Download AMIP II Boundary Condition Data at a 1 by 1 Degree Resolution

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The proper citation for the boundary condition data is the following report available as a  PDF file: Taylor, K.E., D. Williamson and F. Zwiers, 2000: "The sea surface temperature and sea ice concentration boundary conditions for AMIP II simulations" PCMDI Report 60, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 25 pp  (also http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/amip/AMIP2/EXPDSN/BCS/amip2bcs.html, 1997). Instructions on how to properly prescribe the boundary conditions in AMIP II simulations are contained in those documents.  The data sets will be periodically updated to near-present (every 6 months, or so).