Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project Phase 1: introduction and evaluation of global-mean temperature response

Nicholls, Zebedee R. J.; Meinshausen, Malte; Lewis, Jared; Gieseke, Robert; Dommenget, Dietmar; Dorheim, Kalyn; Fan, Chen-Shuo; Fuglestvedt, Jan S.; Gasser, Thomas; Golüke, Ulrich; Goodwin, Philip; Hartin, Corinne; Hope, Austin P.; Kriegler, Elmar; Leach, Nicholas J.; Marchegiani, Davide; McBride, Laura A.; Quilcaille, Yann; Rogelj, Joeri; Salawitch, Ross J.; Samset, Bjørn H.; Sandstad, Marit; Shiklomanov, Alexey N.; Skeie, Ragnhild B.; Smith, Christopher J.; Smith, Steve; Tanaka, Katsumasa; Tsutsui, Junichi; Xie, Zhiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5175-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5175-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5175-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 11

Model experiment description paper

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31 Oct 2020

Model experiment description paper |

| 31 Oct 2020

Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project Phase 1: introduction and evaluation of global-mean temperature response

Zebedee R. J. Nicholls, Malte Meinshausen, Jared Lewis, Robert Gieseke, Dietmar Dommenget, Kalyn Dorheim, Chen-Shuo Fan, Jan S. Fuglestvedt, Thomas Gasser, Ulrich Golüke, Philip Goodwin, Corinne Hartin, Austin P. Hope, Elmar Kriegler, Nicholas J. Leach, Davide Marchegiani, Laura A. McBride, Yann Quilcaille, Joeri Rogelj, Ross J. Salawitch, Bjørn H. Samset, Marit Sandstad, Alexey N. Shiklomanov, Ragnhild B. Skeie, Christopher J. Smith, Steve Smith, Katsumasa Tanaka, Junichi Tsutsui, and Zhiang Xie

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RC1: 'referee comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 09 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'Reply to review 1', Zebedee R. Nicholls, 02 Jun 2020
RC2: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Mar 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to review 2', Zebedee R. Nicholls, 02 Jun 2020
RC3: 'Review of “Reduced complexity model intercomparison project phase 1: Protocol, results and initial observations”', Anonymous Referee #3, 03 Apr 2020
- AC3: 'Reply to review 3', Zebedee R. Nicholls, 02 Jun 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Zebedee R. Nicholls on behalf of the Authors (22 Jun 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (28 Jun 2020) by Carlos Sierra

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (13 Jul 2020)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Jul 2020) by Carlos Sierra

AR by Zebedee R. Nicholls on behalf of the Authors (26 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (04 Sep 2020) by Carlos Sierra

AR by Zebedee R. Nicholls on behalf of the Authors (06 Sep 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Computational limits mean that we cannot run our most comprehensive climate models for all applications of interest. In such cases, reduced complexity models (RCMs) are used. Here, researchers working on 15 different models present the first systematic community effort to evaluate and compare RCMs: the Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project (RCMIP). Our research ensures that users of RCMs can more easily evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and limitations of their tools.