CMIP7 Data Request: Public Consultation Guidance supporting information

In responses to the CMIP6 Survey, many users raised that they found the CMIP6 Data Request to be too complex with too little documentation. However, the value in a consistent Data Request was also commonly highlighted.

The Data Request Task Team have developed an activity that works with community representatives to devise a controlled list of high priority variables that facilitate the majority of user needs. They proposed a new Data Request structure consisting of three parts: the Core, Harmonised, and Unharmonised request. Five thematic author teams have been established to develop the controlled list of high priority variables through an IPO-supported and Data Request Task Team coordinated paper writing process, with co-authors representing major stakeholders of each theme.

This document provides guidance to those contributing to the public consultation.

Consultation deadline: 8 September 2024