JSC/CLIVAR Working Group on Coupled Modelling

Terms of Reference

Review and foster the development of coupled climate models, including organisation of model intercomparisons and utilisation of available instrumental records and paleo-climatic data for model validation and diagnosis of shortcomings;

Promote co-ordinated experimentation with coupled models aiming to understand natural climate variability on decadal to centennial time scales and its predictability, and to predict the response of the climate system to changes in natural and anthropogenic forcing;

Promote the development of appropriate data assimilation procedures for coupled models and consider questions related to initialisation;

Undertake other modelling activities in support of CLIVAR and the WCRP, as requested by the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group and the JSC;

Advise the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group and the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee on progress in the development and use of global coupled models, and review and co-ordinate modelling activities as appropriate within CLIVAR and in the WCRP as a whole;

Maintain close co-operation with the JSC/CAS Working Group on Numerical Experimentation in establishing an integrated approach to climate modelling in the WCRP;

Liaise as appropriate with IPCC and the Global Analysis, Interpretation and Modelling (GAIM) element of IGBP