Chapter 3 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 3.15 (v20211001)

Data for Figure 3.15 from Chapter 3 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).

Figure 3.15 shows observed and simulated time series of anomalies in zonal average annual mean precipitation.

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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 six panels, with data provided for five panels in subdirectories named panel_a, panel_c, panel_d, panel_e and panel_f.

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List of data provided

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This dataset contains:

- Observed precipitation change (1950-2014).

- Historical anthropogenic and natural precipitation change (1950-2014).

- Historical natural-only precipitation change (1950-2014).

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Data provided in relation to figure

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- panel_a/fig_3_15_a.nc (yearly data, 1950-2014); observed and CMIP6 data (also shaded areas)

- panel_c/fig_3_15_c.nc (yearly data, 1950-2014); observed and CMIP6 data (also shaded areas)

- panel_d/fig_3_15_d.nc (yearly data, 1950-2014); observed and CMIP6 data (also shaded areas)

- panel_e/fig_3_15_e.nc (yearly data, 1950-2014); observed and CMIP6 data (also shaded areas)

- panel_f/fig_3_15_f.nc (yearly data, 1950-2014); observed and CMIP6 data (also shaded areas)

* brown line: exp = 0, stat = 0

* green line: exp = 1, stat = 0

* shaded regions: exp = 1 or 2, stat = 1 and 2

* black lines: exp = 2, stat = 0 (GHCN), stat = 1 (GPCP-SG), stat = 2 (CRU)

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

GHCN is the Global Historical Climatology Network.

GPCP-SG refers to the Global Precipitation Climatology Project and Satellite-Guage combined precipitation dataset.

CRU refers to the Climatic Research Unit gridded Time Series climate dataset.

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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.

Date (Publication): 2021-10-31T12:15:00

Date (Creation): 2021-10-31T12:15:00

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a6b79b1abac64d72a1a3f2fcf62ee81e

Citation identifier: NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / a6b79b1abac64d72a1a3f2fcf62ee81e

Citation identifier: doi / 10.5285/a6b79b1abac64d72a1a3f2fcf62ee81e

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Unavailable	Bock, Lisa	Unavailable	Author
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis		support@ceda.ac.uk	Publisher

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Keywords

IPCC-DDC
IPCC
AR6
WG1
WGI
Sixth Assessment Report
Working Group I
Physical Science Basis
Chapter 3
Human influence
large-scale indicators
Natural variability
anthropogenically-forced change
observed changes
Figure 3.15
precipitation anomaly

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions

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Other constraints: Under the following licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Begin date: 1950-01-01T12:00:00

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

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
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

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/a6b79b1abac64d72a1a3f2fcf62ee81e	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/ar6_wg1/data/ch_03/ch3_fig15/v20211001/	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter_03.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://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, 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://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6656240	CODE FOR FIGURE (archived at Zenodo)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/figures/chapter-3/figure-3-15/	LINK TO FIGURE

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14986342	Complex Citation Object: CMIP6 input data usage information for IPCC WGI AR6 figure 3.15, Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14986342

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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: a6b79b1abac64d72a1a3f2fcf62ee81e 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: 2026-02-05T03:22:38

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

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

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