The World Climate Research Programme's (WCRP's) Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 3 (CMIP3) multi-model dataset

Under the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the Working Group on Cloupled Modelling (WGCM) established the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) as a standard experimental protocol for studying the output of coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs). CMIP provides a community-based infrastructure in support of climate model diagnosis, validation, intercomparison, documentation and data access. This framework enables a diverse community of scientists to analyze GCMs in a systematic fashion, a process which serves to facilitate model improvement.



The Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) archives much of the CMIP data. Part of the CMIP archive constitutes phase 3 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP3), a collection of climate model output from simulations of the past, present and future climate.



This unprecedented collection of recent model output is officially known as the "WCRP CMIP3 multi-model dataset". It is meant to serve the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s Working Group 1, which focuses on the physical climate system -- atmosphere, land surface, ocean and sea ice -- and the choice of variables archived reflects this focus. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environmental Program to assess scientific information on climate change. The IPCC publishes reports that summarize the state of the science.



The research based on this dataset provided much of the new material underlying the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4).

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Date (Publication)
2010-10-14T12:39:53
Date (Creation)
2010-10-14T12:39:53
Citation identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/72afa18db5988d1be0066a26e09422df
Citation identifier
NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC) / 72afa18db5988d1be0066a26e09422df
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Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI)

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Taylor, Karl

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

Distributor

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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Unknown
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Keywords

  • IPCC

  • CMIP3

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions
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Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/missing_licence.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under unstated use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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Grid
Language
English
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
1850-01-01T00:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/72afa18db5988d1be0066a26e09422df

CEDA Data Catalogue Page
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/subproject_publications.php

CMIP3 References at PCMDI
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about_ipcc.php

About the WCRP CMIP3 Multi-Model Dataset Archive at PCMDI
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Protocol Linkage Name
http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/model_documentation/ipcc_model_documentation.php

CMIP3 Climate Model Documentation at PCMDI
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/cmip3_drs/metadata

CMIP3 Metadata Directory
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/standard_output.html#experiments

IPCC Standard Output from Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere GCMs
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/diagnostic_subprojects.php

Diagnostic subprojects
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/historical_details.php

About WCRP CIMP3 Model output
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name
http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/

CMIP - Coupled Model Intercomparison Project - Overview
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Series

Conformance result

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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Please see data lineage statements for each dataset within this collection for data lineage details.

Metadata

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72afa18db5988d1be0066a26e09422df XML
Metadata language
English
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UTF8
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Series
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series
Date stamp
2025-07-15T02:25:36
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre (NCAS BADC)

badc@rl.ac.uk

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

atmospheric conditions


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