Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 12 Mar 2024 | Updated: 443 days ago
Chapter 2 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 2.13 (v20211126)
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
Rivera, J.A.; Willett, K. , 2023, Chapter 2 of the Working Group I Contribution
to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 2.13 (v20211126), NERC EDS
Centre for Environmental Data
Analysis, https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/967313bee45c48998c5027896e3da53c
Documentation
Description:
Data for Figure 2.13 from Chapter 2 of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).
Figure 2.13 shows the global trends in surface specific humidity and surface relative humidity over 1973 - 2019
---------------------------------------------------
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:
Gulev, S.K., P.W. Thorne, J. Ahn, F.J. Dentener, C.M. Domingues, S. Gerland, D. Gong, D.S. Kaufman, H.C. Nnamchi, J. Quaas, J.A. Rivera, S. Sathyendranath, S.L. Smith, B. Trewin, K. von Schuckmann, and R.S. Vose, 2021: Changing State of 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. 287–422, doi:10.1017/9781009157896.004.
Citable as: Rivera, J.A.; Willett, K. (2023): Chapter 2 of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - data for Figure 2.13 (v20211126). NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 03 July 2023. doi:10.5285/967313bee45c48998c5027896e3da53c. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/967313bee45c48998c5027896e3da53c
---------------------------------------------------
Figure subpanels
---------------------------------------------------
The figure has four panels, with data provided for panel (b) and (d) in one single file (qrh2.csv). Code for plotting panels (a) and (c) is archived on zenodo and a link is provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record.
---------------------------------------------------
List of data provided
---------------------------------------------------
This dataset contains time-series of observed global average surface specific and relative humidity during 1973-2019
---------------------------------------------------
Data provided in relation to figure
---------------------------------------------------
Panel b. Global average surface specific humidity annual anomalies (1981–2010 base period):
- Data file: qrh2.csv - column 2 cyan solid line
- Data file: qrh2.csv - column 3 orange solid line
- Data file: qrh2.csv - column 4 blue solid line
- Data file: qrh2.csv - column 5 black solid line
Panel d. Global average surface relative humidity annual anomalies (1981–2010 base period):
- Data file: qrh2.csv - column 7 cyan solid line
- Data file: qrh2.csv - column 8 orange solid line
- Data file: qrh2.csv - column 9 blue solid line
- Data file: qrh2.csv - column 10 black solid line
RH stands for relative humidity.
---------------------------------------------------
Sources of additional information
---------------------------------------------------
The following weblinks are provided in the Related Documents section of this catalogue record:
- Link to the figure on the IPCC AR6 website
- Link to the report component containing the figure (Chapter 2).
- Link to the Supplementary Material for Chapter 2, which contains details on the input data used in Table 2.SM.1.
- Link to input data figure 2.13.
- Link to the code for the figure, archived on Zenodo.
Is Part Of:
IPCC (AR6) Chapter 2: Changing state of the climate system
Coverage
Start Date:
01 January 1973
End Date:
31 December 2019
Geographic Bounding Box
Lower Left Latitude:
-90
Lower Left Longitude:
-180
Upper Right Latitude:
90
Upper Right Longitude:
180
Provenance
Source:
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).
Accessibility
Access
Access Service:
This data is publicly avaliable for download. When using these data you must
cite them correctly using the citation given on the Data Catalogue record.
Format:
csv
Language:
en
Usage
Resource Creator:
Rivera, J.A.; Willett, K.
Origin
Name:
IPCC Data Catalogue