Historical and projected (RCP4.5, RCP8.5) temperatures simulated with the AWI-ESM earth system model in the North Atlantic

This dataset contains the results of global climate model simulations (AWI-ESM coupled with an interactive ice sheet model (PISM)). Historical (1850-2014) and the representative Concentration Pathways scenarios (RCP4.5, RCP8.5) were simulated. The RCP4.5 scenario spans the years 2006-2100 and was prolonged to the year 2199 with fixed greenhouse gas concentrations. The RCP8.5 scenario spans the years 2006-2100 and was prolonged to the year 2215 with fixed greenhouse gas concentrations. The North Atlantic ocean temperatures are used as input for the biological growth model (Butzin and Pörtner, 2016; Sokolova et al., 2021), simulating the effect of ocean temperature change on Atlantic cod growth function. This dataset contains spatial data on a regular lon lat grid (0.5°x0.5° horizontal resolution) with monthly time step for the North Atlantic. We extracted temperature data for 0–580 m (0–21 vertical levels) which represent the observed depth range of cod distribution. The areas with depths below 600m were blanked out. All files are in the NetCDF format.