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Published September 17, 2024 | Version v1
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CMIP6Plus Whitepaper

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Met Office
  • 2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • 3. ROR icon NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
  • 4. ROR icon National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • 5. CMIP International Project Office
  • 6. Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • 7. German Climate Computing Center / Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum GmbH (DKRZ)

Description

CMIP6Plus has been initiated by the Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) Infrastructure Panel to facilitate sustained climate model intercomparison activities in advance of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP)'s seventh phase, CMIP7.  CMIP6Plus aims to leverage existing infrastructure, enabling modelling groups to contribute to next-generation climate science with minimal additional investment before the CMIP7 infrastructure and experimental design comes online. Changes to support CMIP6Plus are targeted at allowing generic use of the data infrastructure for other projects operating on the more continuous basis, first advocated in CMIP6 and being further developed in CMIP7. 

This White Paper outlines the rationale for CMIP6Plus, infrastructure changes from CMIP6, and how Modelling Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) can register for CMIP6Plus.

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