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The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) project, through its Working Group on Coupled Models’ (WGCM) CMIP panel and WGCM infrastructure panel (WIP), has established a number of Task Teams to support the design, scope, and the evolution of CMIP.
Active task teams
The currently active task teams are:
- Climate Data Access Co-leads: Atef Ben Nasser, IPSL and Robert Pincus, Columbia
- Climate Data Request Co-leads: Martin Juckes, STFC and Chloe Mackallah, CSIRO
- Climate Forcings Co-leads: Paul Durack PCMDI/LLNL and Vaishali Naik, NOAA
- Climate Model Benchmarking Co-leads: Birgit Hassler, DLR and Forrest Hoffman, ORNL
- Climate Model Documentation Co-leads: David Hassell, NCAS and Guillaume Levavasseur, IPSL
- Strategic Ensemble Design Co-leads: Ben Sanderson, CICERO and Isla Simpson, NCAR
Active working groups
- Fresh Eyes on CMIP
- Harmonisation Working Group
- Spin-up Working Group
Closed task teams
- Climate Data Citation Co-leads: Sasha Ames, LLNL and Martina Stockhause, DKRZ