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- The Quality Assurance compliance checking tool from DKRZ is used to check that:
- the file name adheres to the CORDEX file naming convention,
- the global attributes of the NetCDF file are consistent with filename,
- there are no omissions of required CORDEX metadata.
- The CF-Checker Climate and Forecast (CF) conventions checker (included in the QA-DKRZ) ensures that any metadata that is provided is consistent with the CF conventions.
The figure below shows a scheme that classifies the tests performed by the QA-DKRZ tool in twelve categories (in green) showing the specific tests/checks in each case.
- When possible (i.e., optional), the Time Axis checker developed by the IPSL is used to check the temporal dimension of the data:
- for individual files the time dimension of the data is checked to ensure it is valid and is consistent with the temporal information in the filename,
- where more than one file is required to generate a time-series of data, the files have been checked to ensure there are no temporal gaps or overlaps between the files.
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All known issues about CORDEX data are documented through the ES-DOC Errata Service : https://errata.es-doc.org/. The Errata Service also includes a command-line interface and an API to request the issue database for a specific dataset or file.
Please note that we have updated the catalogue entry on 14/12/2022 and we have removed some old, obsolete datasets and replaced them by their latest versions. This concerns the following models and simulations:
- EUR-11 domain:
- GERICS/ICHEC-EC-EARTH/rcp45/REMO2015
- DMI/ICHEC-EC-EARTH/historical/DMI-HIRHAM5
- DMI/ICHEC-EC-EARTH/rcp26/r3i1p1/DMI-HIRHAM5
- DMI/ICHEC-EC-EARTH/rcp45/DMI-HIRHAM5
- DMI/ICHEC-EC-EARTH/rcp85/DMI-HIRHAM5
DMI/MOHC-HadGEM2-ES/historical/DMI-HIRHAM5
- DMI/MOHC-HadGEM2-ES/rcp85/DMI-HIRHAM5
DMI/NCC-NorESM1-M/historical/DMI-HIRHAM5
DMI/NCC-NorESM1-M/rcp45/DMI-HIRHAM5
DMI/NCC-NorESM1-M/rcp85/DMI-HIRHAM5
- AFR-44 domain:
- AFR-44/DMI/ECMWF-ERAINT/evaluation/DMI-HIRHAM5
- MED-44 domain:
- ICTP/ECMWF-ERAINT/evaluation/ICTP-RegCM4-3
- ICTP/MOHC-HadGEM2-ES/historical/ICTP-RegCM4-3
In addition:
- Please have a look on the Errata Service to be warned about deprecated CORDEX runs that will be retracted in the future.
- Please not note that not all combinations of models and domains exists. This feature is due to the different CORDEX initiatives/consortiums that do not involved the same data producers using the same RCMs.
- Please note that not all the combinations of models and variables exist. This feature is inherited from the ESGF system, where the main target is to publish as much as possible data and even publish incomplete datasets, which might be of use. This allows to have more data available with the price that not everything is fully complete.
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