Cmip5 Data Provided At The Ipcc Data Distribution Centre

Abstract

This TGICA Fact Sheet introduces a multi-climate model dataset based on the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) archived at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Data Distribution Centre (DDC). Parts of the CMIP5 multi-model dataset were used in the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the IPCC. The dataset has been analyzed by the scientific community worldwide and continues to be available for studying climate, its variability and change, and the societal and environmental implications of climate change in terms of impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. The document points to the different experiments for which data have been archived at the IPCC DDC as well as offering links to sources of more information and guidance on accessing the data. Its primary target audience is the climate change research community, especially those researchers engaged in accessing, interpreting and applying climate and related data and scenarios in studies of climate change vulnerability, impacts and adaptation.