N O A A R E S E A R C H • E A R T H S Y S T E M R E S E A R C H L A B O R ATO R Y • P H Y S I C A L S C I E N C E S D I V I S I O N

FACTS Data Access and Visualization Don Murray

Exploring the Causes of Climate Variations Why FACTS? •  FACTS provides multi-model, multi-forcing climate

experiments to help understand and predict changes in climate and weather.

•  Experiments are designed to study the effects of real‐time evolving modes of ocean variability (e.g. ENSO, PDO, AMO) on observed weather/climate extremes.

•  Provides a capability for the research community to study the causes of atmospheric climate variability.

Sharing Data Search and Download •  Open access to FACTS climate model output •  Easily search through 25 TB of data •  Download for further analysis

Interactive Visualization Comparisons •  Model to model •  Experiment to experiment •  Changes over time •  Correlations with climate indices

Documenting the Process •  Documentation of forcings for each experiment •  Comparison of variables between models •  Model sources and configurations

Future Plans •  Additional statistical capabilities •  Additional experiments, ensembles and models •  Annual updates to datasets