ESACCI HRLC PROJECT simulations

1. FORCED REGIONAL SIMULATIONS

Model : ORCHIDEE rev.5375
Regions : Africa (15N-7N, 29E-39E), Brazil (8S-16S, 58W-48W), Siberie (68N-62N, 114E-126E)
Forcing : CRUJRA v1.1 (0.5°) upscaled to 0.05° by replicating data within 10x10 grid cell blocks
PFT maps : ESA aggregated to 0.05° (1992-2015)
Period : 1992-2015
Plots : https://orchidas.lsce.ipsl.fr/mapper?set=ESA.HRLC&mode=FR

2. COUPLED GLOBAL ZOOMED SIMULATIONS

Model : LMDZOR 6.1.9, resolution 142x144, NPv6.1.3
Mode : nudged with wind components
Zooms : Africa (16N-4N, 27E-44E, zoom-5), Brazil (12S-24S, 47W-62W, zoom-5), Siberie (74N-60N, 65E-86E, zoom-4)
PFT maps : ESA aggregated to 0.1° (1992-2015)
Period : 1966-2015
Global plots: https://orchidas.lsce.ipsl.fr/mapper?set=ESA.HRLC&mode=CL
Plots limited to zoom regions: https://orchidas.lsce.ipsl.fr/mapper?set=ESA.HRLC&mode=CLZ

3. FORCED GLOBAL SIMULATIONS

Model : ORCHIDEE 2.2
Forcing : CRUJRA v2 (0.5°)
PFT maps : ESA aggregated to 0.25° (1992-2018)
Period : 1992-2018 (with 10Y-spinup using fixed PFT map for 1992)
Simulations : FG.CRUJRA.ESA.FIX (fixed PFT map for 1992), FG.CRUJRA.ESA.LUC (varying PFT map for 1992-2018)
Global plots: https://orchidas.lsce.ipsl.fr/mapper?set=ESA.HRLC&mode=FG
Plots limited to Africa: https://orchidas.lsce.ipsl.fr/mapper?set=ESA.HRLC&mode=FG.AFRICA
Plots limited to Brazil: https://orchidas.lsce.ipsl.fr/mapper?set=ESA.HRLC&mode=FG.BRAZIL
Plots limited to Siberie: https://orchidas.lsce.ipsl.fr/mapper?set=ESA.HRLC&mode=FG.SIBERIE