geoscientific model development an interactive open access journal of the european geosciences union...

Geoscientific Model DevelopmentAn Interactive Open Access Journal of the European Geosciences Union

What is GMD?

Why do we need it?

Who is involved?

How will it work?


Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) is an international

scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of the description, development and benchmarking of numerical models of the Earth System and its components. Manuscript types considered for peer-reviewed publication are:

• Model descriptions• Model intercomparison descriptions• Benchmarking papers• Development and Technical papers


A few ‘Case Studies’ of bad practice…….

(the names have been changed to protect the innocent!)

Papers containing ‘too much’ model description cut down or even rejected….

“There is 14 pages of models description, and only 6 pages of experiments, results and discussion. It appears to me that needs more scientific analysis for publishing”.




Institute webpages with links to model code….

“Bottomline: you should use the new version and forget the old one - if you ask us. (The plots on the web site are old - it is about time we supplied some numerical data for such checks as you are doing.)”




Tracibility of model versions…..

“there is no need to worry, when you get more barren than with the Journal 1 version. The version, which is on the web, produces more barren, because the water balance has been improved (Journal 2), which leads to drier conditions ….. You can look at the latest publication from in Journal 3”




Loss of institution ‘memory’…..

“It turns out that the Centre have lost the input files and code used to create the boundary conditions for their standard control simulation.”




Responsibility for model development and bug-fixes..

“We found a bug in the model radiation code, which manifests itself at high CO2. When we approached the , , they were not interested.”




Undocumented irreproducibility across platforms….

Figure 10.4

~ 1.8 oC~ 1.8 oC


Advisory Board:

Executive Editors:

Topical Editors:

Garry Clarke, Paul Crutzen, John Shepherd, Carl Wunsch

Dan Lunt, James Annan, Julia Hargreaves, Ian Rutt, Rolf Sander

Atmospheric Sciences: Boucher, Grewe, Hazeleger, Jöckel, Sander

Biogeosciences: Ridgwell

Climate and Earth System Modelling: Banks, Boucher, Goose, Hargreaves, Hazeleger, Kawamiya, Lawrence, Lunt, Marti, Otto-Bliesner

Cryosphere: Huybrechts, Ritz, Rutt

Hydrology: Bates, Coe

Numerical Methods: Annan, Rutt, Sandu,Tobis

Oceanography: Roberts


“Missing” subject areas:

Planetary and Solar System Sciences Solar-terrestrial Science

Solid Earth (Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology, Volcanology, Magnetism, Palaeomagnetism, Rock Physics, Geomaterials)


Detailed model description papers.

May include a user manual and actual code.

Submission of short papers describing subsequent model development and bug-fixes will be encouraged. These papers will be electronically linked to the orginal, allowing a ‘portfolio’ to be developed.

All papers to include model name and version number in title.

= Traceability and Reproducibility


GMD will provide a means by which the hard work of model developers can be formally recognised and published.

Special Issues for very large models, such as GCMs.

Standard EGU format, including Open Access, Open Reviews, Discussions paper.

First 1000 pages are free!


http://www.geoscientific-model-development.net

Accepting contributions via the webpage NOW!)

First GMD Discussions paper published online 1st January 2008

“Official Launch” at EGU, Vienna 2008

Any questions, contact the Executive Editors:

[email protected]

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