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Below you can find ISIMIP emails prior to 05/2022. Please check our mailing lists to receive future news and announcements and to review the recent communication.

ISIMIP3a high-resolution climate input data update, mailing list memberships

April 4, 2022

Dear ISIMIP Modelers,This email has two purposes. First, we want to inform you that we have replaced the 6’ resolution version of the CHELSA-W5E5 dataset with a 5’ version. Hence, this climate input dataset for the ISIMIP3a high-resolution sensitivity experiment is now available at 0.5’, 1.5’, 5’, and 30’ resolution ...
New ISIMIP3 climate input data available: Methane, SSP5-3.4-OS scenario

March 2, 2022

Dear ISIMIP data users,We are happy to inform you that there are new ISIMIP3 climate forcing data available:Version 1.1 of the atmospheric composition data now include files for CH4 concentrations, both for ISIMIP3a and 3b (please find further information here: 3a, 3b). The CH₄ time series have been extracted for the years until 2014 from Meinsh ...
ISIMIP3a high-resolution climate data and sensitivity experiments; open PostDoc position

Feb. 11, 2022

Dear ISIMIP modelers,For those of you who did not already learn about this through other channels, we have recently added a version of the W5E5 v1.0 dataset downscaled with CHELSA v2.0 to a resolution of roughly 1*1km at global scale to the ISIMIP repository (called CHELSA-W5E5 v1.0, see https://doi.org/10.48364/ISIMIP.836809.2 for details) ...
ISIMIP3b: secondary climate input data now available

Jan. 10, 2022

Dear ISIMIP community,We would like to inform you that we just published a set of additional ISIMIP3b climate forcing data (https://data.isimip.org/10.48364/ISIMIP.581124). The dataset covers additional CMIP6-based and bias-adjusted atmospheric climate input data published as secondary input data for ISIMIP3b ...
New data extraction feature for countries, regions and points available

Jan. 10, 2022

Dear ISIMIP community,you can now cut out smaller parts of the global ISIMIP files directly on data.isimip.org. This is possible for countries, user-defined rectangles and individual places (points). You can also mask the data outside a certain country, bounding box or by applying a land-sea-mask before download ...
Now open: call for abstracts for the Scenarios Forum 2022

Jan. 6, 2022

Dear ISIMIP community,We wish you a Happy New Year!We would like to draw your attention to the Scenarios Forum 2022 (Laxenburg, Austria, 20-22 June 2022), and in particular to two sessions that are organized in the ISIMIP context:Assessing the interactions between climate-change impacts and mitigation using biophysical impact models (Session ID ...
Interactive protocol and 3a/b protocol updates

Dec. 23, 2021

Dear ISIMIP modelers,Just in time for Christmas, we finalized a small present for all of you: We proudly present a reworked version of the ISIMIP3 protocol. It allows you to combine several sectors and look at their common variables, shows variables in groups and sector tags for better overview. Static links allow you to share or come back later ...
NOW OPEN: Registration for cross-sectoral ISIMIP and PROCLIAS workshop 2022

Dec. 22, 2021

Dear ISIMIP community,We are happy to announce that the registration for the cross-sectoral ISIMIP and PROCLIAS workshop (16-19 May 2022) is now open at https://eveeno.com/isimip_proclias_ws_2022We are planning to have a physical meeting at PIK in Potsdam with the possibility of remote participation in sessions where technically appropriate ...
historical climate forcing data now up to 2019

Dec. 15, 2021

Dear ISIMIP modelers and data users,We would like to specify one important detail that might have lead to confusion regarding our previous email (from 13.09.2021) announcing updated ISIMIP3a climate forcing data: the latest GSWP3-W5E5 (as published in 09/2021) extends up to 2019, instead of 2016 (as it was the case for the previous version) ...
Save the date: ISIMIP and PROCLIAS cross-sectoral Workshop 2022

Nov. 2, 2021

Dear ISIMIP-Followers,We are pleased to announce the dates for the upcoming cross-sectoral ISIMIP and PROCLIAS workshop - even more so, as we are planning the event as a primarily physical meeting, though providing remote participation, as well.Please reserve the following dates:Event: ISIMIP and PROCLIAS cross-sectoral Workshop 2022When: 16.-20.5 ...
ISIMIP2a: suspicious gridded GDP per capita data; new functions in the isimip data repository; Forum on Scenarios for Climate and Societal Futures

Nov. 2, 2021

Dear ISIMIP-Followers,with this email we would like to I) briefly report on suspicious gridded GDP per capita data in ISIMIP2a, II) introduce you to a new feature of the ISIMIP data repository and III) point you to the Forum on Scenarios for Climate and Societal Futures in Laxenburg.I) Our PIK Colleague Thomas Vogt made us aware of suspicious GD ...
Announcing ISIpedia launch

Nov. 2, 2021

We are happy to share the good news that the ISIMIP outreach platform “ISIpedia” is now online! You can visit the portal atwww.isipedia.orgISIpedia features ISIMIP-based scientific studies, translated into layman’s terms articles. On ISIpedia you will find articles that fall into three categories. The first one,‘Observed impacts’, includes quest ...
ISIMIP3 climate input data issues, changes in sector coordination and new publications

March 31, 2021

Dear ISIMIP community,The last month has been eventful. We would like to update you on data issues (1), changes in sector coordination (2) and several new publications (3); you can read more about these topics below. Finally, we also have two announcements from ISIMIP participants.Update on the ISIMIP3 climate input data discontinuities: The bia ...
2nd update on discontinuities found in ISIMIP3b bias-adjusted climate input data; updated ISIMIP3 dams and reservoirs data

Feb. 23, 2021

Dear ISIMIP modelers,We would like to share more figures that illustrate the extent of the discontinuity problem. Please find those plots of regional and mean annual cycles for all climate models and bias-adjusted climate variables at [1]. The averages shown there were calculated over all years of a climate scenario (color) and all land grid cel ...
ISIMIP3a climate input data updates and new water global variables

Feb. 1, 2021

Dear ISIMIP modellers,We have updated the ISIMIP3a counterfactual climate input data after a thorough revision of ATTRICI, the detrending method used to generate the counterfactual (“counterclim”) from factual (“obsclim”) climate input data. The update was carried out for both GSWP3 and GSWP3-W5E5. The updated data are now available at PIK, DKRZ ...
Slots available for presenting paper ideas

Dec. 11, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,there are still some slots left to present your latest paper ideas in the plenary session on ISIMIP paper plans at the upcoming ISIMIP and PROCLIAS workshop (session on Tuesday 2-3 pm: Presentation of ongoing Special Issues and paper ideas) and to host a dedicated break out session directly afterwards (Tuesday 3:13-4:15 pm) ...
WARNING: ISIMIP3a counterfactual climate data will be updated; units in soil maps corrected

Dec. 11, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modellers,Please do not use the counterclim climate data. We have removed them from the server as there will be an important update. In the revision process of the associated paper we have updated the detrending method that was used to generate the data. We consider the improvement important enough to replace the currently available ...
ISIMIP introduction webinar

Dec. 8, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,Today we would like to especially approach those of you who are not yet that familiar with ISIMIP or that know somebody who doesn’t know ISIMIP yet but would like to know more (e.g. PhD students).In the course of the newly funded COST Action PROCLIAS we will introduce ISIMIP to the participants of PROCLIAS and of course thi ...
tentative agenda for the upcoming cross-sectoral ISIMIP and PROCLIAS online workshop now available

Dec. 3, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,We are happy to share the tentative agenda of the upcoming cross-sectoral ISIMIP and PROCLIAS online workshop (11-15 January 2021).You will see that the workshop was extended to include the kick-off and other activities of the recently funded COST Action PROCLIAS. The agenda helps you differentiate between the two projects ...
sharing paper idea: inviting engagement in water (global) paper

Nov. 23, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modelers,we are happy to share another abstract by Qiuhong Tang, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences from the global water sector: "Do warmer climate projections of CMIP6 lead to more streamflow extremes compared to CMIP5?"Please find the abstract attached and do not hesitate to get in touch with Qiuhong if you are interes ...
NOW OPEN: Registration for the next cross-sectoral ISIMIP online workshop

Nov. 20, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,We are happy to announce that the registration for the cross-sectoral ISIMIP online workshop (11-15 January 2021) is now open. https://eveeno.com/ISIMIP_cross_sectoral_workshop_2021 Cornerstones of the workshop are:Latest ISIMIP modeling results: there will be a dedicated session on the latest ISIMIP modeling results, as we ...
Improved soil map available

Nov. 16, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modelers,thanks to efforts made in the Agriculture sector we are happy to announce that there is an improved soil map available based on HSWD 2.2 (hwsd_soil_data_all_land.nc). Besides updating to HSWD 2.2., many more variables are provided. The map with a focus on croplands (hswd_soil_data_on_cropland.nc) has been updated accordingly ...
Input appreciated: Dam/reservoirs: year of construction

Nov. 12, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modelers,today we approach you with a request to improve the dams and reservoir data ISIMIP provides: we miss the years of construction for 7 large dams/reservoirs in our database, which we filled out with the year 1860 to not lose information.We would like to improve the data set with your help: In case you have any reliable informa ...
Replaced: tasmax values for GSWP3-W5E5 counterclim and spinclim

Nov. 10, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modelers,we just discovered that the counterfactual tasmax data for GSWP3-W5E5 were erroneously identical to the corresponding tasmin data, due to a copy-paste error that happened in data postprocessing. We have now (November 10, 2020) replaced the erroneous files by the actual files for tasmax ...
Award for first published ISIMIP3 output data

Oct. 30, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modelers,we are excited to announce that the first ISIMIP3a output data is now available on DKRZ! The Award for having the first ISIMIP3a dataset uploaded goes to the global water model HydroPy by Tobias Stacke from the Institute of Coastal Research, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany - congratulations and thanks a lot!It was actu ...
SAVE THE DATE: upcoming cross-sectoral ISIMIP workshop

Oct. 30, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,When Corona forced us to have the first ISIMIP online workshop this summer, we agreed to have a physical meeting in early 2021. However, the virus is teaching us better and we have to go virtual once again. Thus, the next cross-sectoral ISIMIP workshop will take place online again from January 11 to 15, 2021 ...
sharing paper ideas

Oct. 29, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modelers,We are excited to hear that you have already generated first ISIMIP3 outputs despite all the Corona-related constraints we have all faced since the protocol release.It seems that we have to be patient until we can enjoy our next physical community workshop. In order to facilitate collaboration and to enable scientific networ ...
feedback requested: new ISIMIP data repository

Oct. 27, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modelers,We are currently developing the new ISIMIP data repository as a user friendly portal for accessing both, input and output data. Meanwhile, the beta version went online and you can access it at data.isimip.org. The repository currently contains the input data for ISIMIP3.We are in the process of re-publishing the ISIMIP2 outp ...
ISIMIP Quality Checking Tool for new output data

Oct. 21, 2020

Dear ISIMIP Modellers,In expectation of your new simulations we developed a quality checking tool that will allow us to test your newly generated files against the definitions, patterns and schemas from our machine-readable protocol for ISIMIP2 [1] and ISIMIP3 [2]. We hope that this will strongly increase the quality of the growing ISIMIP data a ...
Several changes to the ISIMIP3 protocols; call for feedback

Sept. 15, 2020

Dear ISIMIP-modelers,after some quiet weeks over summer, we would like to point you to a number of changes that have been done to the ISIMIP3 protocols. Please have a close look at the new protocol.Changes that have been made to the ISIMIP3 protocols are e.g.: - time steps of variables have been clarified, - the fire sector has been added, - new ...
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: ISIMIP DKRZ project

July 9, 2020

We have two urgent requests for you related to our ISIMIP DKRZ project. Please dedicate a few minutes to read this message, as in one case we need action from you latest by tomorrow, July 9th.Change passwordsAs you may already know, there was a security incident on DKRZ on June 25th, 2020. Systems with the lustre file system mounted were hacked ...
Re: FIXED: more problems found in ISIMIP2a/3a/3b climate input data

July 3, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,The data updates have now also been finished for the secondary ISIMIP3b GCMs and for GSWP3-W5E5 counterclim and spinclim.Best wishes, the ISIMIP team at PIK
FIXED: more problems found in ISIMIP2a/3a/3b climate input data

June 29, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,This e-mail is to inform you about the progress we made on two kinds of problems recently found in our climate input data.The problems described in the e-mail sent to all ISIMIP modelers on June 16 have now mostly been fixed by re-doing the bias adjustment of GCM data for ISIMIP3b and the harmonisation of GSWP3 to EWEMBI an ...
Additional soil data and ocean input data now available

June 3, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modelers,with this email we would like to announce:1) the availability of an additional soil data set 2) the availability of ocean input data1) Thanks to the initiative of Jonas, Christoph and Sam the ISIMIP3 protocol now provides an additional soil data set that meets criteria specific to the Agriculture Sector ...
FIXED: bad tasmin and tasmax values in ISIMIP2a/3a/3b climate input data

June 3, 2020

Dear ISIMIP modelers,The bug in the ISIMIP3BASD code that caused the badly bias-adjusted tasmin and tasmax values has been fixed and we have re-done the bias adjustment of these variables for all five primary GCMs. All files that were affected by the bug have been replaced at PIK, DKRZ and ESGF. Detailed information on which files and grid cells ...
Updates of the ISIMIP2b protocol

May 27, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,we would like to draw you attention to a few updates we did to the ISIMIP2b protocol, besides many smaller things:Water (global/regional):triver was added: mean monthly water temperature in river (representative of the average temperature across the channel volume) as output variable with the following specifications: K, mo ...
MAILING LIST SHUT-DOWN; WARNING: bad tasmin and tasmax values in ISIMIP3b climate input data

May 27, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,Please be aware that this is the last email sent to the old mailing list, so don't forget to register for the new mailing lists: isimip-followers for general information and isimip-modelers for specific information on data caveats, protocol updates, etc.Warning: Bruno Lemke and Tord Kjellstrom from NMIT and HEIT (New Z ...
Registation to ISIMIP Workshop 2020 now open

May 15, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,we are happy to announce that the registration for the cross-sectoral online ISIMIP Workshop 2020 is now open!The workshop will take place in zoom online meeting rooms from 15.6.-18.6.2020. The workshop will include:Latest ISIMIP developments: ISIMIP3 climate forcings (bias correction, counterfactuals), as well as recent IS ...
Changes to IPCC WG II contribution to AR6 timeline

May 5, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,here, we would like to forward you some important information from the IPCC which has just released a press release highlighting the agreed changes to the WGII timeline.Please find the press release here: https://www.ipcc.ch/2020/04/24/ipcc-wgii-extends-ar6-schedule/The most essential information is: • Literature submission ...
Extended GSWP3-W5E5 climate input datasets partly available

April 28, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,The HEALTH sector has reached out to us and asked for a temporal extension of the ISIMIP3a GSWP3-W5E5 climate input datasets (obsclim and counterclim), which currently end in 2016. While we are unable to do this for all variables due to as yet missing precipitation observations and not yet implemented calculation for extend ...
Please sign up to new mailing lists

April 27, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,today we approach you with an important organizational announcement and the related request to take action:We will reorganize the storage of ISIMIP followers' and contributors' data, and in this course we set up new facilities for keeping you up to date. Instead of having one email list for the whole community, we ...
Update of ISIMIP3a protocol (transition period, scenario labels)

April 21, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,Thanks to first approaches to running the ISIMIP3 protocols we have been made aware of two inconsistencies we corrected and which we would like to announce in this email:- to be consistent with the CMIP6 historical simulations (and hence ISIMIP3b), the transition period in ISIMIP3a starts in 1850 (instead of in 1860) ...
Call for exchanging abstracts; check updated authorship regulations

March 30, 2020

Dear ISIMIP Community,we are really happy to hear that you are thrilled to start ISIMIP3a/b simulations. This means there is a slight chance to get at least some ISIMIP3 papers ready before the IPCC AR6 WG2 deadline. We would be happy to facilitate these papers. Therefore, if you have ideas for papers that you would like to prepare for AR6 that ...
Cross-sectoral ISIMIP workshop goes virtual - next physical meeting in January 2021

March 27, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,we hope this email finds you well in these shaky times of Corona spreading all over.Given the current situation, the cross-sectoral ISIMIP workshop in June will NOT take place as a physical event. Instead we will have a shortened online workshop with a couple of virtual sessions between 15.-18.6 ...
Including SSP3-RCP7 scenario

March 5, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,based on general feedback from the community and the sector coordinators we are extending the ISIMIP3b protocol by one additional scenario: SSP3-RCP7. Both SSP1 and SSP5 are scenarios with low adaptation challenges by definition. As SSP3 is a scenario with high adaptation challenges it improves the ability to meaningfully t ...
ISIMIP2a-extended protocol released

Feb. 28, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,with this email we announce the publication of the extended ISIMIP2a simulation protocol! (If the link does not work for you, please navigate to www.isimip.org > Protocol.)This protocol is very similar to the ISIMIP3a protocol circulated on 21-2-2020, and we suggest to prioritize simulations for ISIMIP3a and 3b over ISIM ...
ISIMIP3a/3b protocol published

Feb. 27, 2020

Dear ISIMIP Community,we are very happy to share the new ISIMIP3a/3b simulation protocol with you: http://protocol.isimip.org/. High time to start the new simulation round with at least a small chance to still provide input for the IPCC AR6! The new protocol basically reflects the decisions taken at the Strategy Group meeting in Potsdam, Septemb ...
Protocol updates and new forcing data coming soon

Jan. 8, 2020

Dear ISIMIP community,this is a quick update with information about the simulation protocols and forcing data for ISIMIP2a-extended and ISIMIP3.1) The ISIMIP2a-extended simulation protocol is almost ready, we will publish it in early January. Compared to the original ISIMIP2a simulation protocol, the forcing data have been extended to cover more ...
Update about ISIMIP2a-extended and ISIMIP3

Aug. 19, 2019

Dear ISIMIP community, we'd like to give you a few updates on the progress of the preparations for ISIMIP3, as well as the extension of ISIMIP2a. (1) ISIMIP2a-extendedWe have been preparing the input data and protocol for an extension of the ISIMIP2a simulation phase, including climate forcing datasets that cover the most recent years (e.g ...
Updated ISIMIP2b protocol released

Aug. 8, 2019

Dear ISIMIP community, We have just released an updated version of the ISIMIP2b protocol. The most important changes are (for a documentation of all changes, please refer to the changelog on our website):All sectors: Exp. IX deleted The optional sensitivity run based on the improved bias-correction method of ISIMIP3 has been removed from the ...
ISIMIP News

July 25, 2019

Dear ISIMIP community,we hope you have been enjoying summer since our workshop in Paris. With this email, we'd like to make a few quick announcements and report on some ISIMIP output data changes.Stefan Lange's paper on the bias adjustment and statistical downscaling methods to be used in ISIMIP3b has recently been published in Geoscie ...
New ISIMIP2b protocol released

Feb. 28, 2019

Dear ISIMIP community,With this email, we’d like to make you aware of the new ISIMIP2b protocol, which now includes the extensions decided at the ISIMIP Strategy Group Meeting in Potsdam in September 2018.The most prominent changes are the addition of two new experiments (one on the quantification of high-end impacts (RCP8 ...
Invitation to the cross-sectoral ISIMIP workshop on 4-7 June, 2019

Feb. 27, 2019

Dear ISIMIP community,We are very happy to invite you to the next cross-sectoral ISIMIP workshop. The workshop will be held in Paris, France from 4 to 7 June. The workshop will be jointly organized by the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE) and the ISIMIP team at PIK ...
Output data caveats and extended input dataset

Nov. 12, 2018

Dear ISIMIP community, In the future, we are going to update you once a week on issues regarding ISIMIP input and output data (if there are any). They can also be accessed on our website in the Input Data changelog and Output Data changelog, respectively. Please note the following caveats for output data: ISIMIP2b: all CLM4 ...
Strategy Group Meeting, 2019 cross-sectoral workshop, reflections on stakeholder survey

Nov. 5, 2018

Dear ISIMIP community,With this email, we’d like to give you some updates on recent and future events surrounding ISIMIP. In late September, we hosted the ISIMIP Strategy Group Meeting here at PIK. There, we discussed and decided on the scenario set-up for the next ISIMIP simulation round. The outcomes of the meeting are summarized in this report ...
Announcements and output data issues

Aug. 16, 2018

Dear ISIMIP community, After some weeks of silence, we have some interesting announcements we would like to share with you: Currently, there is a vacancy for an interesting PostDoc position at SUSTech, Shenzhen, China, to work with Prof. Junguo Liu on the water chapter of IPCC AR6.At the Scenarios Forum 2019 (11-13 March, 2019, Denver, CO, USA) ...
Updates on ISIMIP2b protocol and newly available data.

June 28, 2018

We’d like to provide you with some important updates about the ISIMIP protocol and newly available data. Protocol updates The ISIMIP2b protocol has been updated to reflect some sector-specific and general changes that have been discussed over the past months. The new version is available on the ISIMIP website ...
protocol || data || funding || workshops

March 29, 2018

Protocol updates The ISIMIP2b protocol has been updated to reflect some sector-specific and general changes that have been discussed over the past months. The new version is available on the ISIMIP website. The changes are documented in these entries: Changes to file-naming conventions (Please note that this renaming may affect y ...
Fast Track data to be removed from DKRZ

Dec. 20, 2017

Dear ISIMIP community, we would like to inform you that we will shortly remove all ISIMIP Fast Track data from the DKRZ server. This measure is necessary to free up space for the more recent ISIMIP simulation rounds. The most up-to-date version of both input and output data from the Fast Track will continue to ...
Update on ISIMIP2b simulation data availability

Oct. 19, 2017

With the IPCC Special Report submission deadline in just under 2 weeks(!), we would like to give you an update on the availability of ISIMIP2b simulation data, which can be downloaded and used by anyone, so long as the terms of use are adhered to. Below is a list of models that have uploaded data to date for Group 1 & 2 experiments ...
Future land-use data for ISIMIP2b ready for download

Oct. 16, 2017

We are delighted to announce that the future land-use data for ISIMIP2b is ready, making it possible to do the Group 3 experiments. You can now access the following land-use scenario data in the .../ISIMIP2b/InputData/landuse/ folder on the DKRZ server: 1860soc (1860-2005) histso ...
Update on progress on the current ISIMIP2b simulation round

Sept. 12, 2017

Simulation data ready to be used 24 models have submitted data based on the ISIMIP2b simulation protocol. These models cover the agriculture, water (global), water (regional), forests and biomes sectors. We are aware of more models still working on simulations, so we expect this ensemble to grow ...
additional data requirements for modelling?

Aug. 8, 2017

As many of you will know, funding has been secured for the ongoing coordination of ISIMIP within the context of JPI-Climate funded ISIpedia project. Within ISIpedia we will have the opportunity to work directly with stakeholders to improve the quality of climate-impacts modelling for parti ...
your input to ISIMIP workshop planning

June 6, 2017

We would like to invite you to the ISIMIP workshop on 9-10 October, 2017, to be held in Potsdam just before the Impacts World 2017 conference. The official registration will follow in a few weeks. At this stage we would like to invite you to provide input to the ...
Deadline for paper abstracts for IPCC 1.5° Report

May 11, 2017

This is an important email regarding the coordination of papers being prepared in time for the IPCC 1.5° Special Report. We have received information that the Lead Authors require paper outlines in time for the Second Lead Author Meeting on 5 June, 2017. For some time we have been collecting ideas for papers based on analyses of IS ...
ISIMIP DOIs // ISIMIP2b input data for HadGEM2-ES // Keeping track of ISIMIP simulation data corrections and replacements // Future funding of ISIMIP // New terms of service on DKRZ

April 24, 2017

Author list for ISIMIP DOIs As many of you will know, we are working on publishing the quality-checked ISIMIP simulation data using an appropriate Creative Commons licence and creating a DOI. For the DOI entry, we need a list of authors for the data set. The author list will be as foll ...
Status update for ISIMIP2b

Feb. 9, 2017

We’d like to follow up on progress in the ISIMIP2b simulations. It is great to see that simulation data from three models have already been uploaded, and to have heard from many of you that you are actively working on the simulations. To keep it short, here are the (revised) upcoming dates and sta ...
Papers & ISIMIP2b data uploads

Jan. 9, 2017

We hope you have started the year refreshed and well. This email contains information about: Paper ideas for ISIMIP2b data;Folder structure for your ISIMIP2b uploads; Published papers using ISIMIP input or output data (Fast Track or ISIMIP2a). Paper ideas for ISIMIP2b data Amongst the cross-sectoral science t ...
Update and best wishes

Dec. 22, 2016

As the year comes to a close, we’d like to thank you for your invaluable contributions to ISIMIP in 2016. Whether conducting model runs, contributing to the development of the protocol and input data sets, participating in the workshop, analysing ISIMIP simulations, or supporting the organisation of ISIMIP ...
ISIMIP2b protocol changes

Dec. 7, 2016

We have a few important protocol changes and corrections that we'd like you to be aware of: All sectors: In order to ensure a smooth transition between the pre-industrial and historical periods, the pre-industrial CO2 concentration needs to be set to 286ppm (not the previously announced 278ppm!) ...
Further information on ISIMIP2b experiment design

Dec. 5, 2016

Since a few of you have already inquired, we would like to offer you some further explanation about the scientific motivation behind the ISIMIP2b protocol. You can find even more detail in the scenario-design paper currently under review in Geoscientific Model Development ...
ISIMIP2b input data now available for download

Nov. 10, 2016

Following the release of the ISIMIP2b protocol, we are now pleased to announced the release of the first input-data package. These data will allow you to start work on all experiments in group 1 and group 2 (as described in the Figure 1 of the protocol) ...
ISIMIP2b protocol now available

Nov. 7, 2016

We are delighted to be able to share with you the latest ISIMIP simulation protocol, ISIMIP2b. You can download the protocol here. The protocol has been designed to  scientific basis for the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of 1.5°C global warming. A paper describing the scientific rationale for the ...
Save the date: Impacts World 2017, 11-13 Oct, 2017

Sept. 1, 2016

This is a preliminary announcement of the Impacts World 2017 (IW2017) conference, to be held in Potsdam, on 11-13 October, 2017, and an ISIMIP Side Event on the two days prior 9-10 October, 2017. Given that the funding for the conference and side event is still pending, an official conference announcement will c ...
Scenario Design Paper for ISIMIP2b

Sept. 1, 2016

Over the past months, the cross-sectoral science team, management group and sectoral coordinators have been thinking about how ISIMIP could contribute to the scientific basis for the planned Special Report from the IPCC on the impacts of 1.5°C warming ...
Replacement of WFDEI data for 2011-2013 | Anomalous specific and relative humidity for WFDEI | ESGF server now back online

March 24, 2016

Replacement of WFDEI data for 2011-2013 The team responsible for producing the WFDEI data set (which we combined with WATCH to produce a continuous historical data set starting in 1901) have announced a replacement of the rainfall and snowfall data for the years 2011, 2012, 2013.  The problem was a processing error in the original data ...
Registration now open for June workshop

March 10, 2016

We are delighted to inform you that registration is now open for the ISIMIP workshop on 22-24 June, 2016, at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Potsdam, Germany. You can find the draft workshop program and registration form on this page. Please note that registration closes on Friday, 25 March ...
ERL Focus Issue open for submission

March 10, 2016

We are delighted to inform you that the Focus Issue in Environmental Research Letters on "Impacts of Extreme Weather and Climate Events Across Sectors" is now open for submissions.  Those ISIMIP participants who have submitted an abstract for consideration for the Focus Issue will shortly receive an official invitation to submit ...
Updated LPJmL runs

March 7, 2016

This is to inform you that the LPJmL team has just replaced all results for the biomeass, permafrost and water sector on the DKRZ server. The update fixes an inconsistency between the river network and the location of dams and reservoirs as well as a small error in the spin-up procedure that affected our runs for all 4 forcing datasets ...
Decision on Princeton data 1901-1947

Feb. 29, 2016

Based on your feedback regarding the correction to the 1901-1947 Princeton data, the following decisions has been reached: * /All/ biomes models will re-run the Princeton data set due to the significant effects on the outcomes of the model spin up. * We recommend that other models that have used the 1901-1947 data also re-run these simulations ...
Error in Princeton Data 1901-1947

Feb. 17, 2016

As we reported to you at the end of last year, the Princeton data set provided to you for use in the ISI-MIP simulations for the period 1901-1947 has been superceded by a corrected version. The problem was a mistake in the processing scripts, not a systematic methodological mistake, so the data were just wrong ...
Workshop in Potsdam: 22-24 June 2016 - save the date!

Feb. 8, 2016

We are delighted to announce that the next ISI-MIP workshop will be held in the newly opened research building at PIK, Potsdam on 22-24 June, 2016. We have chosen the date in part to give those of you who will be attending the AgMIP workshop in the following week in France the chance to combine your attendance of the two meetings ...
Documenting changes to uploaded ISIMIP simulations

Jan. 19, 2016

As many of you are already conducting analyses of the ISI-MIP2.1a simulation runs, we would like to ensure that you can keep track of when modelling groups replace their simulations on the DKRZ server.  For this reason we have placed a table on the ISI-MIP website under For Modellers>ISI-MIP2>Output Data>Uploads (link), where all fi ...
Your input needed! Model Experiment Documentation

Jan. 18, 2016

We would like to ask for your help in collecting key information about impact models participating in ISI-MIP, and the settings used to generate simulation results, in a common document. The goal of this exercise is to provide an accurate and comprehensive source of information for those using ISI-MIP simulation data for scientific studies, ...
WFDEI data set etended to 2013

Jan. 12, 2016

We have received information from the developer, Graham Weedon, that the WFDEI data set has now been extended such that there is a complete set of variables up to 2013 (previously the data set ended in 2010).  We have processed these three additional years' data to the standard ISI-MIP format and placed the files on the DKRZ server vre2.dkrz ...
EGU session: CL3.04 modellilng climate impacts

Jan. 5, 2016

We would like to remind you about the session at the 2016 European Geophysical Union (EGU) meeting the we are helping to coordinate. The session is very appropriate to the type of analyses currently being conducted within ISI-MIP. Here is a link to the session webpage: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus ...
Changes to DKRZ server and data access

Dec. 17, 2015

we would like to inform you about some further changes to the way ISI-MIP data is uploaded and stored. Please read this email carefully and contact us if anything is unclear. 1. vre1.dkrz.de to be replaced by vre2.dkrz.de The vre1.dkrz.de server will shortly be decommissioned and replaced with a virtual machine (VM) with the name vre2.dkrz.de ...
New guidelines for uploading model results and quality checks

Dec. 7, 2015

we would like to share with you some important changes to the way that simulation data is uploaded to the DKRZ server vre1.dkrz.de.  The aim of the changes is to ensure that only ISI-MIP participants can access the quality-checked and harmonised version (with respect to file naming, meta data and grid definitions etc ...
Error in Princeton Data 1901-1947

Dec. 1, 2015

It has been brought to our attention that the version of the Princeton data set used so far within ISI-MIP2.1a for the time period 1901-1947 has been replaced by a new version by the producers of the data. The version made available for ISI-MIP contains some fairly significant departures from the new version for the variables tas, tasmin, tas ...
Session at EGU 2016

Nov. 24, 2015

We would like to make you aware of the following session to be held at EGU 2016, for which contributions based on ISI-MIP2.1a analyses are very relevant and  warmly invited.  The convenors of the session are: Rutger Dankers, Katja Frieler, Christopher Reyer and Carl-Friedrich Schleussner Don't forget that submissions close on 13 January, 2016 ...
Next ISI-MIP workshop // New cross-sectoral papers // Funding for ISI-MIP modelling work // Twitter

Nov. 10, 2015

Thank you to all those who attended the paper-writing workshop a few weeks ago in Zurich.  We hope you had a productive and enjoyable time.  We had the impression that a lot of good progress was made on the papers, as well as many good discussions in general. We'd like to share with you a few key things that were discussed during the workshop ...
Special Issue

Nov. 6, 2015

We are delighted to report that Environmental Research Letters (ERL) have responded positively to our application for a Focus Issue on the proposed topic: 'Consistent evaluation of impact models with respect to the representation of extreme events and variability across sectors'.  Here are a few more details: Non-ISI-MIP papers The ERL ed ...
AGU Fall Meeting: impacts of historical extreme events

July 18, 2015

We would like to make you aware of the session that we are helping to convene at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), which will take place on 14-18 December, 2015 in San Francisco. As you can read below, the session is deliberately tailored to analyses of the ISI-MIP2.1 data, although we welcome and encourage submissio ...
ISI-MIP Paper-writing workshop - Registration now open

July 14, 2015

We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the ISI-MIP paper-writing workshop in Zurich on 28-30 October, 2015. For organisational purposes, we would be very grateful to receive your registration no later than Wednesday, 22 July 2015 via the ISI-MIP website.  There you will also find a preliminary outline of the workshop pro ...
Use of GSWP3 data only within ISI-MIP // No more web access to climate data set download // Old DKRZ accounts to be deactivated

June 2, 2015

In this email we would like to make a few important announcements relating to climate data access and usage within ISI-MIP. Use of GSWP3 data only within ISI-MIP Please note that at this stage, the historical climate data set GSWP3 is only available for the ISI-MIP2.1 simulations.  This is the explicit request of the researchers responsible ...
Have you received funding for your ISI-MIP modelling activities?

March 30, 2015

We are in the process of compiling the interim report on ISI-MIP2.1 for the German funding agency.  For this purpose, it would be extremely helpful to hear from you if you have received any funding or in-kind contributions that explicitly support your modelling work within ISI-MIP.
Missing values in Princeton data set // Regional climate input data files now available

Nov. 12, 2014

We would like to share with you two pieces of information regarding the climate input data sets for ISI-MIP2. 1. Missing values in Princeton data set It has come to our attention that in the Princeton data set, 10 grid cells in south eastern Europe have no temperature data (tas, tasmin, tasmax) for November, 1987 ...
Registration for cross-sectoral workshop now open // European Geophysical Union session // CMIP6 survey - requested climate input variables // Climate input data WATCH+WFDEI // Email list // Spin-up data now available // Land-use data for 1700-2012

Oct. 26, 2014

We would like to share with you the latest news from ISI-MIP, including important information about spin-up data, land-use data and the ISI-MIP workshop. 1. Registration for cross-sectoral workshop now open The cross-sectoral workshop is planned for 2-5 March, 2015 at IIASA in Laxenburg (near Vienna), Austria ...
IMPORTANT: Precipitation data for ISI-MIP2

Sept. 29, 2014

It has come to our attention that a mistake has occurred in the preparation of the precipiation data for the WATCH historical dataset.  The original version of the data published by us on the DRKZ server contained the variable pr, which mistakenly only included rainfall.  This was a mistake since we define pr as the total precipitation (rainf ...
Land-use data 2000-2012 // Update to biomes output variables // River dam data for water models //

Aug. 28, 2014

We would like to share with you a few pieces of important information relating to your modelling activities. 1. Land-use data 2000-2012 There has been a request to provide dynamic land-use data for the period 2000-2012, as compared to the static data currently provided for this period.  The dynamic data set available to us for this period h ...
Changes to ISI-MIP data-usage conditions // Have you received funding for your ISI-MIP activities? // Bias-correction code is now freely available // Bias-correction code is now freely available // Publications using ISI-MIP data

July 29, 2014

Now that the simulation protocol has been sent out, we would like to make you aware of some developments regarding other aspects of ISI-MIP. 1. Changes to ISI-MIP data-usage conditions Your simulation data from the ISI-MIP Fast Track is now freely available via the esg.pik-potsdam.de server.  The current terms of use stipulate that the data ...
ISI-MIP2 simulation protocol

July 22, 2014

Thank you for your feedback and amendments to the simulation protocol.  An updated version (v1.1) of the protocol is now ready for download from our website under www.isimip.org>For Modellers>ISI-MIP2>Simulation Protocol.  You will also find reference cards for each sector, containing a very brief overview of the simulation runs to ...
ISI-MIP & the IPCC Fifth assessment Report

April 11, 2014

As you know, the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC Fifth assessment Report (WGII AR5) was released on 31st March 2014. The 12 papers arising from the ISI-MIP Fast Track and accepted by the 31 August 2013 deadline were discussed and cited extensively within the report.  At this Link you can find a collection of the citations of ISI-MI ...
ISI-MIP Special Issue in Earth System Dynamics

April 1, 2014

We would like to draw your attention once again to the ISI-MIP Special Issue in the open-access journal Earth System Dynamics (ESD). ESD has recently been accepted into Thomson Reuters' ISI listing. A number of ISI-MIP related papers are already published in ESD or under discussion in the journal's open discussion forum ...
Special Issue now in print // Data repository active and public // Protocol for ISI-MIP2 // Funding

Dec. 19, 2013

As this busy year comes to an end we would like to give you an update on how things are progressing with ISI-MIP, and what we have planned for the new year.  Special Issue now in print As most of you already know, the PNAS special feature - comprising 11 papers discussing the ISI-MIP results - was officially published online on Monday, 16 ...
AGU DMUU session advertisement // Climate Change Effects on Natural Hazards: Science, Communication and Policy

July 31, 2013

AGU DMUU session advertisementPlease find below another call for abstracts for the AGU which has been forwarded to us by Joshua Elliott. More detailed information can be found in the attached announcement. Abstract submission deadline is 6 August 2013. -------------------- Climate Change Effects on Natural Hazards: Science, Communication an ...
Call for abstracts: SSP session at AGU fall meeting // The New Scenario Framework: Progress and Applications

July 29, 2013

Call for abstracts: SSP session at AGU fall meeting We would like to draw your attention to the below session to be held at the AGU fall meeting focusing on the SSPs. We believe it could be relevant to some of you as a number of ISI-MIP participants were using the early SSP data to do applications of the RCP/SSP framework in the ISI-MIP fast-t ...
Information about the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP)

June 28, 2013

A little while ago we have been approached by members of the Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP). They are interested in including a component on the effects of geoengineering on impacts. While this is not a focus of ISI-MIP, it is no doubt a very interesting and worthwhile effort and therefore we would like to forward you ...
Outcomes of ISI-MIP Side Event

June 19, 2013

Firstly, we would like to thank you all warmly for your indispensable input and enthusiasm during IMPACTS WORLD 2013 and especially the ISI-MIP side event! We were delighted that you were able to join us and hope that you agree that it was a productive and interesting meeting. With this email we would like to provide you with a wrap-up of t ...
ISI-MIP Side Event: Update on programme and preliminary focus regions

May 14, 2013

As the ISI-MIP side event draws nearer we would like to inform you about the plan regarding the choice of focus regions and the potential new sectors for the next ISI-MIP phase. Selection of regions Since this next phase will include both global and regional impacts models, it will be essential to choose a set of regions that can be covered ...
Friendly reminder: ISI-MIP side event registration by 15 April 2013 and IMPACTS WORLD 2013 conference

April 11, 2013

In light of the upcoming IMPACTS WORLD 2013 conference and the ISI-MIP side event, we would like to remind you that registration for the ISI-MIP side event is open until 15 April 2013. In case you have not yet registered we would like to encourage you to do so as soon as possible. Registration for the side event can be completed via the ISI ...
Important updates regarding citations, references for models and PNAS submission deadline

Jan. 30, 2013

We would like to provide you with more detailed information about the PNAS submission deadline and the citations of the ISI-MIP description paper as well as the RCPs. Additionally, we would like to alert you to some recent updates in the table of ISI-MIP models & references. 1.    Submission deadline for PNAS papers Manuscripts for the ...
Server vre1 in operation again // Update bias correction paper and model references

Jan. 24, 2013

Please find below a couple of updates regarding the current status of the server vre1, the bias-correction paper as well as the table of ISI-MIP models & references. 1) Vre1 in operation again As of 23 January vre1 is in operation again. Unfortunately, we suffered from a significant loss and damage of files among almost all models ...
Historical population data // Model data replaced on DRKZ server

Dec. 4, 2012

We would like to inform you about some updates regarding the provision of historical SSP data and replacement of model output data.   1. Historical population data In addition to the gridded population data for the SSP scenarios, Felipe Colon of the Vectri modeling group has created and uploaded corresponding gridded population files for the ...
Invitation - ISI-MIP side event to the IMPACTS WORLD 2013 conference

Nov. 30, 2012

We warmly invite you to participate in the planning of the next phase of the Intersectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISI-MIP) at a side event to the IMPACTS WORLD 2013 conference to be held in Potsdam 27-30 May, 2013. This next phase will integrate regional and global impact models to generate state-of-the-art cross-sectoral and ...
IMPACTS WORLD 2013 Conference and ISI-MIP Side Event

Nov. 22, 2012

We would like to provide you with some more in-depth information concerning the upcoming IMPACTS WORLD 2013 conference to be held next May 27-30 in Potsdam, Germany. 1. This conference will be an important opportunity to present ISI-MIP results. The conference had initially been announced for June, as some of you may recall ...
Water demand protections // Gridded population data // Plots of regional temperature and precipitation now on DKRZ server

Nov. 15, 2012

Water demand projections Further water demand projections have been uploaded by the H08 and WaterGAP teams, including some based on changing population and GDP according to SSP2. Note that in WaterGAP, non-irrigation water uses (e.g. domestic or livestock-related) are independent of the climate model, and the corresponding data are theref ...
Reference and future periods // Water demand projections uploaded to DKRZ server

Nov. 2, 2012

1. Reference and future periods First of all, please make sure you adhere to the reference period 1980-2010 which is defined in the protocol so that comparability across results is guaranteed. Please fill the year from 2005 to 2010 by the associated RCP (depending on the future simulations you consider) ...
ISI-MIP Special Issues in the PNAS and ESD // New global mean temperature data sets

Oct. 25, 2012

In this e-mail we would like to share the most recent developments regarding the ISI-MIP special issues with you: 1. PNAS Special Issue The editorial committee has finished the process of reviewing the abstracts you submitted for the PNAS special feature with editor John Schellnhuber and guest editors Pavel Kabat and Katja Frieler ...
Script for easy GO downloads and syncing

Oct. 16, 2012

Attached please find an example of the script by Joshua Elliott for downloading and syncing arbitrary sets of files and folders from the ISI-MIP ESG GO archive. The script outputs harmless error messages when it samples a folder that is not present on the GO archive.There are detailed instructions for how to use it and its straightforward and ...
Visualization of ISI-MIP results // Regional harmonization for reporting results // IRIS data analysis and visualisation tool

Sept. 28, 2012

During the ISI-MIP Analysis Workshop in Reading the question of harmonizing the visualization of results as well regional harmonization for reporting results were discussed. We would now like to share with you our recommendations concerning harmonization of regions and plots and provide you with supplementary material to assist you in imple ...
Instructions on how to access the ESG mirror

Sept. 20, 2012

Joshua Elliott has kindly asked us to distribute amongst you the instructions on how to access the ESG mirror for the ISI-MIP data. Please find his message quoted below. Also, please take a look at the attached slides guiding you through the process of installing the software. These instructions can also be found for download on our website ...
ISI-MIP analysis workshop results

Sept. 11, 2012

1. Data deadline A deadline of 15 October was set for data to be uploaded to the DKRZ server.  It applies to the minimal setting described in the ISI-MIP protocol. Please try your very best to adhere to this deadline as it is the only way of keeping enough time for writing the multi-model papers ...
PNAS Special Feature

Sept. 4, 2012

1. For the Special Feature up to 18 papers will be invited. 2. An editorial committee has been formed to select papers. It consists of J. Rocklöv, J. Elliott, A. Friend, N. Arnell, and the ISI-MIP team. Furthermore, C. Rosenzweig and P. Kabat have been invited. 3. We will select the papers for a short list on Friday September 9. 4 ...
Bias correction method applied within ISI-MIP, friendly reminder for ISI-MIP Analysis workshop

Aug. 31, 2012

1) Since the official release of the ISI-MIP data we have put a lot of effort into testing and documenting the bias correction method. We have found that the algorithm currently used does not do exactly what we want: In some cases, due to a technical problem, the width of the frequency distribution of daily data is not corrected ...
Documentation of uploaded files, analysis of output data, protocol changes

Aug. 24, 2012

1. Identified problems with uploaded data First of all, we are delighted to see that by now 13 modeling groups have already submitted output data to our data pool at DKRZ. Along with the delivered files we have discovered some issues regarding several aspects of the files integrity among the majority of models. Most often headers (i.e ...
PNAS Special Feature approved, output data mirror, etc.

Aug. 21, 2012

1. First of all, we are happy to be able to inform you that the ISI-MIP Special Feature in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (PNAS) we applied for some months ago has now been approved. As you know, the sectoral overview papers are already set contributions ...
Workshop reminder // data information // protocol

Aug. 9, 2012

Reading workshop We would hereby kindly like to remind you to register for our results workshop by Monday, 13 August.  To do so, please go to our website (www.isimip.org). On the upper right, under "News & Events", click on the entry "Register for the ISI-MIP Results Workshop September 2012" and fill in the online registration form ...
ESG mirror for input data

Aug. 2, 2012

A group at Argonne National Lab in Chicago have kindly set up a mirror of the ISI-MIP input-data archive on their Earth Systems Grid node. This will help to further improve bandwidth and data access, and we encourage you to consider this mirror site as a second option for input data downloads, besides the DKRZ server in Hamburg ...
Workshop registration; new input data; protocol update

Aug. 1, 2012

1. We would like to encourage all workshop attendees to register on our website (www.isimip.org) until the 13th of August: On the front page on the upper right you will find a News & Events section, click on the entry "Register for the ISI-MIP Results Workshop September 2012" and please fill in the online registration form. 2 ...
Preliminary agenda for Results Workshop, output data statistics, corrupt tasmin_v2 file in hadgem2-es spinup data and file names/formats conventions

July 24, 2012

1) We are happy to provide you with a preliminary agenda for the ISI-MIP Results Workshop in September. We have focused on maximizing the time available for modelling teams to collaborate on paper writing. So in order to gain the maximum benefit it would be expedient if paper authors/groups would coordinate what to present in individual se ...
ISI-MIP Results Workshop 3-6 September - Registration is now open

July 13, 2012

Registration is now open for the ISI-MIP Results Workshop in September! Please find below a brief overview of the most relevant information regarding the workshop: 1. Workshop dates The workshop will take place from September 3-6, 2012 at the University of Reading, UK.  Monday, 3 September will begin after lunch and Thursday, 6 September w ...
Additional hardware at DKRZ // New ISI-MIP data blog // New abstracts on DKRZ server // Output file preparation: netCDF4 instructions // New ISI-MIP datasets available // Deadlines for simulation results // Latest changes to the simulation protocol

July 4, 2012

With this email we we would like to convey to you a number of important updates on the following subjects: 1. Additional hardware at DKRZ 2. New ISI-MIP data blog 3. New abstracts on DKRZ server 4. Output file preparation: netCDF4 instructions 5. New ISI-MIP datasets available 6. Deadlines for simulation results 7 ...
Revised HadGEM2-ES data available now + format of output data

June 27, 2012

The revised HadGEM2-ES data are now available on the data server in Hamburg. This includes all RCPs, spinup data and monthly means. Keeping with our naming convention, the new data are labeled as _v3 for pr, prsn and rhs, and _v2 for the other variables. Please note that in the revised HadGEM2-ES data set, the period 2001-2010 is split int ...
Preliminary ISI-MIP abstracts now available on the DKRZ server

June 25, 2012

We would like to let you know that we have now uploaded your preliminary ISI-MIP abstracts onto the DKRZ server. They are available as zip-archive via http://vre1.dkrz.de:8080/thredds/catalog/isi_mipEnhanced/abstracts/catalog.html or by following the link on the start page of our website, www.isimip.org ...
Reporting your output data uploads

June 22, 2012

It is great to see that the first output data has already arrived on the DKRZ server! In order to keep track of what model outputs are currently available on the DKRZ server, we kindly ask you to notify us by emailing isimip@pik-potsdam.de with “[data submitted]” in the subject line when submitting new output data ...
New ISI-MIP dataset available

June 20, 2012

In this email we would like to make you aware of the new complete climate data set that is now available, and to confirm the climate model order of preferences in light of the recently discovered mistake in our HadGEM2-ES data set. Please note that for the purposes of the ISI-MIP fast-track impact model intercomparison, the available IPSL ...
Further updates on the ISI-MIP data

June 15, 2012

We are happy to announce that the first datasets for the next GCM, IPSL-CM5A-LR, are now available in the ISI-MIP archive. These are historical data and RCP2.6, the other RCPs will follow in the next days. Only the wind data are missing, as we are still checking them. The delay in providing the next GCM was caused by the discovery of a probl ...
Sharing your abstracts within ISI-MIP // ISI-MIP protocol changes and output file preparation

June 14, 2012

In order to facilitate coordination between paper authors/teams, we would like to make the preliminary abstracts that we have received from you available to all other ISI-MIP participants. We will upload the abstracts to a separate directory on the DKRZ server, so that they will be accessible in the same fashion as the input data ...
How to upload your output data for ISI-MIP

June 11, 2012

Below you will find information on how to upload your model output to the DKRZ server in Hamburg, where it will be available for download for all ISI-MIP participants. Please follow the three steps below; we recommend you begin even before you have output data ready, as obtaining the DKRZ account (step no.1) will take a little while ...
Updates on the ISI-MIP data set

June 7, 2012

This is just a brief email to alert you to some updates to the ISI-MIP data set. 1. A decision has been reached to adopt option 2 (see the Bias Correction fact sheet under www.isimip.org > Bias correction) as the standard for ensuring consistency between the relative and specific humidity data sets ...
Important updates from the ISI-MIP team // New data // Issues with existing data // Protocol changes

May 23, 2012

We have some important information to convey to you about new and existing ISI-MIP climate data and changes in the ISI-MIP protocol. New data We are happy to let you know that the SSP data are available now for download from the ISI-MIP archive. The zip file available there contains the data and an associated description ...
Updated data HadGEM2-ES: Historical period, RCP 8.5 and RCP 4.5

May 14, 2012

The data on the DKRZ-Server in Hamburg is now complete for all variables of the HadGEM2-ES model for the historical period, as well as RCP 8.5 and RCP 4.5. To access it, please go to www.isimip.org, and then click "Input data". Further down on the same page, you will find a link to the server where the data is located ...
First set of bias corrected input data available

May 7, 2012

As explained in our last email, we have been revising the bias correction method over the last couple of weeks and today we are happy to be able to provide you with a first set of this corrected input data. The temperature data now preserves the absolute trend while for the other variables the relative trend is preserved ...
Update on ISI-MIP bias correction method, data etc.

April 24, 2012

With this circular, we are sending you some important information on the following topics: 1) Changes in bias correction method, replacement of input data 2) Status of precipitation and snowfall data 3) New email archive on website 4) New tools and auxiliary files available on website 5) Timeline for data upload 1) Changes in bias correction ...
Updates on data (wind, pr, prsn), etc.

April 5, 2012

In addition to the email we sent yesterday, please note the following information: 1) The previously missing total wind speed (wind) data files for the IPSL-CM5A-LR model, RCP8.5 scenario, are now available on the server (IPSL-CM5A-LR/rcp8p5/wind/). 2) The warning we issued regarding precipitation (ps) data has to be extended to the snowfa ...
Updates on input data, protocol, etc.

April 4, 2012

With this email, we are sending you some important information on the following topics: 1) Updates on input data availability 2) Updates to the simulation protocol 3) Output file preparation 1) In addition to the climate input data that was initially made available on March 23rd, we have now uploaded HadGEM2-ES data for the RCP6 ...
Input data download using wget

March 26, 2012

One piece of information that was missing in our previous email is how to use the wget utility for bulk downloads from the input data server at CSC/DKRZ. We apologize for this oversight! You can now find instructions on our website www.isimip.org, under point 3 in the "Input data" section (direct link: http://www.pik-potsdam ...
Input data available for download

March 23, 2012

We are pleased to inform you that a first set of bias-corrected climate input data is now available for use in your ISI-MIP impact simulations. The data is kindly hosted by the Climate Service Center (CSC) on a server in Hamburg, Germany. To access it, please go to www.isimip.org, and the "Input data" ...




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