amwg discussion 040402

Confused, Perplexed, Bewildered About Yesterday? : 

Confused, Perplexed, Bewildered About Yesterday? A lot of red marks, a few blue inconsistent story with Collins’ broad brush summary purpose of the next few slides is to illustrate ongoing sense of confusion NCAR Climate Modeling Section certainly is! precipitable water 200 mb temperature 500 mb height field

Precipitable Water: 

Precipitable Water CCM3 CAM CAM/CCM3

Precipitable Water: 

Precipitable Water CCM3 CAM

Precipitable Water: 

Precipitable Water

Precipitable Water (AMWG Intercomparison): 

Precipitable Water (AMWG Intercomparison) Model 1 Model 2 Model 1 Model 2 Model 2 - NVAP Model 1 - NVAP

Simulated Temperature Field: 

Simulated Temperature Field CCM3 CAM CAM/CCM3

200 mb Temperature: 

200 mb Temperature CCM3 CAM CAM-CCM3

500 mb Height Field: 

500 mb Height Field CCM3 CAM

PCMDI Analyses : 

PCMDI Analyses Important to engage broad segment of diagnostic community extensive diagnostic breadth and experience in larger community important to entrain expertise with evaluating model improvements ability to concisely characterize model changes is a desirable goal Need to better understand merits of PCMDI synopses important to understand the different messages coming from performance portraits important to quantify the scientific content of single-number characterizations especially important in the context of guiding model development activities

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