The netcdf files in this directory comprise climate model output from Community Earth System Model for experiments looking at forest loss over Western North America and the Amazon. For further description of the model and configuration for these experiments please see the accompanying manuscript:

Synergistic ecoclimate teleconnections from forest loss in different regions structure global ecological responses Elizabeth S. Garcia, Abigail L. S. Swann, Juan C. Villegas, David D. Breshears, Darin J. Law, Scott R. Saleska, and Scott C. Stark published in PLOS ONE, 2016.

Contacts: Elizabeth Garcia (esgarcia@uw.edu) or Abigail Swann (aswann@uw.edu).

There are 4 simulations archived here:
cesm13_1850cam5clm45SOM_CO2amazon_Conly - Trees over the Amazon converted to C3 grass cesm13_1850cam5clm45SOM_CO2westNA_Conly - Trees over Western North America converted to C3 grass cesm13_1850cam5clm45SOM_CO2amazWNA_Conly - simultaneous combination of Amazon and westNA experiments
cesm13_1850cam5clm45SOM_control_Conly2 - Default pre-industrial land cover control

Full time series for the entire simulation period is provided for the following variables, indicated in the filename:
PRECC (convective precipitation)
PRECL (large scale stable precipitation) RELHUM (relative humidity) TREFHT (temperature at 2m) GPP (gross primary production) SOILICE (soil ice content)

Also archived are the annual average values for all variables from both the land and atmosphere models in files with "year_avg" in the name.

Further details on variables and units are described in the netcdf metatdata.