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WAMME-2 Experiment

Initial Conditions: January 1, 2006 will be used as the initial condition for all the cases (including SST, aerosol, and land).

(1) SST Forcing

Each model group uses the aerosol distributions currently applied in their model simulations.

Table 1 Cases for the SST experiments

	Cases	Simulation years	SST
1	Control	6	Climatology
2	SST50	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the maximum PC1 in the 50s
3	SST50paci	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the maximum PC1 in the 50s but no anomaly in the Pacific Ocean
4	SST50atla	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the maximum PC1 in the 50s but no anomaly in the Atlantic Ocean
5	SST50indi	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the maximum PC1 in the 50s but no anomaly in the India Ocean
6	SST50medi	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the maximum PC1 in the 50s but no anomaly in the Mediterranean Ocean
7	SST80	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the minimum PC1 in the 80s
8	SST80paci	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the minimum PC1 in the 80s but no anomaly in the Pacific Ocean
9	SST80atla	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the minimum PC1 in the 80s but no anomaly in the Atlantic Ocean
10	SST80indi	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the minimum PC1 in the 80s but no anomaly in the India Ocean
11	SST80medi	6	Clim+ anomaly based on the minimum PC1 in the 80s but no anomaly in the Mediterranean Ocean
Total simulation years: 66

(2) Aerosol data

Table 2 Dust Cases

	Cases	Simulation years	SST	Dust
1	DustControl	6	Climatology	No dust
2	GOCART	6	Climatology	GOCART Climatology
3	MATCH	6	Climatology	MATCH Climatology
4	Sensitivity cases	Will be discussed by the aerosol group	Climatology

(3) Land use and land cover change

Table 3 LULCC Cases

	Cases	Simulation years	SST	Land Map
1	Control	6	Climatology	Climatology
2	Degradation	6	Climatology	Degradation
3	Sensitivity	Will be discussed by the working group

Case Control is the same one as listed in Table 1

(4) RCM Experiments (TBD)