The CMIP6 Data Request (DREQ, version 01.00.31)

Juckes, M., Taylor, K. E., Durack, P. J., Lawrence, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9262-7860, Mizielinski, M. S., Pamment, A., Peterschmitt, J.-Y., Rixen, M. and Sénési, S. (2020) The CMIP6 Data Request (DREQ, version 01.00.31). Geoscientific Model Development, 13 (1). pp. 201-224. ISSN 1991-9603 doi: 10.5194/gmd-13-201-2020

Abstract/Summary

The data request of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) defines all the quantities from CMIP6 simulations that should be archived. This includes both quantities of general interest needed from most of the CMIP6-endorsed model intercomparison projects (MIPs) and quantities that are more specialized and only of interest to a single endorsed MIP. The complexity of the data request has increased from the early days of model intercomparisons, as has the data volume. In contrast with CMIP5, CMIP6 requires distinct sets of highly tailored variables to be saved from each of the more than 200 experiments. This places new demands on the data request information base and leads to a new requirement for development of software that facilitates automated interrogation of the request and retrieval of its technical specifications. The building blocks and structure of the CMIP6 Data Request (DREQ), which have been constructed to meet these challenges, are described in this paper.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/89107
Identification Number/DOI	10.5194/gmd-13-201-2020
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Computer Science Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > NCAS Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Publisher	European Geosciences Union
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