American Meteorological Society (AMS) Journal of Climate Special Issue on Community Climate System Model

美国气象学会将出版《气候杂志》的特别版，专门描述社区气候系统模型CCSM-3的长期控制运行的结果和解释，CCSM-3最近由国家大气研究中心（NCAR）、大学和其他实验室科学家联合进行。本期特刊将邀请一些世界气候模拟专家发表文章。视乎同行评审进程的进度，预计特刊将于2005年年中至年底出版。该特刊将记录CCSM的最新版本，即目前政府间气候变化专门委员会科学评估所用的版本。它将为许多使用CCSM-3及其模拟和预测的气候输出作为气候研究数据工具的大学科学家和学生提供服务。更广泛的影响：CCSM是一个全面的气候模型，由100多名美国科学家和高级学生使用。该模型的新版本CCSM-3的文档对这两组用户以及开发该模型的科学家都是一个重要的贡献。该特刊将作为气候科学家和气候影响科学家以及将使用模型数据进行研究和教学的学生的参考文件。

The American Meteorological Society will publish a special edition of the Journal of Climate dedicated to the description of results and interpretations of long control runs of the Community Climate System Model, CCSM-3, recently conducted jointly by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), university, and other laboratory scientists. Invited contributions from a number of world experts in climate modeling will be included in this special issue. Depending upon the pace of the peer review process, the Special Issue is expected to be published in mid-to-late 2005. The Special issue will serve to document the latest version of the CCSM, the version used for the current Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change science assessment. It will serve many university scientists and students who use the CCSM-3 and its simulated and projected climate output as climate research data tools. Broader Impacts: The CCSM is a comprehensive climate model used by over one hundred U.S. scientists and advanced students. Documentation of the new version of the model, CCSM-3, is a critical contribution to both of these groups of users, as well as to the scientists who have developed the model. The Special Issue will serve as a reference document for climate scientists and climate impacts scientists and students who will be using model data to conduct their research and teaching.