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Mean Climate


Mean state results from the PCMDI Metrics Package (PMP) are used to produce “quick-look” summary diagrams for the CMIP multi-model ensemble. The focus is on the “Historical” (coupled) and “AMIP” (atmospheric only) simulations which are well-suited for comparing with observations. We update these summaries regularly as new simulations are contributed to CMIP6, quality-control and presentation are improved, and observational datasets are updated. We provide two methods to interactively explore these ‘quick-look’ results, one as relative errors and another as absolute errors:


Interactive Portrait Plot (IPP)



Interactive Parallel Coordinate Plot (experimental)



Reference Observational Datasets




Reference


Gleckler, P. J., K. E. Taylor, and C. Doutriaux, 2008: Performance metrics for model evaluation. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D06104, doi: 10.1029/2007JD008972.

Taylor, K. E., 2001: Summarizing multiple aspects of model performance in a single diagram. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 7183–7192, doi: 10.1029/2000JD900719.