Task Team on CORDEX-CMIP7 Protocol and Infrastructure (TTPI)
The CORDEX Task Team on CORDEX-CMIP7 Protocol and Infrastructure (TTPI) is in charge of defining the experimental protocol and technical documentation for the new CORDEX-CMIP7 experiment. TTPI oversees the maintenance of the underlying repositories and coordinates with ESGF to ensure the infrastructure required for storing and publishing CORDEX-CMIP7 data is robust and accessible. More generally, the TTPI also maintains and develops infrastructures for the existing CORDEX-CMIP5 and CORDEX-CMIP6 experiments.
Further details on some of the specific activities that the TTPI tackles are available from the “CORDEX Task Force report on proposed actions, steps and timelines in preparation for CORDEX-CMIP7” (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17821547). The team builds on the framework initiated for CORDEX-CMIP6, while expanding to incorporate new model components and scientific priorities. It is committed to the FAIR principles and to open science in general, seeking to engage with the broader community in its activities.
The TTPI will play a central role in shaping the CORDEX contribution to CMIP7, ensuring scientific rigor, technical robustness, and global accessibility of data. The team combines the experience of senior scientists with the fresh perspectives and technical expertise of early-career researchers. Internal groups lead different activities, reporting on their progress during TT meetings, which occur twice per month. TTPI coordinators report to the CORDEX SAT, which has ultimate responsibility for the actions taken.
The CORDEX SAT has endorsed this Task Team for an initial term of two years, beginning January 1st, 2026.
Activities
In collaboration with the CORDEX regional and topical points of contact, the SAT, and other relevant external initiatives, the TTPI oversees the:
- CMIP7 data request to ensure the availability of global model input for downscaling
- Experiment design and selection of driving GCMs
- Monitoring of the CORDEX simulations
- CORDEX data request to meet the needs of users and stakeholders
- Archiving specifications and controlled vocabularies
- Model documentation and user guidelines
- Quality control, data publication, and errata maintenance
- Monitoring of the CORDEX science
Members
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
| Jesus Fernandez (coordinator) | Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria | Spain |
| Dominique Paquin (coordinator) | Ouranos | Canada |
| Moetasim Ashfaq | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | USA |
| Pascal Bourgault | Ouranos | Canada |
| Swen Brands | Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA) | Spain |
| Lars Buntemeyer | Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) | Germany |
| Tereza Cavazos (Liaison for CMIP Core Panel) | Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE) | Mexico |
| Moutassem El Rafei | National Center for Meteorology, Regional Center for Climate change | Saudi Arabia |
| Lluís Fita Borrell | Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA) | Argentina |
| Graziano Giuliani | The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) | Italy |
| Jose González-Abad | Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA) | Spain |
| Bo Huang | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Norway |
| Seth McGinnis | NCAR | USA |
| Pierre Nabat | CNRM / Météo-France | France |
| Carlos Eduardo Navarro | International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) | Guatemala |
| Marco Reale | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics-OGS | Italy |
| Álvaro Salazar | University of La Serena | Chile |
| Claas Teichmann | Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) | Germany |
| Bridget Thrasher | Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum (DKRZ) | Germany |
| Yi-Chi Wang | Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) | Sweden |