Journal article
Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project Phase 1: introduction and evaluation of global-mean temperature response
Zebedee RJ Nicholls, Malte Meinshausen, Jared Lewis, Robert Gieseke, Dietmar Dommenget, Kalyn Dorheim, Chen-Shuo Fan, Jan S Fuglestvedt, Thomas Gasser, Ulrich Goluke, Philip Goodwin, Corinne Hartin, Austin P Hope, Elmar Kriegler, Nicholas J Leach, Davide Marchegiani, Laura A McBride, Yann Quilcaille, Joeri Rogelj, Ross J Salawitch Show all
GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT | COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH | Published : 2020
Abstract
Reduced-complexity climate models (RCMs) are critical in the policy and decision making space, and are directly used within multiple Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports to complement the results of more comprehensive Earth system models. To date, evaluation of RCMs has been limited to a few independent studies. Here we introduce a systematic evaluation of RCMs in the form of the Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project (RCMIP). We expect RCMIP will extend over multiple phases, with Phase 1 being the first. In Phase 1, we focus on the RCMs' global-mean temperature responses, comparing them to observations, exploring the extent to which they emulate more complex mo..
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Awarded by ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
Awarded by National Research Agency in France under the "Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir"
Awarded by German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Awarded by NASA Climate Indicators and Data Products for Future National Climate Assessments (INCA) programme
Funding Acknowledgements
Zebedee R. J. Nicholls has been supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes (grant no. CE170100023). Katsumasa Tanaka benefited from state assistance managed by the National Research Agency in France under the "Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir" under the reference "ANR-19-MPGA-0008". Robert Gieseke has been supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (grant no. NO16_II_148_Global_A_IMPACT) while at PIK in the beginning of RCMIP. The EMGC work was supported by the NASA Climate Indicators and Data Products for Future National Climate Assessments (INCA) programme (award NNX16AG34G).