EGU21-3707
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3707
EGU General Assembly 2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project (RCMIP)

Zebedee Nicholls1,2 and the Reduced complexity model intercomparison project contributors*
Zebedee Nicholls and the Reduced complexity model intercomparison project contributors
  • 1Australian-German Climate & Energy College, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (zebedee.nicholls@climate-energy-college.org)
  • 2School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (zebedee.nicholls@climate-energy-college.org)
  • *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract

Reduced-complexity climate models form part of the climate model hierarchy and are increasingly relied upon at the science-policy interface. Historically, evaluation of reduced-complexity climate models has been limited to a number of independent studies. Here we present the reduced-complexity model intercomparison project (RCMIP), the first systematic, community-organised evaluation of reduced-complexity climate models. We introduce the motivation behind RCMIP, where to find information about it and key insights arising from its first two scientific outputs. Future phases of RCMIP will examine specific behaviour of reduced-complexity climate models in more detail, for example their carbon cycle response. We are particulalry keen to hear from users of reduced-complexity models to discuss their use cases, how we can evaluate our models in the way most relevant to them and where key model improvements can be made.

Reduced complexity model intercomparison project contributors:

Malte Alexander Meinshausen, Jared Lewis, Maisa Rojas Corradi, Dietmar Dommenget, Kalyn Dorheim, Chen-Shuo Fan, Jan S. Fuglestvedt, Thomas Gasser, Robert Gieseke, Ulrich Golüke, Philip Goodwin, Corinne Hartin, Austin Patrick Hope, Elmar Kriegler, Nicholas Leach, Davide Marchegiani, Laura Anne McBride, Yann Quilcaille, Joeri Rogelj, Ross J. Salawitch, Bjørn Hallvard Samset, Marit Sandstad, Alexey N Shiklomanov, Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, Christopher J Smith, Steven Smith, Xuanming SU, Katsumasa Tanaka, Junichi Tsutsui, Benjamin Aaron Vega-Westhoff, Dawn Woodward, Zhiang Xie

How to cite: Nicholls, Z. and the Reduced complexity model intercomparison project contributors: Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project (RCMIP), EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-3707, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-3707, 2021.

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