This readme.txt file was generated on 20200726 by Dr. Longlei Li ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- Title of Dataset: Atmospheric mean mineral aerosol abundance and direct radiative effect by dust for models and cases described in Li et al. (2020) Contact Information: Longlei Li, Cornell University, ll859@cornell.edu Alternate Contact: Natalie M. Mahowald, Cornell University, mahowald@cornell.edu -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Please cite this dataset as: Longlei Li, Natalie M. Mahowald, Ron L. Miller, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Martina Klose, Douglas S. Hamilton, Maria Gonçalves Ageitos, Paul Ginoux, Yves Balkanski, Robert O. Green, Olga Kalashnikova, Jasper F. Kok, Vincenzo Obiso, David Paynter & David R. Thompson. (2020) Atmospheric mean mineral aerosol abundance and direct radiative effect by dust for models and cases described in Li et al. [Datasetl] Cornell University eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/wedj-jv65 Related Manuscript: Longlei Li, Natalie M. Mahowald, Ron L. Miller, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Martina Klose, Douglas S. Hamilton, Maria Gonçalves Ageitos, Paul Ginoux, Yves Balkanski, Robert O. Green, Olga Kalashnikova, Jasper F. Kok, Vincenzo Obiso, David Paynter, David R. Thompson. (2020) Quantifying the range of the dust direct radiative effect due to source mineralogy uncertainty. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-547 This dataset is shared under a Creative Commons 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). The material can be copied, modified and used without permission, but attribution to the original authors is always appreciated. -------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW -------------------- File list: Name Size 01) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_Baseline.nc 58K 02) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_HiDOD.nc 58K 03) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_HiHemClay.nc 58K 04) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_HiHemSilt.nc 58K 05) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_HiIm.nc 58K 06) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_Journet_Baseline.nc 58K 07) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_Journet_Baseline_Same_HG_Opt.nc 59K 08) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_Journet_HiIronOxide.nc 59K 09) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_Journet_LwIronOxide.nc 59K 10) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_LwDOD.nc 58K 11) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_LwHemClay.nc 58K 12) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_LwHemSilt.nc 58K 13) Li2020.AODDUST.CAM5_LwIm.nc 58K 14) Li2020.AODDUST.GFDL.nc 208K 15) Li2020.AODDUST.MONARCH.nc 273K 16) Li2020.DRE.CAM4_HiIllClay.nc 492K 17) Li2020.DRE.CAM4_HiSmeClay.nc 492K 18) Li2020.DRE.CAM4_LwIllClay.nc 492K 19) Li2020.DRE.CAM4_LwSmeClay.nc 492K 20) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_Baseline.nc 983K 21) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_HiCalClay.nc 492K 22) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_HiDOD.nc 983K 23) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_HiFelSilt.nc 492K 24) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_HiGypSilt.nc 492K 25) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_HiHemClay.nc 983K 26) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_HiHemSilt.nc 983K 27) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_HiIm.nc 983K 28) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_HiQuaClay.nc 492K 29) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_HiQuaSilt.nc 492K 30) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_Journet_Baseline.nc 983K 31) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_Journet_Baseline_Same_HG_Opt.nc 983K 32) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_Journet_HiIronOxide.nc 983K 33) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_Journet_LwIronOxide.nc 983K 34) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_LwDOD.nc 983K 35) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_LwFelSilt.nc 492K 36) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_LwHemClay.nc 983K 37) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_LwHemSilt.nc 983K 38) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_LwIm.nc 983K 39) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_LwQuaClay.nc 492K 40) Li2020.DRE.CAM5_LwQuaSilt.nc 492K 41) Li2020.DRE.CAM6_Baseline.nc 3.9M 42) Li2020.DRE.MONARCH.nc 7.4M 43) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM4_Baseline.nc 499K 44) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM4_HiHemClay.nc 502K 45) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM4_HiHemSilt.nc 502K 46) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM4_HiIllClay.nc 502K 47) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM4_HiSmeClay.nc 502K 48) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM4_LwHemClay.nc 502K 49) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM4_LwHemSilt.nc 502K 50) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM4_LwIllClay.nc 502K 51) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM4_LwSmeClay.nc 502K 52) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_Baseline.nc 24M 53) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_HiCalClay.nc 507K 54) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_HiDOD.nc 24M 55) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_HiFelSilt.nc 507K 56) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_HiGypSilt.nc 507K 57) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_HiHemClay.nc 24M 58) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_HiHemSilt.nc 24M 59) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_HiIm.nc 24M 60) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_HiKaoClay.nc 507K 61) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_Journet_Baseline.nc 27M 62) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_Journet_Baseline_Same_HG_Opt.nc 27M 63) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_Journet_HiIronOxide.nc 27M 64) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_Journet_LwIronOxide.nc 27M 65) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_LwDOD.nc 24M 66) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_LwFelSilt.nc 507K 67) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_LwHemClay.nc 24M 68) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_LwHemSilt.nc 24M 69) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM5_LwIm.nc 24M 70) Li2020.MINEDIST.CAM6_Baseline.nc 95M 71) Li2020.MINEDIST.GISS.nc 437K 72) Li2020.Regional.ALBEDO.all_sub.txt 2.8K 73) Li2020.Regional.ALBEDO.australia.txt 2.8K 74) Li2020.Regional.ALBEDO.central_aisa.txt 2.8K 75) Li2020.Regional.ALBEDO.middle_east_land.txt 2.8K 76) Li2020.Regional.ALBEDO.north_africa.txt 2.8K 77) Li2020.Regional.ALBEDO.north_east_aisa.txt 2.8K 78) Li2020.Regional.AOD.all_sub.txt 2.8K 79) Li2020.Regional.AOD.australia.txt 2.8K 80) Li2020.Regional.AOD.central_aisa.txt 2.8K 81) Li2020.Regional.AOD.middle_east_land.txt 2.8K 82) Li2020.Regional.AOD.north_africa.txt 2.8K 83) Li2020.Regional.AOD.north_east_aisa.txt 2.8K 84) Li2020.Regional.DRE.all_sub.txt 2.8K 85) Li2020.Regional.DRE.australia.txt 2.8K 86) Li2020.Regional.DRE.central_aisa.txt 2.8K 87) Li2020.Regional.DRE.middle_east_land.txt 2.8K 88) Li2020.Regional.DRE.north_africa.txt 2.8K 89) Li2020.Regional.DRE.north_east_aisa.txt 2.8K 90) Li2020.Regional.SSA.HEM.all_sub.txt 25K 91) Li2020.Regional.SSA.HEM.australia.txt 25K 92) Li2020.Regional.SSA.HEM.central_asia.txt 25K 93) Li2020.Regional.SSA.HEM.middle_east_land.txt 25K 94) Li2020.Regional.SSA.HEM.north_africa.txt 25K 95) Li2020.Regional.SSA.HEM.north_east_asia.txt 25K 96) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_Baseline.nc 62K 97) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_HiDOD.nc 62K 98) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_HiHemClay.nc 62K 99) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_HiHemSilt.nc 62K 100) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_HiIm.nc 62K 101) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_Journet_Baseline.nc 62K 102) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_Journet_Baseline_Same_HG_Opt.nc 62K 103) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_Journet_HiIronOxide.nc 62K 104) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_Journet_LwIronOxide.nc 62K 105) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_LwDOD.nc 62K 106) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_LwHemClay.nc 62K 107) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_LwHemSilt.nc 62K 108) Li2020.SSAVIS.CAM5_LwIm.nc 62K 109) Li2020.SSAVIS.GFDL.nc 208K 110) Li2020.SSAVIS.MONARCH.nc 12M ---- Total: 465M Relationship between files: One file for each simulated case in Li et al. (2020) -------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION -------------------------- Number of variables: 38(TOTAL) = 20(SSA, AOD, and MINE) + 6(SW) + 6(LW) + 6(NET) Number of cases: 1 case per NETCDF file Variable list: 01) AODDUST (Dust Aerosol Opitcal Depth; unitless) 02) SSAVIS (Single Scattering Albedo; unitless) 03) dstI (Ill Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio; Kg/Kg) 04) dstK (Kao Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio; Kg/Kg) 05) dstS (Sme Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio; Kg/Kg) 06) dstC (Cal Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio; Kg/Kg) 07) dstQ (Qua Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio; Kg/Kg) 08) dstH (Hem Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio; Kg/Kg) 09) dstF (Fel Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio; Kg/Kg) 10) dstG (Gyp Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio; Kg/Kg) 11) dstO (gOe Aerosol Mass Mixing Ratio; Kg/Kg) 12) FracI (Ill Aerosol Mass Fraction of Total Dust; unitless) 13) FracK (Kao Aerosol Mass Fraction of Total Dust; unitless) 14) FracS (Sme Aerosol Mass Fraction of Total Dust; unitless) 15) FracC (Cal Aerosol Mass Fraction of Total Dust; unitless) 16) FracQ (Qua Aerosol Mass Fraction of Total Dust; unitless) 17) FracH (Hem Aerosol Mass Fraction of Total Dust; unitless) 18) FracF (Fel Aerosol Mass Fraction of Total Dust; unitless) 19) FracG (Gyp Aerosol Mass Fraction of Total Dust; unitless) 20) FracO (gOe Aerosol Mass Fraction of Total Dust; unitless) 21) SWDRETOAA (Allsky shortwave DRE at top of atmosphere; W/m2) 22) SWDREBOAA (Allsky shortwave DRE at surface; W/m2) 23) SWDREATMA (Allsky shortwave DRE in atmosphere; W/m2) 24) LWDRETOAA (Allsky longwave DRE at top of atmosphere; W/m2) 25) LWDREBOAA (Allsky longwave DRE at surface; W/m2) 26) LWDREATMA (Allsky longwave DRE in atmosphere; W/m2) 27) NETDRETOAA (Allsky NET DRE at top of atmosphere; W/m2) 28) NETDREBOAA (Allsky NET DRE at surface; W/m2) 29) NETDREATMA (Allsky NET DRE in atmosphere; W/m2) 30) SWDRETOAC (Clearsky shortwave DRE at top of atmosphere; W/m2) 31) SWDREBOAC (Clearsky shortwave DRE at surface; W/m2) 32) SWDREATMC (Clearsky shortwave DRE in atmosphere; W/m2) 33) LWDRETOAC (Clearsky longwave DRE at top of atmosphere; W/m2) 34) LWDREBOAC (Clearsky longwave DRE at surface; W/m2) 35) LWDREATMC (Clearsky longwave DRE in atmosphere; W/m2) 36) NETDRETOAC (Clearsky NET DRE at top of atmosphere; W/m2) 37) NETDREBOAC (Clearsky NET DRE at surface; W/m2) 38) NETDREATMC (Clearsky NET DRE in atmosphere; W/m2)