Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 – diagnostics for emergent constraints and future projections from Earth system models in CMIP
The Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool), a community diagnostics and performance metrics tool for evaluation and analysis of Earth system models (ESMs), is designed to facilitate a more comprehensive and rapid comparison of single or multiple models participating in the Coupled Model Int...
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ftethz:oai:www.research-collection.ethz.ch:20.500.11850/444945 2023-05-15T13:11:56+02:00 Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 – diagnostics for emergent constraints and future projections from Earth system models in CMIP Lauer, Axel Eyring, Veronika Bellprat, Omar Bock, Lisa Gier, Bettina K. Hunter, Alasdair Lorenz, Ruth Pérez-Zanón, Núria Righi, Mattia Schlund, Manuel Senftleben, Daniel Weigel, Katja Zechlau, Sabrina 2020 application/application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/444945 https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000444945 en eng Copernicus info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.5194/gmd-13-4205-2020 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000571463600002 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/SBFI/H2020/641816 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/821003 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/444945 doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000444945 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International CC-BY Geoscientific Model Development, 13 (9) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftethz https://doi.org/20.500.11850/444945 https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000444945 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4205-2020 2023-02-13T00:52:57Z The Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool), a community diagnostics and performance metrics tool for evaluation and analysis of Earth system models (ESMs), is designed to facilitate a more comprehensive and rapid comparison of single or multiple models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). The ESM results can be compared against observations or reanalysis data as well as against other models including predecessor versions of the same model. The updated and extended version (v2.0) of the ESMValTool includes several new analysis scripts such as large-scale diagnostics for evaluation of ESMs as well as diagnostics for extreme events, regional model and impact evaluation. In this paper, the newly implemented climate metrics such as effective climate sensitivity (ECS) and transient climate response (TCR) as well as emergent constraints for various climate-relevant feedbacks and diagnostics for future projections from ESMs are described and illustrated with examples using results from the well-established model ensemble CMIP5. The emergent constraints implemented include constraints on ECS, snow-albedo effect, climate–carbon cycle feedback, hydrologic cycle intensification, future Indian summer monsoon precipitation and year of disappearance of summer Arctic sea ice. The diagnostics included in ESMValTool v2.0 to analyze future climate projections from ESMs further include analysis scripts to reproduce selected figures of chapter 12 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and various multi-model statistics. ISSN:1991-9603 ISSN:1991-959X Article in Journal/Newspaper albedo Arctic Sea ice ETH Zürich Research Collection Arctic Indian |
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The Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool), a community diagnostics and performance metrics tool for evaluation and analysis of Earth system models (ESMs), is designed to facilitate a more comprehensive and rapid comparison of single or multiple models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). The ESM results can be compared against observations or reanalysis data as well as against other models including predecessor versions of the same model. The updated and extended version (v2.0) of the ESMValTool includes several new analysis scripts such as large-scale diagnostics for evaluation of ESMs as well as diagnostics for extreme events, regional model and impact evaluation. In this paper, the newly implemented climate metrics such as effective climate sensitivity (ECS) and transient climate response (TCR) as well as emergent constraints for various climate-relevant feedbacks and diagnostics for future projections from ESMs are described and illustrated with examples using results from the well-established model ensemble CMIP5. The emergent constraints implemented include constraints on ECS, snow-albedo effect, climate–carbon cycle feedback, hydrologic cycle intensification, future Indian summer monsoon precipitation and year of disappearance of summer Arctic sea ice. The diagnostics included in ESMValTool v2.0 to analyze future climate projections from ESMs further include analysis scripts to reproduce selected figures of chapter 12 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and various multi-model statistics. ISSN:1991-9603 ISSN:1991-959X |
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Lauer, Axel Eyring, Veronika Bellprat, Omar Bock, Lisa Gier, Bettina K. Hunter, Alasdair Lorenz, Ruth Pérez-Zanón, Núria Righi, Mattia Schlund, Manuel Senftleben, Daniel Weigel, Katja Zechlau, Sabrina |
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Lauer, Axel Eyring, Veronika Bellprat, Omar Bock, Lisa Gier, Bettina K. Hunter, Alasdair Lorenz, Ruth Pérez-Zanón, Núria Righi, Mattia Schlund, Manuel Senftleben, Daniel Weigel, Katja Zechlau, Sabrina Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 – diagnostics for emergent constraints and future projections from Earth system models in CMIP |
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Lauer, Axel Eyring, Veronika Bellprat, Omar Bock, Lisa Gier, Bettina K. Hunter, Alasdair Lorenz, Ruth Pérez-Zanón, Núria Righi, Mattia Schlund, Manuel Senftleben, Daniel Weigel, Katja Zechlau, Sabrina |
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Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 – diagnostics for emergent constraints and future projections from Earth system models in CMIP |
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Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 – diagnostics for emergent constraints and future projections from Earth system models in CMIP |
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Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool) v2.0 – diagnostics for emergent constraints and future projections from Earth system models in CMIP |
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