Open AccessClimate Model Intercomparisons: Preparing for the Next Phase
Author(s) -
Meehl Gerald A.,
Moss Richard,
Taylor Karl E.,
Eyring Veronika,
Stouffer Ronald J.,
Bony Sandrine,
Stevens Bjorn
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo090001
Subject(s) - coupled model intercomparison project , climate change , climate model , environmental science , climate commitment , climatology , climate state , transient climate simulation , meteorology , effects of global warming , global warming , geography , geology , oceanography
Since 1995, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) has coordinated climate model experiments involving multiple international modeling teams. Through CMIP, climate modelers and scientists from around the world have analyzed and compared state‐of‐the‐art climate model simulations to gain insights into the processes, mechanisms, and consequences of climate variability and climate change. This has led to a better understanding of past, present, and future climate, and CMIP model experiments have routinely been the basis for future climate change assessments made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [e.g., IPCC, 2013, and references therein].