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The first DECK simulation is the piControl simulation which requires a minimum of 500 years. Other experiments will all be initialized by branching of from piControl at various stages. A possible scenario is provided in the figure below. Historical_H1, 1pctCO2, and abrupt-4xCO2 would start from year 101 of piControl, amip from year 1870 of historical_H1, historical_H2 from year 151 of piControl and all remaining historical members would be spaced 50 years apart (201, 251, 301).

piControl (simulation page)

Initialization

Due to time constraints, piControl year 1 (0001-01-01) initial conditions are taken from a pre-existing simulation rather than starting a new spin-up from scratch. The initial conditions are 0331-01-01 of 20171228.beta3rc13_1850.ne30_oECv3_ICG.edison.

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