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Development and technical paper
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28 Nov 2012
Development and technical paper |
| 28 Nov 2012
Describing Earth system simulations with the Metafor CIM
B. N. Lawrence
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
Centre for Environmental Data Archival, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Natural Environment Research Council, UK
V. Balaji
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
P. Bentley
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
S. Callaghan
Centre for Environmental Data Archival, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Natural Environment Research Council, UK
C. DeLuca
NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
S. Denvil
CNRS, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris, France
G. Devine
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Natural Environment Research Council, UK
M. Elkington
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
R. W. Ford
School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK
E. Guilyardi
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Natural Environment Research Council, UK
CNRS, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris, France
M. Lautenschlager
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
M. Morgan
CNRS, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris, France
M.-P. Moine
CERFACS: Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique, Toulouse, France
S. Murphy
NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
C. Pascoe
Centre for Environmental Data Archival, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Natural Environment Research Council, UK
H. Ramthun
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
P. Slavin
School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, UK
L. Steenman-Clark
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS), Natural Environment Research Council, UK
F. Toussaint
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
A. Treshansky
NOAA Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
S. Valcke
CERFACS: Centre Européen de Recherche et de Formation Avancée en Calcul Scientifique, Toulouse, France
Abstract. The Metafor project has developed a common information model (CIM) using the ISO19100 series formalism to describe numerical experiments carried out by the Earth system modelling community, the models they use, and the simulations that result. Here we describe the mechanism by which the CIM was developed, and its key properties. We introduce the conceptual and application versions and the controlled vocabularies developed in the context of supporting the fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). We describe how the CIM has been used in experiments to describe model coupling properties and describe the near term expected evolution of the CIM.
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How to cite. Lawrence, B. N., Balaji, V., Bentley, P., Callaghan, S., DeLuca, C., Denvil, S., Devine, G., Elkington, M., Ford, R. W., Guilyardi, E., Lautenschlager, M., Morgan, M., Moine, M.-P., Murphy, S., Pascoe, C., Ramthun, H., Slavin, P., Steenman-Clark, L., Toussaint, F., Treshansky, A., and Valcke, S.: Describing Earth system simulations with the Metafor CIM, Geosci. Model Dev., 5, 1493–1500, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-1493-2012, 2012.
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