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CMIP6 Task Force (2019-2022)
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Mission
The OAR Climate Program Office’s Modeling, Analysis, Predictions and Projections (MAPP) Program has organized the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) Task Force to coordinate the activities of researchers supported through the MAPP-Fiscal Year 2019 grant competition “21st Century Integrated U.S. Climate Predictions and Projections”. The goal of this Task Force is to maximize outcomes from the collective set of funded projects and create a community of practice in this research area.
The core membership of the Task Force is comprised of MAPP-funded principal investigators (PIs) from universities and NOAA and other Federal centers and laboratories. Members of the Task Force also include invited scientists from across the community with interest and expertise in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project.
Through monthly teleconferences, the Task Force provides a formal mechanism for PIs to communicate, coordinate, and collaborate. Via the Task Force, PIs share new datasets, methodologies, and results. Other collaborative activities will be designed as the Task Force progresses.
The CMIP6 Task Force is a two-year effort starting September 2019.
MAPP Task Force Concept and Terms of Reference
Projects
Leadership
Lead: Ben Livneh (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Co-Lead: Angie Pendergrass (NCAR)
Co-Lead: Kate Marvel (Columbia University, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies)
Co-Lead: Ryan Rykaczewski (NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center)
- To view the full Participants list, please visit the Participants page.
For the abstracts of projects funded from MAPP's FY19 competition, please click
here.
MAPP Program Management has selected one lead scientist and three co-leads for the Task Force.
The Task Force leads, with input from the broad Task Force membership, provide scientific leadership and establish activities for the Task Force. MAPP Program management provides programmatic guidance on Task Force activities as needed, working with the leads.
All PIs supported through the MAPP-Fiscal Year 2019 competition are expected to participate in the Task Force as described in their proposals. Otherwise, participation in the Task Force is by invitation.
Most of the Task Force work will be conducted remotely via telecons or virtual meetings, or through meetings of opportunity.