[PDF] Top 20 The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6

... in ScenarioMIP were also required to be feasible in a narrow sense; ...assessment model (Hare et al., 2010). Each scenario in ScenarioMIP is thus based on a set of internally consis- tent ... See full document

... within CMIP6. The Land Use Model In- tercomparison Project (Lawrence et ...of CMIP6 (Eyring et ...and model experiments have been developed in consultation with several existing ... See full document

... ocean model component of CMIP6, including the DECK (Diagnostic, Evaluation and Characterization of Klima experiments), historical simulations, FAFMIP (Flux Anomaly Forced MIP), C4MIP (Coupled Carbon Cycle ... See full document

... The model output from the CDRMIP experiments described in this paper will be publically ...gridded model output will, to the extent possible, be distributed through the Earth System Grid Federation ...Box ... See full document

... climate model sim- ulations regarding, for example, the past and future evolution of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice is striking and has, in particu- lar, not reduced much from CMIP3 to CMIP5 (Stroeve et ...robustly ... See full document

... climate model simulations of the past, current, and future climate, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) has become one of the foundational elements of climate ...of model ... See full document

... Figure 12 shows auxiliary land cover diagnostics and fluxes that may be reported. The additional land cover types are fractions of a grid cell related to a biogeochemical process that models may specifically simulate. ... See full document

... Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project; CERES: Clouds and the Earth ’ s Radiant Energy System; CFMIP2: The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project Phase 2; CFODD: ... See full document

... because model-dependent details of implementation, especially regarding sea ice, can make it an intricate or impossible task to compute the net fluxes from other CMIP ...by CMIP6 and CF, in that hfds should ... See full document

... step-response model prediction using abrupt4xCO2 (red curves) is only close to the actual GCM simulation (black), where the transient-forced simula- tion is near to 4xCO2 ... See full document

... – “Clouds, circulation, and climate sensitivity,” in par- ticular through improved characterization of volcanic forcing and improved understanding of how the hydro- logical cycle and the large-scale circulation respond ... See full document

... Climate model simulations of the Arctic are broadly consistent with the observations ...most model simulations (Stroeve et ...most model simulations (Bindoff et ... See full document

... interpret model biases (how much do biases in cloud-radiative properties contribute to biases in the struc- ture of the ITCZ, in the position and strength of the storm tracks, in the lack of intra-seasonal ... See full document

... Huber and Knutti, 2014; Schmidt et al., 2014), in practice, barring a major volcanic eruption such forcings are unlikely to diverge strongly from reality (see Box 9.2 of Flato et al., 2013). Moreover, as long as the use ... See full document

... horizontal model resolution based on multi-model ensemble simulations – to make this practi- cal, vertical resolution will not be ...the model configurations in the High- ResMIP ...priority ... See full document

... The desire for a uniform, easily controlled and imple- mented representation of anthropogenic aerosol perturba- tions motivated the development of a semi-analytic represen- tation of the distribution of anthropogenic ... See full document

... ice-sheet model- ing, many of the processes thought to affect ice-sheet dy- namics on sub-centennial timescales (such as grounding-line migration, changes in basal lubrication, and, to some ex- tent, iceberg ... See full document

... Griffies, S. M., Danabasoglu, G., Durack, P. J., Adcroft, A. J., Bal- aji, V., Böning, C. W., Chassignet, E. P., Curchitser, E., Deshayes, J., Drange, H., Fox-Kemper, B., Gleckler, P. J., Gregory, J. M., Haak, H., ... See full document

... Figure 2. Annual-mean atmospheric histories for global-mean CO 2 (black dots) and δ 13 C (orange) compared to hemispheric means of 1 14 C for the north (blue solid) and south (blue dashes). Isotope records are available ... See full document

... frequencies was unexpected. The chance of such a coher- ent message arising by chance is slim when considering the range of results in the CMIP5 future scenario runs (Taschetto et al., 2014). Three possible ... See full document