RAPID Improving our Ability to Predict Rapid Changes in the El Nino Southern Oscillation Climatic Phenomenon: HADCM3 model output

"Improving our ability to predict rapid changes in the El Nino Southern Oscillation climatic phenomenon" project, which was a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) RAPID Climate Change Research Programme project (Round 1 - NER/T/S/2002/00443 - Duration 1 Jan 2004 - 30 Sep 2007) led by Prof Alexander Tudhope of the University of Edinburgh, with co-investigators at the Scottish Universities Environment Research Centre, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, and the University of Reading.

This dataset collection contains HadCM3 model outputs.

The objective was to use a combination of palaeoclimate reconstruction from annually-banded corals and the fully coupled HadCM3 atmosphere-ocean general circulation model to develop an understanding of the controls on variability in the strength and frequency of ENSO, and to improve our ability to predict the likelihood of future rapid changes in this important element of the climate system. To achieve this, three periods were targeted:

a) 0-2.5 ka: Representative of near-modern climate forcing; revealing the internal variability in the system.

b) 6-9 ka: a period of weak or absent ENSO, and different orbital forcing; a test of the model's ability to capture externally-forced change in ENSO.

c) 200-2100 AD: by using the palaeo periods to test and optimise model parameterisation, produce a new, improved, prediction of ENSO variability in a warming world.

Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) was a £20 million, six-year (2001-2007) programme for the Natural Environment Research Council. The programme aimed to improve the ability to quantify the probability and magnitude of future rapid change in climate, with a main (but not exclusive) focus on the role of the Atlantic Ocean's Thermohaline Circulation.

Date (Publication): 2008-12-10T02:34:27

Date (Creation): 2008-12-10T02:34:27

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7cc596bcc3dbadc434a5044a8175b59d

Citation identifier: NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 7cc596bcc3dbadc434a5044a8175b59d

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)		unknown	Author
Unavailable	Tudhope, Alexander	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Brown, Josephine	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	et. al,	Unavailable	Author
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Custodian
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	pointofContact
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Publisher

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RAPID
Climate change
El Nino

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Language: English

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Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1924-11-01T00:00:00

End date: 2007-09-30T22:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/7cc596bcc3dbadc434a5044a8175b59d	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/rapid/scienceplan.pdf	RAPID Science plan

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/rapid/rapid_brochure.pdf	Rapid brochure

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/badc_datadocs/rapid/models.html	Rapid Models

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Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

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Date stamp: 2026-03-11T03:29:11

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)		badc@rl.ac.uk	Point of contact

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