Twenty-five years of the IPCC Data Distribution Centre at the DKRZ and the Reference Data Archive for CMIP data

[摘要] The Data Distribution Centre (DDC) of theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) celebrates its 25thanniversary in 2022. The DKRZ (German Climate Computing Center; German: Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum) is the only remaining DDC Partner from theoriginal group jointly managing the DDC. In spite of changes inprioritization, it has been supporting the IPCC Assessments and preserving the quality-assured, citable climate model data underpinning theAssessment Reports over these years over the long term. An active and engaged collaborativecommunity achieved advances in data standardization, data management bestpractices, and infrastructure developments. These evolving standards arereflected in the activities of the DDC. The introduction of the IPCC FAIRGuidelines into the current Sixth IPCC Assessment Report (AR6) hassignificantly changed the role of the DDC Partner DKRZ from an independentpartner for long-term data preservation into an active partner involved inthe IPCC's Sixth Assessment cycle. As a result, the DDC has gained exposure andvisibility, posing a challenge and an opportunity to operationalize the IPCC'sFAIR Guidelines and long-term preservation approaches. While the value ofDDC services has been recognized, DDC sustainability remains unresolved andis currently being discussed within the IPCC as part of a general AR6 reviewprocess to formulate recommendations for the AR7 data management.

[学科分类] 土木及结构工程学