Welcome to CCSM

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CCSM Goal

"The primary goal of the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) project is to develop a state-of-the-art climate model and to use it to perform the best possible science to understand climate variability and global change. We will strive to build a CCSM community of users who are interested in participating in this project."

 

Administration of the Community Climate System Model

The CCSM Advisory Board (CAB) will serve as an advisory committee reporting to the CCSM Scientific Steering Committee, NSF Program Director, NCAR Director, and UCAR President. Membership in the CAB will come from university faculty and staff, staff members of national laboratories, and scientists from foreign universities, laboratories, and centers.

The Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) will provide scientific leadership for the CCSM project, including oversight of activities of working groups, coordination of model experiments, decision making on model definition and development.

The detailed work on various aspects of CCSM will be done in working groups. These working groups will consist of scientists who come together to work on topics on which they share common interest.