Preface

• 1. Preface

Known Issues

• 1. ESMValTool known issues

User’s Guide

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Objectives and approach
  • 1.2. Architecture
• 2. Software installation
  • 2.1. Prerequisites
  • 2.2. Obtaining the source code
  • 2.3. Software installation
  • 2.4. Verification of the installation
• 3. ESMValTool namelists
  • 3.1. More on the <GLOBAL>-tag
  • 3.2. More on the <MODELS>-tag
  • 3.3. More on the <DIAGNOSTICS>-tag
  • 3.4. Namelist configuration file
  • 3.5. Standard header for the namelist
  • 3.6. Example namelist
• 4. Directory structure of the ESMValTool
• 5. Configuration files
  • 5.1. nml/cfg_diag/cfg_diag*.typ
• 6. Running the ESMValTool
  • 6.1. Available diagnostics and metrics
  • 6.2. Model and observational data
  • 6.3. The acknowledgements log file

Developer’s Guide

• 1. Writing a diagnostic script or a metrics set
  • 1.1. Basics
  • 1.2. Standard template
  • 1.3. Library functions
  • 1.4. Plotting functions
  • 1.5. Adding new variables
  • 1.6. Coding rules and standards
  • 1.7. Documentation of software
  • 1.8. The acknowledgements log file
  • 1.9. Documentation of source code
  • 1.10. Automated testing
  • 1.11. Checklist
• 2. Scientific documentation of a diagnostic script or metrics set
  • 2.1. Basics
  • 2.2. Standard template
  • 2.3. Provenance (tagging)
  • 2.4. Model and observational data
• 3. Tasks and responsibilities
  • 3.1. Mailing list
  • 3.2. The ESMValTool core development team
  • 3.3. Pull requests
• 4. Guidelines for data processing
  • 4.1. Observations
  • 4.2. Model data
  • 4.3. Links
  • 4.4. Help
• 5. References

Annex A - tables

• 1. More tables
• 2. Workflow of reformat routines

Annex B - environment

• 1. Git repository
  • 1.1. Basics
  • 1.2. Access rights
  • 1.3. Workflow
  • 1.4. General do-s and don’t-s

Annex C - namelists

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Aerosol
• 3. AutoAssess Radition RMS errors
• 4. Catchment analysis
• 5. Clouds
• 6. Cloud Regime Error Metric (CREM)
• 7. Diurnal cycle of convection
• 8. Emergent constraints on carbon cycle feedbacks
• 9. ESA CCI
• 10. Evapotranspiration
• 11. IPCC AR5 Chapter 9
• 12. Land and ocean components of the global carbon cycle
• 13. Marine biogeochemistry
• 14. Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO)
• 15. NCAR’s Climate Variability Diagnostics Package (CVDP)
• 16. Ozone and associated climate impacts
• 17. Ozone and some precursors
• 18. Performance metrics for essential climate parameters
• 19. Precipitation dependence on soil moisture
• 20. Sea ice
• 21. South asian monsoon
• 22. Southern hemisphere
• 23. Southern ocean
• 24. Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)
• 25. Tropical variability
• 26. West African Monsoon (WAM)

Indices and tables

• Index
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