'rcp45' is an experiment of the CMIP5 - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5

(https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5). CMIP5 is meant to provide a framework for coordinated

climate change experiments for the next five years and thus includes simulations for

assessment in the AR5 as well as others that extend beyond the AR5.

4.1 rcp45 (4.1 RCP4.5) - Version 1: Future projection (2006-2100) forced by RCP4.5. RCP4.5 is a representative concentration pathway which approximately results in a radiative forcing of 4.5 W m-2 at year 2100, relative to pre-industrial conditions. RCPs are time-dependent, consistent projections of emissions and concentrations of radiatively active gases and particles.

Experiment design: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/experiment_design.html

List of output variables: https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/datadescription.html

Output: time series per variable in model grid spatial resolution in netCDF format

Earth System model and the simulation information: CIM repository

Entry name/title of data are specified according to the Data Reference Syntax

(https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/cmip5/docs/cmip5_data_reference_syntax.pdf)

as activity/product/institute/model/experiment/frequency/modeling realm/MIP table/ensemble

member/version number/variable name/CMOR filename.nc.