

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