CMIP6 data
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CMIP6 data¶
Coupled Model Intercomparison project Phase 6
- Project under World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) 
- Since 1995 CMIP has coordinated climate model experiments 
- Defines common experiment protocols, forcings and output. 
- 33 model groups participate 
Very useful links:¶
- Database for data request: http://clipc-services.ceda.ac.uk/dreq/index.html - –>SEARCH FOR VARIABLES: http://clipc-services.ceda.ac.uk/dreq/mipVars.html 
- Search for experiments: http://clipc-services.ceda.ac.uk/dreq/experiments.html 
 
- ES-DOCs: https://search.es-doc.org/ 
Other links:¶
GMD special issue with articles explaining all MIPs in CMIP6 : https://www.geosci-model-dev.net/special_issue590.html
- General CMIP6 website https://www.wcrp-climate.org/wgcm-cmip/wgcm-cmip6 
- Guidance documents: (https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP6/) 
- Emissions/Forcing datasets (https://esgf-node.llnl.gov/projects/input4mips/) 
- Participating Modelling Groups (https://rawgit.com/WCRP-CMIP/CMIP6_CVs/master/src/CMIP6_institution_id.html) 
- Model and experiment documentation (https://search.es-doc.org/) 
- CMIP6 ESMValTool evaluation and analysis results (https://cmip-esmvaltool.dkrz.de/) 
- Emission visualising: https://eccad.aeris-data.fr 
Advantages:¶
- Homogenized and standardized outputs 
- Same variable name 
- Same experiments 
Experiments (DECK)¶

