CVCWG

The goals of the CVCWG are to understand and quantify contributions of natural and anthropogenically-forced patterns of variability and change. Towards that end, the CVCWG coordinates, conducts and archives simulations with CESM that are of broad interest to the national and international Earth system research communities. These simulations are designed to enable researchers to evaluate and understand mechanisms of internal variability and externally-forced change due to natural and anthropogenic factors, detection and attribution of past change, and projections and predictions of future change. These simulations can also serve as baselines for users who wish to perform their own pertubation experiments using the same model version. A complete list of CVCWG simulations available for public download via the Earth System Data Gateway at NCAR is available.

Other CVCWG activities include development of the CVDP-LE, the CVDP and Earth System Data Guide, as well as contributions to the AGU CESM2 Virtual Special Issue and the CCSM4 and CESM1 Special Issues.