Radiative Forcing Model Intercomparison Project

Radiative Forcing Model Intercomparison Project

The Radiative Forcing Model Intercomparison Project (RFMIP) is a model intercomparison project designed to diagnose effective radiative forcing and evaluate its uncertainty in Global Climate Models.

As part of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 7 (CMIP7), the second iteration of the Radiative Forcing Model Intercomparison Project (RFMIP2.0) consists of a series of fixed-Sea Surface Temperature simulations aimed at addressing the following questions:

01

Present-day forcing

What is the present-day radiative forcing, and its key anthropogenic contributors, since pre-industrial times?

02

Temporal evolution

What is the temporal evolution of the radiative forcing, and its components, over the historical period and into the future?

03

Climate-state dependence

What is the influence of the underlying climate state on radiative forcing?

04

Forcing vs. feedback

To what extent is radiative forcing separable from radiative feedbacks when considering land processes?

Co-chairs

RK
Ryan Kramer
GFDL, NOAA, USA
CS
Chris Smith
IIASA, Austria
TA
Tim Andrews
Met Office Hadley Centre, UK & University of Leeds, UK