date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:43:36 -0700 from: Karl Taylor subject: Documenting the scientific impact of the WCRP CMIP3 multi-model to: undisclosed-recipients:; Dear user of the CMIP3 multi-model dataset at PCMDI (once referred to as the IPCC AR4 archive): This email is to urge you to: *PLEASE ADD/EDIT ENTRIES TO THE LIST ON THE PCMDI WEBSITE OF ALL YOUR PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE BASED ON THE CMIP3 MULTI-MODEL DATASET. THE ACTION ITEMS ARE SHOWN IN ALL CAPS BELOW. THANK YOU.* It has been a year (I think) since I last reminded you to record or update entries on our website listing all papers you have written that make use of WCRP CMIP3 model output (produced in support of the IPCC AR4). I want to thank those of you who have responded in the past (and continue to update your entries); the list has grown to about 400 entries (see http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/subproject_publications.php ). Given that there are now over 2000 registered users of the data and nearly 1.5 million files downloaded, we hope the publication list will continue to grow substantially. This email is to remind you that modeling groups and the WCRP can only justify future activities of this kind if they can document the impact of this data archive on our science, so **** IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED OR PUBLISHED A PAPER THAT MADE USE OF THE DATA IN THE ARCHIVE, PLEASE ADD IT TO THE LIST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. It is a good way to publicize your paper and will help maintain modeling group participation in future exercises of this kind. **** ALSO PLEASE UPDATE ANY ENTRIES WHERE THE STATUS OF A PAPER HAS CHANGED. **** YOU MAY ENTER, UPDATE, AND EDIT THE CITATION INFORMATION FOR YOUR PUBLICATIONS (AND YOUR PAPERS IN PREPARATION) BY going to: http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/diagnostic_subprojects.php and then clicking on the last entry: "Miscellaneous Research Publications Based on IPCC Model Output". Some early users of the database have subprojects that are listed individually. Those users should click on their named subproject. Once you have clicked on "miscellaneous" or your subproject, scroll to the bottom of the page where you will find a link to "add publication", which will take you to a form to fill out. You may also edit the entries for existing papers listed on this page using the "edit" link next to the paper. Before you can enter information into the form, you will be asked for your user id and password, which are the same as those you use to access the data archive at PCMDI. If you've forgotten your user id and/or password, you will find buttons to click for assistance. The more complete this list of publications is, the more accurately it will reflect the true impact you all have made, so please don't delay. There are more than two thousand users now, so I am quite sure some publications are missing. One final point. As noted above, the official name of the data archive is the "WCRP CMIP3 multi-model dataset" (not, e.g., the IPCC AR4 dataset). The official name properly credit's the WCRP which, through its Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM), was responsible for coordination of this modeling acitivity as the latest phase of its series of CMIP exercises. The IPCC assessment relied heavily on the dataset, but was not fundamentally responsible for it. **** IN ALL FUTURE PUBLICATIONS, PLEASE PROPERLY ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE MODEL OUTPUT BY INCLUDING THE WORDS GIVEN AT: http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/info_for_analysts.php#Proper_acknowledgement Thanks very much for taking a few minutes to do this. Best regards, Karl Taylor taylor13@llnl.gov P.S. PCMDI invites comments/suggestions concerning your experience in obtaining model output from this archive. In preparing for CMIP5 (and future IPCC activities of this kind), we welcome your ideas.