Chapter 3 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 3.30 (v20220614)

Data for Figure 3.30 from Chapter 3 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

Figure 3.30 shows observed and CMIP6 simulated AMOC mean state, variability and long-term trends.

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How to cite this dataset

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When citing this dataset, please include both the data citation below (under 'Citable as') and the following citation for the report component from which the figure originates:

Eyring, V., N.P. Gillett, K.M. Achuta Rao, R. Barimalala, M. Barreiro Parrillo, N. Bellouin, C. Cassou, P.J. Durack, Y. Kosaka, S. McGregor, S. Min, O. Morgenstern, and Y. Sun, 2021: Human Influence on the Climate System. In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, A. Pirani, S.L. Connors, C. Péan, S. Berger, N. Caud, Y. Chen, L. Goldfarb, M.I. Gomis, M. Huang, K. Leitzell, E. Lonnoy, J.B.R. Matthews, T.K. Maycock, T. Waterfield, O. Yelekçi, R. Yu, and B. Zhou (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 423–552, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.005.

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Figure subpanels

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The figure has 6 subpanels with data provided for all panels in subdirectories named panel_a, panel_b, panel_c, panel_d, panel_e and panel_f.

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List of data provided

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This dataset contains:

- AMOC streamfunction profiles from CMIP5 (1860-2004) and CMIP6 (1860-2014) historical simulations

- AMOC mean maximum overturning depth from CMIP5 (1860-2004) and CMIP6 (1860-2014) historical simulations

- AMOC mean maximum overturning depth from RAPID observational dataset (2004-2018)

- AMOC mean maximum overturning streamfunction from CMIP5 (1860-2004) and CMIP6 (1860-2014) historical simulations

- AMOC mean maximum overturning streamfunction from RAPID observational dataset (2004-2018)

- AMOC 8-year trends from CMIP5 and CMIP6 simulations and RAPID observations (2004-2012)

- Interannual AMOC changes from CMIP5 and CMIP6 simulations and RAPID observations (2008-2010)

- Longterm AMOC trends (1850-2014) from CMIP6 simulations

- Longterm AMOC trends (1940-1985) from CMIP6 simulations

- Longterm AMOC trends (1985-2014) from CMIP6 simulations

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Data provided in relation to figure

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- panel_a/amoc_mean_state_boxes.csv has the data for the grey observations lines and blue and red boxes with whiskers

- panel_a/amoc_profiles_shadings.csv has data for the blue and red profile shadings.

- panel_a/amoc_profile_cmip5.csv has data for the blue profile

- panel_a/amoc_profile_cmip6.csv has data for the red profile

- panel_b/amoc_trends_2004_2012.csv has data for boxes and whiskers and outlier dots

- panel_b/amoc_trends_cmip5_cmip6_additional_outliers.csv has data for additional outlier dots for CMIP5 and CMIP6

- panel_c/interannual_variability_AMOC.csv has data for boxes and whiskers and outlier dots

- panel_c/interannual_variability_AMOC_cmip5_cmip6_additional_outliers.csv has data for additional outlier dots for CMIP5 and CMIP6

- panel_d/amoc_longtern_trend_1850_2014.csv has data for grey, green, blue and orange boxes and whiskers

- panel_e/amoc_longtern_trend_1940_1985.csv has data for grey, green, blue and orange boxes and whiskers

- panel_f/amoc_longtern_trend_1985_2014.csv has data for grey, green, blue and orange boxes and whiskers

CMIP6 is the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project.

AMOC is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.

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Sources of additional information

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The following weblinks are provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record:

- Link to the report component containing the figure (Chapter 3)

- Link to the Supplementary Material for Chapter 3, which contains details on the input data used in Table 3.SM.1

- Link to the code for the figure, archived on Zenodo

- Link to the figure on the IPCC AR6 website

Date (Publication): 2022-06-24T15:53:59

Date (Creation): 2022-06-24T15:53:59

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a3902bb4d1b543b39cc85380df8d1586

Citation identifier: NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / a3902bb4d1b543b39cc85380df8d1586

Citation identifier: doi / 10.5285/a3902bb4d1b543b39cc85380df8d1586

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Keywords

IPCC-DDC
IPCC
AR6
WG1
WGI
Sixth Assessment Report
Working Group 1
Physical Science Basis
AMOC trend
AMOC
CMIP6
CMIP5
RAPID

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1860-01-01T12:00:00

End date: 2014-12-31T12:00:00

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

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Data are netCDF formatted

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

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	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a3902bb4d1b543b39cc85380df8d1586	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ar6_wg1/data/ch_03/ch3_fig30/v20220614	DOWNLOAD

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Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter_03_Supplementary_Material.pdf	SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL FOR REPORT CHAPTER: Eyring, V., N.P. Gillett, K.M. Achuta Rao, R. Barimalala, M. Barreiro Parrillo, N. Bellouin, C. Cassou, P.J. Durack, Y. Kosaka, S. McGregor, S. Min, O. Morgenstern, and Y. Sun: 2021, Human Influence on the Climate System Supplementary Material. In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter03.pdf	ORIGIN OF FIGURE (IPCC REPORT CHAPTER): Eyring, V., N.P. Gillett, K.M. Achuta Rao, R. Barimalala, M. Barreiro Parrillo, N. Bellouin, C. Cassou, P.J. Durack, Y. Kosaka, S. McGregor, S. Min, O. Morgenstern, and Y. Sun, 2021: Human Influence on the Climate System. In Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6780006	CODE FOR FIGURE (archived at Zenodo)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/figures/chapter-3/figure-3-30	Link to the figure

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14986377	Complex Citation Object: CMIP6 input data usage information for IPCC WGI AR6 figure 3.30, Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14986377

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Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: Data produced by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) authors and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) by the Technical Support Unit (TSU) for IPCC Working Group I (WGI).

Data curated on behalf of the IPCC Data Distribution Centre (IPCC-DDC).

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File identifier: a3902bb4d1b543b39cc85380df8d1586 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Chapter 3: Human influence on the climate system
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2025-12-12T03:25:02

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

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NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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