Glossary
Acronym |
Full Name/Link |
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| APN | Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research |
| AR6 | The Sixth Assessment Cycle from IPCC |
| AR7 | The Seventh Assessment Cycle from IPCC |
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| BLC | Bottom Left Corner |
| BRC | Bottom Right hand Corner |
| -- C -- | -- Back to Top -- |
| CAM | Central America, CORDEX domain |
| CEB | Centre point of the Eastern Boundary |
| CMIP | Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project |
| CliC | Climate and Cryosphere |
| CLIVAR | Climate and Ocean: Variability, Predictability and Change |
| CNB | Centre point of the Northern Boundary |
| COP | Conference of the Parties (UNFCCC) |
| CORA | WCRP Coordination Office for Regional Activities |
| CORDEX | Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment |
| CORDEX CORE | CORDEX Coordinated Output for Regional Evaluations |
| CPD | Centre Point of the Domain |
| CSB | Centre point of the Southern Boundary |
| CWB | Centre point of the Western Boundary |
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| -- E -- | -- Back to Top -- |
| ENSO | El-Niño Southern Oscillation |
| ESC | Early Career Scientist |
| ESD | Empirical Statistical Downscaling |
| ESGF | Earth System Grid Federation |
| ESR | Early Career Researcher |
| ESM | Earth System Model |
| ESMO | Earth System Modelling and Observations |
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| FoCI | Frontier of Climate Information |
| FPS | Flagship Pilot Studies |
| -- G -- | -- Back to Top -- |
| GCM | Global Climate Model |
| GEWEX | Global Energy and Water Exchanges |
| GFCS | Global Framework on Climate Services |
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| -- I -- | -- Back to Top -- |
| ICRC | International Conference on Regional Climate |
| IPCC | International Panel on Climate Change |
| IPO | International Project Office |
| IPOC | International Project Office for CORDEX |
| IRI | International Research Institute for Climate and Society |
| ITCZ | Intertropical Convergence Zone |
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| JPS | Joint Planning Staff |
| JSC | Joint Scientific Committee |
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| -- L -- | -- Back to Top -- |
| LUCAS | Land Use and Climate Across Scales |
| -- M -- | -- Back to Top -- |
| MAIRS-FE | Monsoon Asia Integrated Research for Sustainability- Future Earth |
| MENA | Middle East North Africa, CORDEX Domain |
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| obs4MIPs | Observations for Model Intercomparisons Project |
| -- P -- | -- Back to Top -- |
| POC | Point of Contact |
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| -- R -- | -- Back to Top -- |
| RCD | Regional Climate Downscaling |
| RCM | Regional Climate Model |
| RCMES | Regional Climate Model Evaluation System |
| RCP | Representative Concentration Pathway |
| RIfS | Regional Information for Society |
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| SAM | South America, CORDEX domain |
| SAT | CORDEX Science Advisory Team |
| SEA | South East Asia, CORDEX Domain |
| SMHI | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |
| SPARC | Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate |
| SSG | Scientific Steering Group |
| SSP | Socio-Economic Pathway |
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| TLC | Top Left Corner |
| TPE | Third Pole Environment |
| TRC | Top Right hand Corner |
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| US CLIVAR | US Climate Variability and Predictability Research Programme |
| -- V -- | -- Back to Top -- |
| VIA | Vulnerability-Impact-Adaptation |
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| WCRP | World Climate Research Programme |
| WDAC | WCRP Data Advisory Council |
| WGCM | Working Group on Coupled Modelling |
| WGIRS | Working Group on Information for Regions and Society |
| WMAC | WCRP Modelling Advisory Council |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WWRP | World Weather Research Programme |
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This list is originally compiled by the
International CLIVAR Project Office,
but has been modified with the
acronyms used at the CORDEX website.