PCMDI: Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison
PCMDI is an
Earth System Model
Evaluation project, evaluating an international collection of Earth system models to determine their ability to simulate and predict
climate change.
A central focus is on the simulation of atmospheric temperatures, clouds, precipitation and continental aridity, and ways to reduce uncertainties in climate forcing and climate responses that improve future climate predictions. This project is a leader in organizing the coordinated climate experimentation and climate data that make it possible to evaluate models.
Keywords | climate change attribution, climate feedbacks, clouds, drought, energy budget, global climate modeling (GCM), model intercomparison, precipitation, prediction, projection, water cycle |
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TYPE | Project |
Inset global figures show maps of surface temperature change at two global warming levels. (Image credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Celine Bonfils
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -
Paul Durack
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -
Jiwoo Lee
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -
Stephen Po-Chedley
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -
Mark Zelinka
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -
Paul Ullrich
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory