[CF-metadata] Metadata conventions for coupled climate model carbon intercomparisons

[Curtis Covey]

Dear CF Metadata Discussion Group,

The CCSM Biogeochemistry Working Group 
(www.ccsm.ucar.edu/working_groups/Biogeo) invites your comments on the 
conventions we've developed for the new Carbon-LAnd Model 
intercomparison Project (C-LAMP). To see these conventions, go to the 
C-LAMP Web site at climate.ornl.gov/bgcmip, then click on the link 
"Developing a Common Set of Output Fields for the CCSM C-LAMP."

Note that C-LAMP presently involves just two or three versions of a 
single model (the CCSM). As Pierre Friedlingstein has remarked, for some 
purposes it might be considered a pilot project for the next phase of 
the larger Coupled Climate and Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison 
Project (C4MIP). Accordingly, we do not intend to wait for a formal 
endorsement by the CF group before releasing C-LAMP output to the 
Working Group.

At the same time, we welcome your suggestions on how the C-LAMP data 
conventions could be improved. I have copied this message to other 
interested parties who may not belong to the CF Metadata Discussion 
Group. Please forward to others I've missed.

We looking forward to hearing from you.

- Curt Covey for the CCSM BGC Working Group