Timelines of HadCM3 runs

The latest version of this can be found on the Met Office network at http://www-twiki/bin/Main/HadCM3RunTimelines. This version was copied on 5 Sep 2011 (earlier version copied on 29 Dec 2006).

This diagram shows the simulated dates of HadCM3 runs. Dates appearing on the same horizontal line are at the same point since the start of the HadCM3 spinup, which is shown in the left-hand column. The vertical, time, axis is compressed later on for convenience. Runs in the same vertical line succeed one another, or run in parallel using the same dates. Some scenario runs shown as ending in 2099 in fact might have gone on to 2100 or 2101. All dates are 1st December.


     [Control]
   0 1991 AAYFA
          |
  60 2051 AAXZC              [HistAnth -  [THCMIP
          |      [2%#1,1%]   IS92a G]    0.1,1.0 Sv] [inst 4xCO2]
 100 2091 |      1859 ABBDA, 1859 AAXZE  2091 AATZX, 2091 ABTIB
          |           AATZJ       |           AATZW       |      [4xCO2]
 170 2161 |      1929 |           |           |           |      1929 ABBDC
 180 2171 |      1939 ABBDA       |           |           |           |
          |           |           |           |      2184 +           |
 253 2244 |      2012 +           |           |                       |
 300 2291 |                       |      2291 AATZW                   |
 340      |                  2099 +           |                       |
 351      |      [Control]                    |                  2110 ABTIA
 360 2351 + - -> 1849 AAXZK  [HistAnth-       |                       |
          |           |      IS92a GS,        |                       |
          |           |      A2#1,B2#1]       |      [inst 2xCO2]     |
 370      |      1859 |      1859 AAXZL       |      1859 ACUDA       |
 380 2371 +           |           |           |           |           |
 460             1949 |      1949 AAXZL,                  |           |
                      |           AAXZX  [HistAnth#2-A2#2,|           |
                      |           |      B2#2,A1FI,B1,A1B]|           |
 470             1959 |           |      1859 ABIAA       |           |
 480             1969 |      1969 AAXZL/Z     |           |           |
 500             1989 |      1989 AAXZL/Z/I   |                       |
 560             2049 |           |      1949 ABQZA [HistAnth#3-A2#3] |
 570             2059 |           |           |      1859 ABIAB       |
 585                  |           |      1974 ABQZD       |           |
 600             2089 |           |      1989 ABQZD       |           |
                      |           |           ABWA[AD]    |           |      [IPCC AR4
                      |           |           ACFX[ACD]   |           |      stabilisation]
 610             2099 |      2099 +      1999 ABWA[AD]    |           |      1999 ACFXG
                      |                       ACFX[ACD]   |           |           |
 620             2109 |                       |           |      2379 ABTIX       |
 660             2149 |      [HistAnth#4]     |      1949 ABQZB       |           |
 670             2159 AAXZP  1859 ABIAC       |           |           |           |
 680             2169 |           |      2069 ABWA[AD]    |           |           |
                      |           |           ACJID       |           |           |
                      |           |           ACFX[CD]    |           |           |
 685                  |           |           |      1974 ABQZE       |           |
 690             2179 |           |      2079 ABWA[AD]    |           |           |
                      |           |           ABJIE       |           |           |
                      |           |           ABFX[CD]    |           |           |
 700             2189 |           |           |      1989 ABQZE,ABWAE |           |
 710             2199 |           |      2099 +      1999 ABWAE       |      2099 ACFX[FHI]
 760             2249 |      1949 ABQZC                   |           |           |
 785                  |      1974 ABQZF  [2%#2,1%#2,      |           |           |
                      |           |      PATs, THCMIP     |           |           |
                      |           |      partially cpld]  |           |           |
 800             2289 |           |      2289 ABNJA       |           |           |
                      |           |           ACSF[AGH]   |           |           |
                      |           |           ACFH[DEH]   |           |           |
                      |           |           ABTJC       |           |           |
                      |           |           ACHHE       |           |           |
 810             2299 |      1999 +           |      2099 +           |      2199 +
                      |                       |         [2xCO2]       |
 870                  |                       |      2359 ACFXJ       |
 880                  |                  2369 ABNJA       |           |
                      |                       ACSF[AGH]   |           |
                      |                       ACFH[FG]    |           |
                      |                       |           |           |
 960                  |                  2449 ABNJA       |           |
                      |                       ACFH[FG]    |           |
                      |                       |           |           |
 970                  |                  2459 ABNJA       |           |
                      |                       ACFHG       |           |
                      |                       |           |           |
 981                  |                  2470 ABNJA       |           |
                      |     [Natural500]      |           |           |
1000             2489 AAXZW  1491 ACPDD  2489 +           |           |
1020                  |           |                       +           |
                      |           |                                   |
1100                  |           |                                   |
                      |           | [Natural500,                      |
1200                  |           | All250,                           |
                      |           | Nat_LS250]                        |
1258             2747 |      1749 ACPD[EFH]                           |
                      |           |                                   |
1300             2789 ABXPA       |                                   |
                      |           |                                   |
1339             2828 |      1830 ACPD[EGH]                           |
                      |           |                                   |
1400             2889 ABXPB       |                                   |
                      |           |                                   |
1500                  |           |
                      |           |
1511             3000 |      2002 +
                      |
1600             3089 ABXPF
                      |
1800             3289 ABXPG
                      |
2000             3489 ABXPH
                      |
                      |
2300             3789 ABXPI
    [Alt Control]     |
2500 3989 ABXPJ  3989 AEABC
          |           |
          |           |
2800 4289 +      4289 AEABG
                      |
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3100             4589 AEABH
                      |
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3400             4889 AEABJ
                      |
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3700             5189 AEABK
                      |
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4000             5489 AEABL
                      |
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4300             5789 AEABM
                      |
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4600             6089 AEABN
                      |
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4900             6389 AEABO
                      |
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5200             6689 AEABP
                      |
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5500             6989 AEABR
                      |
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5800             7289 AEABS
                      |
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6100             7589 AEABT
                      |
6300             7789 + (end of NEC)