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CORDEX-CMIP6 Archiving Specifications

This site provides the archiving specifications for CORDEX-CMIP6 simulations.

The specifications define the Data Reference Syntax (DRS) elements necessary for post-processing CORDEX-CMIP6 simulations and publishing them on the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF). This includes file and directory naming conventions, global attributes, and ESGF Search Facets Mapping.

Documents

Issues and Feedback

Known issues are collected at https://github.com/WCRP-CORDEX/archive-specifications/issues.

Version History

Different versions of the specifications have been released. Please always refer to the latest version when processing your data.

Version Date DOI Comment
v2 2025-03-21 10.5281/zenodo.15047096 Change of project_id (CORDEX to CORDEX-CMIP6) due to ESGF publication requirements (#22); mip_era excluded from ESGF directory structure (#24); Fixed creation_date example (#19); New scalar coordinate variables example (#18); Specify time coordinate origin (#5); Allow grid mapping variable to match grid_mapping_name (#17)
v1 2024-04-10 10.5281/zenodo.10961069 Initial release

Zenodo Repository

The official versions are maintained in Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10961068