Geoscientific Model Development
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Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) is an open access publication of the European Geosciences Union
. It is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of the description, development and evaluation of numerical models of the Earth System and its components. Manuscript types considered for peer-reviewed publication are:
GMD has an innovative two-stage publication process involving the scientific discussion forum Geoscientific Model Development Discussions (GMDD), which has been designed to
In the first stage, papers that pass a rapid access peer-review are immediately published on the Geoscientific Model Development Discussions (GMDD) website. They are then subject to interactive public discussion, during which the referees' comments (anonymous or attributed), additional short comments by other members of the scientific community (attributed) and the authors' replies are also published in GMDD. In the second stage, the peer-review process is completed and, if accepted, the final revised papers are published in GMD. GMDD and GMD are both ISSN-registered, permanently archived and fully citable. All contributions to the discussion are also permanently archived and fully citable.
European Geosciences Union
The European Geosciences Union is an interdisciplinary non-profit learned society open to individuals who are professionally engaged in or associated with geosciences, planetary and space sciences, and related studies.The mission statement of the EGU is "Dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in...
. It is an international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of the description, development and evaluation of numerical models of the Earth System and its components. Manuscript types considered for peer-reviewed publication are:
- Geoscientific model descriptions, from box models to General circulation models (GCMs)Global climate modelA General Circulation Model is a mathematical model of the general circulation of a planetary atmosphere or ocean and based on the Navier–Stokes equations on a rotating sphere with thermodynamic terms for various energy sources . These equations are the basis for complex computer programs commonly...
- Development and Technical papers, describing development such as new parameterisations or technical aspects of running models such as the reproducibility of results
- Papers describing new standard experiments for assessing model performance, or novel ways of comparing model results with observational data
- Model intercomparison descriptions, including experimental details and project protocols
GMD has an innovative two-stage publication process involving the scientific discussion forum Geoscientific Model Development Discussions (GMDD), which has been designed to
- foster scientific discussion
- maximise the effectiveness and transparency of scientific quality assurance
- enable rapid publication of new scientific results
- make scientific publications freely accessible
In the first stage, papers that pass a rapid access peer-review are immediately published on the Geoscientific Model Development Discussions (GMDD) website. They are then subject to interactive public discussion, during which the referees' comments (anonymous or attributed), additional short comments by other members of the scientific community (attributed) and the authors' replies are also published in GMDD. In the second stage, the peer-review process is completed and, if accepted, the final revised papers are published in GMD. GMDD and GMD are both ISSN-registered, permanently archived and fully citable. All contributions to the discussion are also permanently archived and fully citable.