Model Output Overview  

• Introduction
• File Format: NetCDF
• Directory Structure & Data Organization
• Calendar Used In Experiments
• Using ts_catalog Files To Find Variables

  Model Components  

• Atmospheric GCM
• Land Surface
• Ocean GCM
• Sea Ice
• Flux Exchange Among Model Components

  Control & Transient Forcing Experiments

• ctrl_06
• IPCC_A2_01 & IPCC_B2_01
• IS92a Experiments: gps_01, gps_02 & gps_03

References & Citations

• How To Cite The GFDL R30 Coupled Model Results
• List Of References Cited On These Web Pages

If you have comments or questions regarding these GFDL R30 Coupled Climate Model webpages please e-mail Keith.Dixon @ noaa.gov

Researchers who use GFDL's R30 coupled model output in their own work should reference the GFDL model data as follows:

Delworth, T. L., R. J. Stouffer, K. W. Dixon, M. J. Spelman, T. R. Knutson, A. J. Broccoli, P. J. Kushner, and R. T. Wetherald, 2002: Review of simulations of climate variability and change with the GFDL R30 coupled climate model. Climate Dynamics, 19(7), 555-574.

If you subscribe to Climate Dynamics you can see the paper in HTML form by clicking [HERE].
Alternatively, a PDF version of the Delworth et al. paper is available from GFDL by clicking on the link below:

• [PDF ~1.2MB]

Many of the descriptions of the GFDL R30 coupled model components offered on these web pages are taken from the above manuscript.

Also, some of the model component descriptions are taken from the following manuscript:

Dixon, K. W., T. L. Delworth, T. R. Knutson, M. J. Spelman, and R. J. Stouffer, 2003: A comparison of climate change simulations produced by two GFDL coupled climate models. Global & Planetary Change, 37(1-2), 81-102.

A copy of the Dixon et al. manuscript can be downloaded by clicking on the link below:

• [PDF ~5MB]

For a complete list of references listed on these web pages, please refer to the reference lists contained in the Delworth et al and Dixon et al. PDF files listed above.