AMIP
Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project

www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/projects/amip/index.php

Type of Structure:	program
Regional Scope :	global
Parent Organisations :	WCRP.WCP, .ICSU, .IOC
Child Organisations :
Duration :	1979 to present
Contact Address :	AMIP Project Office Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory PCMDI, L-264 P.O. Box 808 Livermore, CA 94550 United States of America e-Mail: amip(at)pcmdi.llnl.gov

holding an official function in AMIP

Objectives of AMIP:

AMIP is a standard experimental protocol for global atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs). It 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 AGCMs in a systematic fashion, a process which serves to facilitate model improvement.  Virtually the entire international climate modeling community has participated in this project since its inception in 1990.

For further details, link to the AMIP Home Page

Last update: 5/8/08

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