This is data accompanying the following paper:

Wehrli, K., Luo, F., Hauser, M., Shiogama, H., Tokuda, D., Kim, H., Coumou, D., May, W., Le Sager, P., Selten, F., Martius, O., Vautard, R., and Seneviratne, S. I.: The ExtremeX global climate model experiment: Investigating thermodynamic and dynamic processes contributing to weather and climate extremes, Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-2021-58, in review, 2021.

This paper presents the framework and results from a multi-model intercomparison experiment, called ExtremeX, using the following models: the Community Earth System Model version 1.2 (CESM1.2), the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate version 5 (MIROC5) and the European Community Earth System Model version 3 (EC-Earth3). MIROC5 simulations were contributed by NIES Japan and University of Tokyo. EC-Earth3 simulations were contributed by VU Amsterdam and KNMI. CESM1.2 simulations were contributed by ETH Zurich.

The folders for each model contain model output as netcdf files which allows to reproduce the analysis and figures from the paper.

The format of the file names is as follows:
[model]_[variable]_[temporal resolution]_[experiment]_[years].nc

[model] corresponds to the name of the model: CESM1.2, MIROC5 or EC-Earth3
[variable] corresponds to the abbreviation of the variable contained in the netcdf, see below the list explaining the variables
[temporal resolution] either monthly, daily or 6hourly. Note that the 6hourly data is instantaneous while the monthly and daily data are computed as averages
[experiment] name of the experiment: AISI, AISF, AFSI, AFSF, AFSC (see the paper for an explanation of the experiments)
[years] start and end year of the data in the file

example file name:  
CESM1.2_tasmax_daily_AFSC_1982-2016.nc

List of variables:
clt: total cloud fraction %
evspsbl: evaporation including sublimation and transpiration (=evapotranspiration) mm/day
pr: total (convective and large-scale) precipitation rate (liq + ice) mm/day
tas: near-surface air temperature K
tasmax: daily maximum near-surface air temperature K
wind: horizontal wind: eastward wind U and northward wind V at 850hPa, 500hPa and 250hPa ms-1