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Data in support of:

Tesdal, J.-E., J.R. Christian, A.H. Monahan, and K. von Salzen: Sensitivity of modelled 
sulfate aerosol and its radiative effect on climate to ocean DMS concentration and air-sea flux. 
Atmos. Chem. Phys. 16:10847-10864, 2016.

Including:

CanAM4.1 model output (.nc files)
Data sets of simulated and observed nss-sulfate (.pnt files)

Model runs:

There are 3 ensemble members for each case (e.g. vec01a, vec01b, vec01c). See below for the list of all available cases:

vec01: K99 & LM86
vec02: L10 & N00 & gamma_a (control run)
vec03: L10 & LM86
vec04: L10 & N00
vec05: No oceanic DMS
vec06: Temporally invariant
vec07: Spatially uniform
vec10: K99 & N00 & gamma_a
vec11: K99* & N00 & gamma_a
vec12: K00 & N00 & gamma_a
vec13: AN01* & N00 & gamma_a

List of variables:

VI11: Burden of DMS (kg-sulfur/m2)
VI12: Burden of sulfur dioxide (kg-sulfur/m2)
VI13: Burden of sulfate (kg-sulfur/m2)
EDSO: DMS emissions over ocean (kg-sulfur/m2/sec)
EDSL: DMS emissions over land (kg-sulfur/m2/sec)
BALT: Radiation budget at top of the atmosphere (W/m2)
CFST: Solar cloud forcing at TOA (W/m2)
FSO: Solar flux incident on top of atmosphere (W/m2)
FSA: All-sky solar flux absorbed by atmosphere (W/m2)
FSG: Solar heat absorbed by ground (W/m2)
FSTC: Net clear-sky solar flux at TOA (W/m2)
FSV: Visible flux received at the surface (W/m2)
FSR: Reflected solar flux at TOA (W/m2)
FSRC: Clear-sky reflected solar flux at TOA (W/m2)
DOXD: Oxidation rate for reaction of DMS with OH during daytime (kg-sulfur/m2/sec)
NOXD: Oxidation rate for reaction of DMS with NO3 during nighttime (kg-sulfur/m2/sec)
CLDT: Total cloud fraction (dimensionless)
PMSL: Sea-level pressure (hPa)
U: Zonal wind component (m/sec)
V: Meridional wind component (m/sec)