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CMIP6 Data Request

The CMIP6 experimental design and organization has been agreed at the WGCM 18th Session in October 2014, see details on the CMIP Panel website. Part of this covers the creation and timeline of the CMIP6 Data Request.

The data request is available through a repository, and the latest version is available here (updated November 6th, 2020):

https://github.com/cmip6dr/data_request_snapshots

An overview of the pressure levels proposed for atmospheric diagnostics is available for discussion (here).

Key documents describing the request (in the "docs" directory of the repository) are:

• Examples
• Documentation: Python Library (dreqPy)
• Documentation: The Request XML document and Schema
• Spreadsheet view of the variable definitions
• A searchable list of variables in the request, linking to
• A browsable HTML view of the request [CURRENTLY ON THE PREVIOUS VERSION]
• Overview tables for tier 1, priority 1 and all tiers and priorities
• Discussion of issues: github pages
• Registration for email list: CMIP6-DATAREQUEST@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
• Installation and usage of the python package

See Version 01.00.33 Release Notes for more details

Addtional resources:

• The template used for initial submission of information (obsolete): template
• Table of previously used variable names: MIP Variable Names

• Guidance on information request issued in December 2014 (updated, Jan. 16, 2015): CMIP6 Data Request Compilation Guidance Note

Background Documents

CanESM2_download_statistics.xlsx

Glossary

Data Request: A request from the CMIP panels to the modelling groups for data to be contributed to the archive, specifying the variables which are needed for each experiments.

Data Requirements: Documents specifying how the data should be delivered to the archive

MIP tables: tables which define the variables included in the data request. The "Data Request" and "Data Requirements" overlap, and the MIP tables are part of this intersection.