DOI: 10.5285/7273023a04d24da58ec5d83343cd861d
title: Chapter 3 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 3.12 (v20211001)

description: Data for Figure 3.12 from Chapter 3 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Figure 3.12 shows column water vapor path trends (%/decade) for the period 1998-2019 averaged over the near-global oceans (50°S-50°N) --------------------------------------------------- How to cite this dataset --------------------------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------------------------- List of data provided --------------------------------------------------- The dataset contains water vapor path trends for the period 1998-2019 for: - observed average (RSS and ERA5) - simulated bins (CMIP5 and CMIP6) - simulated fit (CMIP5 and CMIP6) RSS (Remote Sensing Systems) refers to geophysical data collected by satellite microwave sensors. ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) atmospheric reanalysis of the global climate. CMIP5 is the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project. CMIP6 is the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project. --------------------------------------------------- Data provided in relation to figure --------------------------------------------------- - atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_trend_era5.nc (var = 'prw_trend', purple line) - atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_trend_rss.nc (var = 'prw_trend', orange line) - atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_trends_kde_fit_cmip5.nc (var = 'trend_bins', blue line) - atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_trends_kde_fit_cmip6.nc (var = 'trend_bins', red line) - atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_trends_pdf_cmip5.nc (var = 'trend_bins', blue bars) - atmosphere_mass_content_of_water_vapor_trends_pdf_cmip6.nc (var = 'trend_bins', red bars) --------------------------------------------------- Sources of additional information --------------------------------------------------- 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.