The Wcrp Cmip 3 Multimodel Dataset

modeling was first characterized in the 1980s by a number of distinct groups developing, running, and analyzing model output from their own models with little opportunity for anyone outside of those groups to have access to the model data. This was partly a consequence of relatively primitive computer networking and data transfer capabilities, along with the daunting task of collecting and storing such large amounts BY GERALD A. MEEHL, CURT COVEY, THOMAS DELWORTH, MOJIB LATIF, BRYANT MCAVANEY, JOHN F. B. MITCHELL, RONALD J. STOUFFER, AND KARL E. TAYLOR