The Radiative Forcing Model Intercomparison Project (RFMIP): experimental protocol for CMIP6

Pincus, Robert; Forster, Piers M.; Stevens, Bjorn

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3447-2016

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Model experiment description paper

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27 Sep 2016

Model experiment description paper |

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The Radiative Forcing Model Intercomparison Project (RFMIP): experimental protocol for CMIP6

Robert Pincus, Piers M. Forster, and Bjorn Stevens

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Final revised paper (published on 27 Sep 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 19 May 2016)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Pincus et al RFMIP paper', Keith Shine, 27 May 2016
- AC1: 'Response to review by Keith Shine', Robert Pincus, 16 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Clearer specifications would be useful', Johannes Quaas, 15 Jun 2016
- AC4: 'Reply to comments by Johannes Quaas', Robert Pincus, 07 Sep 2016
SC1: 'Short comments on RFMIP paper', Martine Michou, 08 Jul 2016
- AC3: 'Reply to comments by Martine Michou', Robert Pincus, 24 Aug 2016
SC2: 'CMIP6 Panel review', G. A. Meehl, 13 Jul 2016
- AC2: 'Responses to CMIP panel review', Robert Pincus, 23 Aug 2016

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

AR by Robert Pincus on behalf of the Authors (07 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 Sep 2016) by Klaus Gierens

AR by Robert Pincus on behalf of the Authors (16 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

This paper describes an experimental protocol to understand the changes in energy balance (the "radiative forcing") that arise due to changes in atmospheric composition and why this value is not the same across climate models. The protocol includes a way to determine the total forcing to which each model is subjected, experiments designed at teasing out why certain errors occur, and experiments to identify any robust signals caused by atmospheric particles from human activities.