Scientists modeling climate use a considerable portion of DKRZ computing capability for comprehensive simulations as part of international research initiatives and model intercomparison projects - among them simulations carried out with resprect to the IPCC reports. In such projects, based on many different simulation runs, varying projections of the future climate are calculated and compared, in order to better understand certain processes and developments of the climate system.
Simulations for CMIP6 / IPCC AR6 (2019)
Within the frame of the international climate model comparison project CMIP6 and with respect to the 6th climate assessment report of the United Nations (IPCC AR6), extensive climate simulations have been carried out with the two Earth system models MPI-ESM HR and MPI-ESM LR and the climate model AWI-CM on DKRZ's supercomputer Mistral.
Regional Climate Projections for Europe: EURO-CORDEX
The EURO-CORDEX and ReKliEs-De ensemble of regional climate model (RCM) simulations provide the basis for analyzing the regional climate changes in Europe. DKRZ and GERICS have jointly produced animated visualizations showing the projected key changes in temperature and precipitation for Europe during the 21. Century.
