The objective of CMIP is to better understand past, present and future climate changes arising from natural, unforced variability or in response to changes in radiative forcing in a multi-model context. A specific committee, the WGCM Infrastructure Panel (WIP) is charged with coordinating infrastructure support for CMIP. It works with projects funded to develop software and supporting infrastructure that facilitates access to and analysis of the CMIP model output. It defines specifications and standards that ensure model output is written in a common structure and format, and that it is archived and made accessible worldwide in a common way. These specifications and standards are collected into a Data Request (CMIP DRQ).
-The vision of CORDEX is to advance and coordinate through global partnerships the science and application of regional climate downscaling of data directly from contemporary global climate models. The WCRP views regional downscaling as both an important research topic and an opportunity to engage a broader community of climate scientists in its activities. Regional climate information is more than ever needed for decision-making on societal issues such as vulnerability and adaptation to a changing climate with weather/water extremes. For infrastructure support, data and metadata standards CORDEX draws on and contributes to the work of WIP. Similar to CMIP, these data specifications are collected into a Data Request, the CORDEX DRQ.
@@ -234,34 +234,10 @@ESGF is a collaboration involving multiple international organizations that provides access to a vast array of climate data. The software stack that provides the ESGF federated services draws heavily on CF compliant metadata and additional conventions developed and maintained by the different MIPS that ESGF supports.
- -Copernicus CDS provides comprehensive climate data and services. Depending on data type several formats are used, including netCDF/CF. External data providers are requested to follow a specified data format that builds on CF (see this link for details).
- -Within the overaching framework of WMO Information System (WIS) extensions to the Climate and Forecast Conventions (CF conventions) for netCDF are developed (WMO-CF extensions, or profiles). They aim to reduce the effort involved in specifying data products and ensure interoperability by providing standardized semantics and metadata. The level of standardization provided by the WMO-CF extensions is in many cases greater than what is provided by the CF conventions to satisfy the specific WMO operational needs to support Earth System monitoring and prediction. New netCDF profiles are defined to act as templates for reporting data from different sources.
This profile should be used for the representation of weather radar and lidar data in the native instrument-centric polar coordinates. The profile is now published in WMO-No. 1257. In addition this profile is extended and updated in CFRadial2.
+This profile should be used for the representation of weather radar and lidar data in the native instrument-centric polar coordinates. The profile is now published in WMO-No. 1257 Volume VII. In addition this profile is being extended and updated in CFRadial2.
Table explaining key acronyms appearing in this page.
-| Acronym | -Explanation | -
|---|---|
| ACDD | -Attribute Convention for Data Discovery | -
| AMIP | -Atmosphere Model lntercomparison Project is a subproject of CMIP | -
| C3S | -Copernicus Climate Change Service | -
| CCI | -The Climate Change Initiative of the European Space Agency | -
| CDS | -Copernicus Climate Data Store | -
| CF | -Climate and Forecasts Conventions | -
| CFRadial2 | -—– not an acronym ??? | -
| CMIP | -Coupled Model Intercomparison Project that continues in cycles (CMIP3, CMIP5, CMIP6, …) | -
| CORDEX | -Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment | -
| DRQ | -Jargon acronym for the CMIP or CORDEX Data Request | -
| ECV | -Essential Climate Variables identified by the Global Climate Observing System | -
| EPS | -EUMETSAT Polar System | -
| ESA | -European Space Agency | -
| ESGF | -Earth System Grid Federation | -
| ESMO | -Earth System Modelling and Observations is a core activity of the WCRP | -
| EUMETSAT | -European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites | -
| GCM | -Global Climate Model | -
| IMOS | -—– still only in comment | -
| Input4MIPs | -—– not an acronym ??? | -
| INSPIRE | -Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community | -
| ISIMIP | -Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project | -
| JCSDA | -—– still only in comment | -
| JEDI | -—– still only in comment | -
| MIP | -Model Intercomparison Project | -
| NCEAS | -—– still only in comment | -
| NCEI | -—– still only in comment | -
| NetCDF | -Network Common Data Format is a self-describing binary file format | -
| NOAA | -National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the USA | -
| Obs4MIPs | -—– not an acronym ??? | -
| piControl | -—– not an acronym ??? | -
| RADIAL | -—– not an acronym ??? | -
| RCM | -Regional Climate Model | -
| RCP | -Representative Concentration Pathways are various projected greenhouse gas emission and concentration pathways | -
| RIfS | -Regional Information for Society is a core activity of the WCRP | -
| UAS | -—– not clear what this stands for | -
| WCRP | -World Climate Research Programme | -
| WGCM | -WCRP Working Group on Coupled Modelling | -
| WIP | -WGCM Infrastructure Panel | -
| WIS | -WMO Information System | -
| WMO | -World Meteorological Organization | -
Acronym | Explanation +– | – +ACDD | Attribute Convention for Data Discovery +AMIP | Atmosphere Model lntercomparison Project is a subproject of CMIP +C3S | Copernicus Climate Change Service +CCI | The Climate Change Initiative of the European Space Agency +CDS | Copernicus Climate Data Store +CF | Climate and Forecasts Conventions +CMIP | Coupled Model Intercomparison Project that continues in cycles (CMIP3, CMIP5, CMIP6, …) +CORDEX | Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment +DRQ | Jargon acronym for the CMIP or CORDEX Data Request +ECV | Essential Climate Variables identified by the Global Climate Observing System +EPS | EUMETSAT Polar System +ESA | European Space Agency +ESGF | Earth System Grid Federation +ESMO | Earth System Modelling and Observations is a core activity of the WCRP +EUMETSAT | European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites +GCM | Global Climate Model +INSPIRE | Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community +ISIMIP | Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project +MIP | Model Intercomparison Project +NetCDF | Network Common Data Format is a self-describing binary file format +NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the USA +RCM | Regional Climate Model +RCP | Representative Concentration Pathways are various projected greenhouse gas emission and concentration pathways +RIfS | Regional Information for Society is a core activity of the WCRP +WCRP | World Climate Research Programme +WGCM | WCRP Working Group on Coupled Modelling +WIP | WGCM Infrastructure Panel +WIS | WMO Information System +WMO | World Meteorological Organization +