Published Data - NCI ESGF Node

CMIP data, as well as other key climate data collections, is distributed via the Earth Systems Grid Federation (ESGF) which forms a collaboration of internationally distributed data nodes. NCI manages the ESGF Tier 1 data repository that serves the Australian climate community.

To publish CMIP and related data (e.g. CORDEX, GeoMIP, etc) at NCI, we request that the data maintains the high standards expected by the ESGF. In particular:

1. Data Conformance

   1. The data owner is expected to conform with the requirements and expectation for CMIP6 Modellers (https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP6/Guide/modelers.html). E.g. application and documentation of the standard forcing used, appropriate grid structures, all necessary variables and time ranges, etc.

2. Scientific Evaluation

   1. We expect the model output to have undergone some form of scientific quality control to ensure the robustness of the model data.

3. CMOR Compliant

   1. The data should be CMORised to conform with CMIP6 ESGF criteria.

      
      

Once you are satisfied that your data is ready for publication, please contact help@nci.org.au to begin the publication request. NCI will perform additional quality control and quality assurance checks on the data to ensure its conformance to ESGF standards. Once all QA/QC procedures are complete, the data will be published to the NCI ESGF node, the NCI THREDDS Data Service and become available from the Geonetwork Catalog.