In climatology, the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project is a collaborative framework designed to improve knowledge of climate change, being the analog of Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project for global coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models.

What does CMIP standard for?

The CMIP is a standard experimental framework for studying the output of coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation models. This facilitates assessment of the strengthsand weaknesses of climate models which can enhance and focus the development of future models.

What is CMIP6 data?

CMIP6 represents a substantial expansion over CMIP5, in terms of the number of modelling groups participating, the number of future scenarios examined and the number of different experiments conducted. The goal of CMIP is to generate a set of standard simulations that each model will run.