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- Title
Best Practice Strategies for Process Studies Designed to Improve Climate Modeling.
- Authors
Sprintall, Janet; Coles, Victoria J.; Reed, Kevin A.; Butler, Amy H.; Foltz, Gregory R.; Penny, Stephen G.; Hyodae Seo
- Abstract
Process studies are designed to improve our understanding of poorly described physical processes that are central to the behavior of the climate system. They typically include coordinated efforts of intensive field campaigns in the atmosphere and/or ocean to collect a carefully planned set of in situ observations. Ideally the observational portion of a process study is paired with numerical modeling efforts that lead to better representation of a poorly simulated or previously neglected physical process in operational and research models. This article provides a framework of best practices to help guide scientists in carrying out more productive, collaborative, and successful process studies. Topics include the planning and implementation of a process study and the associated web of logistical challenges; the development of focused science goals and testable hypotheses; and the importance of assembling an integrated and compatible team with a diversity of social identity, gender, career stage, and scientific background. Guidelines are also provided for scientific data management, dissemination, and stewardship. Above all, developing trust and continual communication within the science team during the field campaign and analysis phase are key for process studies. We consider a successful process study as one that ultimately will improve our quantitative understanding of the mechanisms responsible for climate variability and enhance our ability to represent them in climate models.
- Subjects
ATMOSPHERIC models; SCIENTIFIC communication; DATA management; BEST practices; OPERATIONS research
- Publication
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2020, Vol 101, Issue 10, pE1842
- ISSN
0003-0007
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0263.1