The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) contribution to CMIP6

The primary objective of CFMIP is to inform future assessments of cloud feedbacks through improved understanding of cloud-climate feedback mechanisms and better evaluation of cloud processes and cloud feedbacks in climate models. However, the CFMIP approach is also increasingly being used to understand other aspects of climate change, and so a second objective has now been introduced, to improve understanding of circulation, regional-scale precipitation, and non-linear changes. CFMIP is supporting ongoing model inter-comparison activities by coordinating a hierarchy of targeted experiments for CMIP6, along with a set of cloud-related output diagnostics. CFMIP contributes primarily to addressing the CMIP6 questions "How does the Earth system respond to forcing?" and "What are the origins and consequences of systematic model biases?" and supports the activities of the WCRP Grand Challenge on Clouds, Circulation and Climate Sensitivity.

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Author Webb, M. J.
Andrews, T.
Bodas-Salcedo, A.
Bony, S.
Bretherton, C. S.
Chadwick, R.
Chepfer, H.
Douville, H.
Good, P.
Kay, J. E.
Klein, S. A.
Marchand, R.
Medeiros, Brian
Siebesma, A. P.
Skinner, C. B.
Stevens, B.
Tselioudis, G.
Tsushima, Y.
Watanabe, M.
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Suggested Citation Webb, M. J., Andrews, T., Bodas-Salcedo, A., Bony, S., Bretherton, C. S., Chadwick, R., Chepfer, H., Douville, H., Good, P., Kay, J. E., Klein, S. A., Marchand, R., Medeiros, Brian, Siebesma, A. P., Skinner, C. B., Stevens, B., Tselioudis, G., Tsushima, Y., Watanabe, M.. (2017). The Cloud Feedback Model Intercomparison Project (CFMIP) contribution to CMIP6. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7w66nk1. Accessed 30 July 2025.

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