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AH: I have the following general concerns in the table below:

  1. I don't understand why post codes and sometimes postal addresses should be mentioned here.
  2. I don't think the long list, who did run the model is needed, it is not that important for the users, I guess.
  3. I don't think that in the model details column we always have to repeat the name of the model (as the first sentence). The release date might be put into parenthesis after the model name in the first column).
  4. The model details text is sometimes quite heterogenous. The resolutions are mostly there, but not always. The resolution might be put into a new column. Otherwise, we don't get too much information about the models than name, release date, producers and resolution. I think, somehow the information should be more homogeneous like for instance: model name and release date in the first column, modelling centre second column, but there is no need to list (sometimes long) the centres who are running the model in the model details, then maybe the sub-model names can be listed, with references and links and resolution. 
  5. Where the references mentioned in the description can be found (maybe we can have a link for the DOIs of the papers)?

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The model used in climate research named Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator Earth System Model Version 1.5 was released in 2019.
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Model Name

Modelling Centre

Model Details 

ACCESS-CM2 (released in 2019)

CSIRO-ARCCSS (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science)

The model used in climate research named Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator Climate Model Version 2 was released in 2019.

The model was run

by the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Aspendale, Victoria 3195, Australia), ARCCSS (Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science). Mailing address: CSIRO, c/o Simon J. Marsland, 107-121 Station Street, Aspendale, Victoria 3195, Australia AH: DO WE REALLY NEED THE PRECISE ADDRESS OF THE INSTITUTE?  (CSIRO-ARCCSS)

in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

ACCESS-ESM1-5 (released in 2019)

CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

ACCESS-ESM1-5

CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

AWI-CM-1-1-MR (released in 2018)

AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute)

The model was run

by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia (CSIRO)

in native nominal resolutions:

aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250

atmos: 100 km, land:

250 km, ocean:

100 km, ocean

biogeochemistry

:

100

25 km, seaIce:

100

25 km.

AWI-

CM

ESM-1-1-

MRAWI

LR (released in 2018)

AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute)AWI-
CM
ESM 1.1
MR
LR is
the Alfred Wegener Institute Climate Model, it couples a medium-resolution "MR" Finite Element Sea Ice-Ocean Model (FESOM) to the ECHAM6 atmospheric model. The spatial resolution of the FESOM MR grid is locally increased up to 8 km in regions of high sea surface height (SSH) variability and reduced to 80 km over areas with low SSH variability. DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE RESOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL?
an extension of the AWI-CM for earth system modelling. The model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmos: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

BCC-CSM2-MR (released in 2017)

BCC (Beijing Climate Center)The model was run

AWI-ESM-1-1-LR

AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute)AWI-ESM 1.1 LR is an extension of the AWI-CM for earth system modelling. DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT RESOLUTION? IT IS LR, SO IT SHOULD BE LOWER RESOLUTION, I GUESS.

BCC-CSM2-MR

BCC (Beijing Climate Center)The model used in climate research named BCC-CSM 2 MR was released in 2017.
The model was run by the Beijing Climate Center, Beijing, China (BCC)
in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

BCC-

ESM1

ESM1 (released in 2017)

BCC  (Beijing Climate Center)The model
used in climate research named BCC-ESM 1 was released in 2017. 
The model was run by the Beijing Climate Center, Beijing, China (BCC) in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere:
was run in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

CAMS-CSM1-0 (released in 2016)

CAMS (Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences)
The model used in climate research named CAMS-CSM 1.0 was released in 2016.
The model was run
by the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China (CAMS)
in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

CanESM5 (released in 2019)

CCCma (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis)The model
used in climate research named CanESM5
was
released in 2019.
The model was
run
by the Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, Canada (CCCma)
in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 500 km, atmosphere: 500 km, atmospheric chemistry: 500 km, land: 500 km, landIce: 500 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

CanESM5-

CanOE

CanOE (released in 2019)

CCCma (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis)CanESM5-CanOE is identical to CanESM5, except that CMOC (Canadian Model of Ocean Carbon ) was replaced with CanOE (Canadian Ocean Ecosystem model).
WHAT IS CMOC, I THINK WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT, HERE OR IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM.

CAS-ESM2-0

CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)The model used in climate research named CAS-ESM 2.0 (Chinese Academy of Sciences Earth System Model version 2.0) was released in 2019.
 The model was run
by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (CAS)
in native nominal resolutions: aerosol:
100
500 km,
atmosphere
atmos:
100
500 km,
atmospheric chemistry
atmosChem:
100
500 km, land:
100
500 km, landIce: 500 km, ocean: 100 km,
ocean biogeochemistry
ocnBgchem: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

CAS-ESM2-0 (released in 2019)

CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

CESM2

NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research)The Community Earth System Model version 2 (CESM2) is a state-of-the-art coupled model that includes ocean, wave, land, land-ice, sea-ice, and river runoff models as well as both low-top and high-top full chemistry versions of atmospheric models. The model also includes biogeochemistry.
RESOLUTION?

CESM2-FV2

NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research)The model used in climate research named CESM2-FV2 was released in 2019.
The model was run by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA (NCAR) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250
 The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmos: 100 km, atmosChem: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: 5 km, ocean: 100 km,
ocean biogeochemistry
ocnBgchem: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

CESM2-

WACCM

FV2 (released in 2019)

NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
The model used in climate research named CESM2-WACCM was released in 2018.

The model was run

by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA (NCAR)

in native nominal resolutions: aerosol:

100

250 km, atmosphere:

100

250 km, atmospheric chemistry:

100

250 km, land:

100

250 km, landIce: 5 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

CESM2-

WACCM-FV2

WACCM (released in 2018)

NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research)The model
used in climate research named
was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: 5 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

CESM2-WACCM-

FV2 was

FV2 (released in 2019

.
The model was run by the

)

NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research
, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA (NCAR)
)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce: 5 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.
CIESM

CIESM (released in 2017)

THU (Tsinghua University - Department of Earth System Science)The model
used in climate research named Community Integrated Earth System Model was released in 2017.
The model was run by the Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (THU) in native nominal resolutions
was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

CMCC-CM2-

SR5

SR5 (released in 2016)

CMCC (Centro Euro-Mediterraneo per I Cambiamenti Climatici)The model
used in climate research named CMCC-CM2-SR5
was
released in 2016.
The model was
run
by the Fondazione Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, Lecce, Italy (CMCC)
in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

CNRM-CM6-

1

1  (released in 2017)

CNRM-CERFACS (National Center for Meteorological Research, Météo-France and CNRS laboratory, Climate Modeling and Global change)
ARPEGE-Climat Version 6.3 is the atmospheric component of the CNRM climate and Earth System models (
The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmos: 250 km, atmosChem: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

CNRM-CM6-1

and CNRM-ESM2-1). It is based on the cycle 37 of the ARPEGE/IFS model (declared in 2010), developed under a collaboration between Météo-France and ECMWF. ARPEGE-Climat shares a large part of its physics and dynamics with its NWP counterpart ARPEGE used operationally at Météo-France. In comparison to ARPEGE-Climat Version 5.1 used for the CMIP5 exercise in CNRM-CM5.1, most of the atmospheric physics has been updated or revisited (Roehrig et al. 2019, Voldoire et al. 2019). For the surface, it is coupled to the SURFEX platform (Decharme et al. 2019). RESOLUTION?

-HR (released in 2017)

CNRM-CERFACS (National Center for Meteorological Research, Météo-France and CNRS laboratory, Climate Modeling and Global change)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 25 km, seaIce: 25 km.

CNRM-ESM2-1 (released in 2017)

CNRM-CM6-1-HR

CNRM-CERFACS (National Center for Meteorological Research, Météo-France and CNRS laboratory, Climate Modeling and Global change)The model
used in climate research named CNRM-CM6-1-HR was released in 2017.
The model was run by the CNRM (Centre National de Recherches Meteorologiques, Toulouse, France), CERFACS (Centre Europeen de Recherche et de Formation Avancee en Calcul Scientifique, Toulouse, France) (CNRM-CERFACS)
was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmos: 250 km, atmosChem: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocnBgchem: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

E3SM-1-0 (released in 2018)

E3SM-Project LLNL (Energy Exascale Earth System Model, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean:
25
50 km, seaIce:
25
50 km.
CNRM

E3SM-

ESM2-1CNRM-CERFACS (National Center for Meteorological Research, Météo-France and CNRS laboratory, Climate Modeling and Global change)TACTIC (Tropospheric Aerosols for ClimaTe In CNRM) is an interactive tropospheric aerosol scheme, able to represent the main anthropogenic and natural aerosol types in the troposphere. Originally developed in the GEMS/MACC project (Morcrette et al., 2009), this scheme has been adapted to the ARPEGE/ALADIN-Climat models (Michou et al., 2015 and Nabat et al., 2015). Aerosols are included through sectional bins, separating desert dust (3 size bins), sea-salt (3 size bins), sulphate (1 bin, as well as 1 additional variable for sulfate precursors considered as SO2), organic matter (2 bins: hydrophobic and hydrophilic particles) and black carbon (2 bins: hydrophobic and hydrophilic particles) particles. All these 12 species are prognostic variables in the model, submitted to transport (semi-lagrangian advection, and convective transport), dry deposition, in-cloud and below-cloud scavenging. The interaction with shortwave and longwave radiation, is also taken into account through optical properties (extinction coefficient, single scattering albedo and asymmetry parameter) calculated using the Mie theory. Sulfate, organic matter and sea salt concentrations are used to determine the cloud droplet number concentration following Menon et al. (2002), thus representing the cloud-albedo effect (1st indirect aerosol effect). I DON't UNDERSTAND HERE WHY THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TACTIC MODEL IS RELEVANT HERE!

1-1 (released in 2019)

E3SM-Project RUBISCO (Energy Exascale Earth System Model, Reducing Uncertainty in Biogeochemical Interactions through Synthesis and COmputation)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 50 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

E3SM-1-1-ECA (released in 2019)

E3SM-Project  (Energy Exascale Earth System Model)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 50 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

EC-Earth3 (released in 2019)

EC-Earth-ConsortiumThe model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmos: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

EC-Earth3-LR  (released in 2019)

EC-Earth-ConsortiumThe model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmos: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

EC-Earth3-Veg (released in 2019)

EC-Earth-ConsortiumThe model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmos: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

EC-Earth3-Veg-LR (released in 2019)

EC-Earth-ConsortiumThe model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmos: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

FGOALS-f3-L (released in 2017)

CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

FGOALS-g3 (released in 2017)

CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

FIO-ESM-2-0 (released in 2018)

FIO-QLNM (First Institute of Oceanography (FIO) and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM))The model was run

E3SM-1-0

E3SM-Project LLNL (Energy Exascale Earth System Model, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)The model used in climate research named E3SM 1.0 (Energy Exascale Earth System Model) was released in 2018.
The model was run by the LLNL; BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA); LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA); LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA); ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA); PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA); SNL (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA). Mailing address: LLNL Climate Program, c/o David C. Bader, Principal Investigator, L-103, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT IS NEEDED HERE!  (E3SM-Project)
in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km,
atmospheric chemistry: 100 km,
land: 100 km, ocean:
50
100 km, seaIce:
50
100 km.

E3SM-1-1

E3SM-Project RUBISCO (Energy Exascale Earth System Model, Reducing Uncertainty in Biogeochemical Interactions through Synthesis and COmputation)

GFDL-AM4 (released in 2018)

NOAA-GFDL (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)This is the Atmosphere and Land component (AM4.0.1) of GFDL coupled model CM4.0 for use in CMIP6. The vegetation, land and glacier models differ from AM4.0 in the following aspects: 1) dynamical vegetation was used instead the static vegetation used in AM4.0. 2) glacier albedo is retuned. 3) other minor tuning in the land model. The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmos: 100 km, atmosChem: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: 100 km.

GFDL-CM4 (released in 2018)

NOAA-GFDL (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)This is the GFDL physical coupled model CM4.0 for use in CMIP6.  The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmos: 100 km, atmosChem: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: 100 km, ocean: 25 km, ocnBgchem: 25 km, seaIce: 25 km.

GFDL-ESM4 (released in 2018)

NOAA-GFDL (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: 100 km, ocean: 50 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

GISS-E2-1-G (released in 2019)

NASA-GISS  (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies)The model was run
The model used in climate research named E3SM 1.1 (Energy Exascale Earth System Model) was released in 2019.
The model was run by the LLNL; ANL (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA); BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA); LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA); LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA); ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA); PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA); SNL (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA). Mailing address: LLNL Climate Program, c/o David C. Bader, Principal Investigator, L-103, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA (E3SM-Project)
in native nominal resolutions: aerosol:
100
250 km, atmosphere:
100
250 km, atmospheric chemistry:
100
250 km, land:
100
250 km, ocean:
50
100 km,
ocean biogeochemistry: 50 km,
seaIce:
50
250 km.
E3SM

GISS-

1

E2-1-

ECAE3SM-Project  (Energy Exascale Earth System Model)

H (released in 2019)

NASA-GISS  (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 250 km.

GISS-E2-2-G (released in 2019)

NASA-GISS  (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

HadGEM3-GC31-LL (released in 2016)

MOHC NERC (Met Office Hadley Centre, Natural Environmental Research Council)The model was run
The model used in climate research named E3SM 1.1 (Energy Exascale Earth System Model) with an experimental land BGC ECA configuration was released in 2019.
The model was run by the LLNL (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, USA); ANL (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA); BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA); LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA); LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA); ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA); PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, USA); SNL (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA). Mailing address: LLNL Climate Program, c/o David C. Bader, Principal Investigator, L-103, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA (E3SM-Project)
in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere
: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry
: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean:
50
25 km,
ocean biogeochemistry: 50 km,
seaIce:
50
25 km.
EC

HadGEM3-

Earth3EC-Earth-ConsortiumThe atmosphere-ocean general circulation model is described by Doescher et al. 2020. The atmosphere is a modified version of IFS cycle 36r4, and includes the land-surface scheme H-TESSEL. The ocean and sea-ice model is NEMO-LIM3 version 3.6 with a few modifications. The OASIS3-MCT coupler version 3.0 is used to exchange fields between the atmosphere and ocean components.

GC31-MM (released in 2016)

MOHC (Met Office Hadley Centre)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 25 km, seaIce: 25 km.

IITM-ESM  (released in 2015)

CCCR-IITM (Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

INM-CM4-8 (released in 2016)

INM (Institute of Numerical Mathematics)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

INM-CM5-0 (released in 2016)

INM (Institute of Numerical Mathematics)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

IPSL-CM6A-LR (released in 2017)

IPSL (Institut Pierre‐Simon Laplace)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

KACE-1-0-G (released in 2018)

NIMS-KMA (National Institute of Meteorological Sciences/Korea Met. Administration)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmos: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

KIOST-ESM (released in 2018)

KIOST (Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

MCM-UA-1-0 (released in 1991)

UA (University of Arizona - Department of Geosciences)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmos: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce: 250 km, ocean: 250 km, seaIce: 250 km.

MIROC6 (released in 2017)

MIROC (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), Centre for Climate System Research - National Institute for Environmental Studies (CCSR-NIES) and Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI))MIROC6 is a physical climate model mainly composed of three sub-models: atmosphere, land, and sea ice-ocean. The atmospheric model is based on the CCSR-NIES atmospheric general circulation model. The model top is placed at 0.004 hPa, and there are 81 vertical levels. A coupler system calculates heat and freshwater fluxes between the sub-models in order to ensure that all fluxes are conserved within machine precision and then exchanges the fluxes among the sub-models. No flux adjustments are used in MIROC6. The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmos: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

MIROC-ES2L (released in 2018)

MIROC (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), Centre for Climate System Research - National Institute for Environmental Studies (CCSR-NIES) and Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI))MIROC-AGCM is the atmospheric component of a climate model, the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate version 6 (MIROC6). The MIROC-AGCM employs a spectral dynamical core, and standard physical parameterizations for cumulus convections, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, turbulence, and gravity wave drag. It also has an aerosol module. The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 500 km, atmos: 500 km, land: 500 km, ocean: 100 km, ocnBgchem: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

MPI-ESM-1-2-HAM (released in 2017)

HAMMOZ-Consortium (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH-Zurich), Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Oxford, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT) and Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) at ETH Zurich)MPI-ESM1.2-HAM is the latest version of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Earth System Model (MPI-ESM1.2) coupled with the Hamburg Aerosol Module (HAM2.3), developed by the HAMMOZ consortium. The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmos: 250 km, atmosChem: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 250 km, ocnBgchem: 250 km, seaIce: 250 km.

MPI-ESM1-2-HR (released in 2017)

MPI-M DWD DKRZ (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), German Meteorological Service (DWD), German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ))The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: none, ocean: 50 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

MPI-ESM1-2-LR (released in 2017)

MPI-M AWI (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute))The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km,

EC-Earth3-LR

EC-Earth-ConsortiumThe atmosphere-ocean general circulation model is described by Doescheret al 2020. The atmosphere is a modified version of IFS cycle 36r4, and includes the land-surface scheme H-TESSEL. The ocean and sea-ice model is NEMO-LIM3 version 3.6 with a few modifications. The OASIS3-MCT coupler version 3.0 is used to exchange fields between the atmosphere and ocean components.

EC-Earth3-Veg

EC-Earth-ConsortiumThe atmosphere-ocean general circulation model is described by Doescher et al 2020. The atmosphere is a modified version of IFS cycle 36r4, and includes the land-surface scheme H-TESSEL. The ocean and sea-ice model is NEMO-LIM3 version 3.6 with a few modifications. The OASIS3-MCT coupler version 3.0 is used to exchange fields between the atmosphere and ocean components.

EC-Earth3-Veg-LR

EC-Earth-ConsortiumThe atmosphere-ocean general circulation model is described by Doescher et al 2020. The atmosphere is a modified version of IFS cycle 36r4, and includes the land-surface scheme H-TESSEL. The ocean and sea-ice model is NEMO-LIM3 version 3.6 with a few modifications. The OASIS3-MCT coupler version 3.0 is used to exchange fields between the atmosphere and ocean components. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE TEXT FOR THESE 4 MODELS ABOVE IS THE SAME. WE NEED TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEN. 

FGOALS-f3-L

CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)The model used in climate research named FGOALS-f3-L was released in 2017.
The model was run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (CAS) in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

FGOALS-g3

CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences)The model used in climate research named FGOALS-g3 was released in 2017.
The model was run by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (CAS) in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

FIO-ESM-2-0

FIO-QLNM (First Institute of Oceanography (FIO) and Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (QNLM))The model used in climate research named FIO-ESM 2.0 was released in 2018.
The model was run by the FIO (First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, China), QNLM (Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China) (FIO-QLNM) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

GFDL-AM4

NOAA-GFDL (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)This is the Atmosphere and Land component (AM4.0.1) of GFDL coupled model CM4.0 for use in CMIP6. The Atmospheric component is identical to the AM4.0 model documented in Zhao et. al (2018). The vegetation, land and glacier models differ from AM4.0 in the following aspects: 1) dynamical vegetation was used instead the static vegetation used in AM4.0. 2) glacier albedo is retuned. 3) other minor tuning in the land model. RESOLUTION?

GFDL-CM4

NOAA-GFDL (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)This is the GFDL physical coupled model CM4.0 for use in CMIP6. The model is documented in Held et al (2019). RESOLUTION?

GFDL-ESM4

NOAA-GFDL (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)The model used in climate research named GFDL-ESM4 was released in 2018.
The model was run by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA (NOAA-GFDL) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: 100 km, ocean: 50 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

GISS-E2-1-G

NASA-GISS  (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies)The model used in climate research named GISS-E2.1G was released in 2019.
The model was run by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA (NASA-GISS) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 250 km.

GISS-E2-1-H

NASA-GISS  (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies)The model used in climate research named GISS-E2.1H was released in 2019.
The model was run by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA (NASA-GISS) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 250 km.

GISS-E2-2-G

NASA-GISS  (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Goddard Institute for Space Studies)The model used in climate research named GISS-E2-2-G was released in 2019.
The model was run by the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, USA (NASA-GISS) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

HadGEM3-GC31-LL

MOHC NERC (Met Office Hadley Centre, Natural Environmental Research Council)The model used in climate research named HadGEM3-GC3.1 was released in 2016The model was run by the Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, Devon, UK (MOHC) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 25 km, seaIce: 25 km.

HadGEM3-GC31-MM

MOHC (Met Office Hadley Centre)The model used in climate research named HadGEM3-GC3.1-N216ORCA025 was released in 2016.
The model was run by the Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, Devon, UK (MOHC) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 25 km, seaIce: 25 km.

IITM-ESM

CCCR-IITM (Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology)The model used in climate research named IITM-ESM was released in 2015.
The model was run by the Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune, Maharashtra, India (CCCR-IITM) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

INM-CM4-8

INM (Institute of Numerical Mathematics)The model used in climate research named INM-CM4-8 was released in 2016.
The model was run by the Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia (INM) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

INM-CM5-0

INM (Institute of Numerical Mathematics)The model used in climate research named INM-CM5-0 was released in 2016.
The model was run by the Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia (INM) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

IPSL-CM6A-LR

IPSL (Institut Pierre‐Simon Laplace)The model used in climate research named IPSL-CM6A-LR was released in 2017.
The model was run by the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris, France (IPSL) in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

KACE-1-0-G

NIMS-KMA (National Institute of Meteorological Sciences/Korea Met. Administration)The model used in climate research named KACE1.0-GLOMAP was released in 2018.
The model was run by the National Institute of Meteorological Sciences/Korea Meteorological Administration, Climate Research Division, Seoho-bukro 33, Seogwipo-si, Jejudo 63568, Republic of Korea (NIMS-KMA) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmos: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

KIOST-ESM

KIOST (Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology)The model used in climate research named KIOST Earth System Model v2 was released in 2018.
The model was run by the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, Republic of Korea (KIOST) in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

MCM-UA-1-0

UA (University of Arizona - Department of Geosciences)R30 spectral atmosphere coupled to MOM1 ocean using simple Manabe land model and simple Bryan sea ice model. RESOLUTION? IT IS NOT VERY CL;EAR WHAT IS MEANT HERE!

MIROC6

MIROC (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), Centre for Climate System Research - National Institute for Environmental Studies (CCSR-NIES) and Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI))MIROC6 is a physical climate model mainly composed of three sub-models: atmosphere, land, and sea ice-ocean. The atmospheric model is based on the CCSR-NIES atmospheric general circulation model. The horizontal resolution is a T85 spectral truncation that is an approximately 1.4° grid interval for both latitude and longitude. The vertical grid coordinate is a hybrid σ-p coordinate. The model top is placed at 0.004 hPa, and there are 81 vertical levels. A coupler system calculates heat and freshwater fluxes between the sub-models in order to ensure that all fluxes are conserved within machine precision and then exchanges the fluxes among the sub-models. No flux adjustments are used in MIROC6.

MIROC-ES2L

MIROC (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), Centre for Climate System Research - National Institute for Environmental Studies (CCSR-NIES) and Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI))MIROC-AGCM is the atmospheric component of a climate model, the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate version 6 (MIROC6). The MIROC-AGCM employs a spectral dynamical core, and standard physical parameterizations for cumulus convections, radiative transfer, cloud microphysics, turbulence, and gravity wave drag. It also has an aerosol module. The model is cooperatively developed by the Japanese modeling community including the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, and the National Institute for Environmental Studies.

MPI-ESM-1-2-HAM

HAMMOZ-Consortium (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH-Zurich), Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Oxford, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT) and Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) at ETH Zurich)MPI-ESM1.2-HAM is the latest version of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Earth System Model (MPI-ESM1.2) coupled with the Hamburg Aerosol Module (HAM2.3), developed by the HAMMOZ consortium. The HAMMOZ consortium is composed of ETH Zurich, Max Planck Institut for Meteorology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, University of Oxford, the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, and managed by the Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) at ETH Zurich. RESOLUTION?

MPI-ESM1-2-HR

MPI-M DWD DKRZ (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), German Meteorological Service (DWD), German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ))The model used in climate research named MPI-ESM1.2-HR was released in 2017.
The model was run by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg 20146, Germany (MPI-M) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: none, ocean: 50 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.

MPI-ESM1-2-LR

MPI-M AWI (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M), AWI (Alfred Wegener Institute))The model used in climate research named MPI-ESM1.2-LR was released in 2017.
The model was run by the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg 20146, Germany (MPI-M) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce: none, ocean: 250 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 250 km, seaIce: 250 km.

MRI-ESM2-0

MRI (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan)The model used in climate research named MRI-ESM2.0 was released in 2017.
The model was run by the Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (MRI) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

NESM3

NUIST (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology) The model used in climate research named NUIST ESM v3 was released in 2016.
The model was run by the Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China (NUIST) in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, land: 2.5 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

NorCPM1

NCC (Norwegian Climate Centre)The model used in climate research named Norwegian Climate Prediction Model version 1 was released in 2019.
The model was run by the NorESM Climate modeling Consortium consisting of CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo), MET-Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo), NERSC (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen), NILU (Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller), UiB (University of Bergen, Bergen), UiO (University of Oslo, Oslo) and UNI (Uni Research, Bergen), Norway. Mailing address: NCC, c/o MET-Norway, Henrik Mohns plass 1, Oslo 0313, Norway (NCC) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

NorESM1-F

NCC (Norwegian Climate Centre)The model used in climate research named NorESM1-F (a fast version of NorESM that is designed for paleo and multi-ensemble simulations) was released in 2018.
The model was run by the NorESM Climate modeling Consortium consisting of CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo), MET-Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo), NERSC (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen 5006), NILU (Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller), UiB (University of Bergen, Bergen), UiO (University of Oslo, Oslo) and UNI (Uni Research, Bergen 5008), Norway. Mailing address: NCC, c/o MET-Norway, Henrik Mohns plass 1, Oslo 0313, Norway (NCC) in native nominal resolutions:
atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce:
250 km
none, ocean:
100
250 km, ocean biogeochemistry:
100
250 km, seaIce:
100
250 km.

NorESM2-LM

NCC (Norwegian Climate Centre)The model used in climate research named NorESM2-LM (low atmosphere-medium ocean resolution, GHG concentration driven) was released in 2017.
The model was run by the NorESM Climate modeling Consortium consisting of CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo), MET-Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo), NERSC (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen), NILU (Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller), UiB (University of Bergen, Bergen), UiO (University of Oslo, Oslo) and UNI (Uni Research, Bergen), Norway. Mailing address: NCC, c/o MET-Norway, Henrik Mohns plass 1, Oslo 0313, Norway (NCC)

MRI-ESM2-0 (released in 2017)

MRI (Meteorological Research Institute, Japan)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

NESM3 (released in 2016)

NUIST (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology) The model was run in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, land: 2.5 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

NorCPM1 (released in 2019)

NCC (Norwegian Climate Centre)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km,
atmospheric
atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km,
landIce: 250 km,
ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

NorESM2-MM

NorESM1-F (released in 2018)

NCC
NCC 
(Norwegian Climate Centre)The model
used in climate research named NorESM2-MM (medium atmosphere-medium ocean resolution, GHG concentration driven) was released in 2017.
The model was run by the NorESM Climate modeling Consortium consisting of CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo), MET-Norway (Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo), NERSC (Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen), NILU (Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller), UiB (University of Bergen, Bergen), UiO (University of Oslo, Oslo) and UNI (Uni Research, Bergen), Norway. Mailing address: NCC, c/o MET-Norway, Henrik Mohns plass 1, Oslo 0313, Norway (NCC)
was run in native nominal resolutions: atmosphere: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

NorESM2-LM (released in 2017)

NCC (Norwegian Climate Centre)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmospheric: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, landIce: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

NorESM2-MM (released in 2017)

NCC (Norwegian Climate Centre)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

SAM0-UNICON (released in 2017)

SNU (Seoul National University)

The atmospheric component of SEM0 is the Seoul National University Atmospheric Model Version 0 with a Unified Convection Scheme (SAM0-UNICON
, Park et al. 2019, Park 2014a,b
), which replaces CAM5's shallow and deep convection schemes and revises CAM5's cloud microphysics scheme
(Park et al. 2017)
. The other components of SEM0 (i.e., ocean, land, land-ice, sea-ice, and coupler) are identical to those of the Community Earth System Model version 1.2 (CESM1.2).
RESOLUTION?

TaiESM1

AS-RCEC (Research Center for Environmental Changes)
 The model
used in climate research named Taiwan Earth System Model 1.0 was released in 2018.
The model was run by the
was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmos: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.

TaiESM1 (released in 2018)

AS-RCEC (Research Center for Environmental Changes
, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan (AS-RCEC)
)The model was run in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmosphere: 100 km, atmospheric chemistry: 100 km, land: 100 km, ocean: 100 km, seaIce: 50 km.

UKESM1-0-LL (released in 2018)

MOHC, NERC, NIMS-KMA, NIWA  (Met Office Hadley Centre, Natural Environmental Research Council,  National Institute of Meteorological Science / Korean Meteorological Administration (NIMS-KMA), National Institute of Weather and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)) 
The model used in climate research named UKESM1.0-N96ORCA1 was released in 2018.
The model was run
by the Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, Devon, UK (MOHC)
in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 250 km, atmosphere: 250 km, atmospheric chemistry: 250 km, land: 250 km, ocean: 100 km, ocean biogeochemistry: 100 km, seaIce: 100 km.


Grids

CMIP6 data is reported either on the model’s native grid or re-gridded to one or more target grids with data variables generally provided near the center of each grid cell (rather than at the boundaries).  For CMIP6 there is a requirement to record both the native grid of the model and the grid of its output (archived in the CMIP6 repository) as a “nominal_resolution”.  The "nominal_resolution” enables users to identify which models are relatively high resolution and have data that might be challenging to download and store locally. HOW THE USERS WILL KNOW WHAT GRID IS USED FOR THE GIVEN MODEL?

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  • variable_id: variable is a short variable name, e.g. “tas” for “temperature at the surface”.
  • table_id: this refers to the MIP table being used. The MIP tables are used to organise the variables. For example, Amon refers to monthly atmospheric variables and Oday contains daily ocean data.
  • source_id: this refers to the model used that produced the data.
  • experiment_id: refers to the set of experiments being run for CMIP6. For example, PiControl, historical and 1pctCO2 (1 percent per year increase in CO2).
  • variant_label: is a label constructed from 4 indices (ensemble identifiers) r<k>i<l>p<m>f<n>r<W>i<X>p<Y>f<Z>, where kW, lK, m Y and n Z are integers IT WAS REFERRED TO AS W, X, Y, Z ABOVE, I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT!.
  • grid_label: this describes the model grid used. For example, global mean data (gm), data reported on a model's native grid (gn) or regridded data reported on a grid other than the native grid and other than the preferred target grid (gr1).
  • time_range: the temporal range is in the form YYYYMM[DDHH]-YYYY[MMDDHH], where Y is year, M is the month, D is day and H is hour. Note that day and hour are optional (indicated by the square brackets) and are only used if needed by the frequency of the data. For example, daily data from the 1st of January 1980 to the 31st of December 2010 would be written 19800101-20101231.

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