esmvalgroup/esmvalcore repository overview

⁠ESMValCore package

ESMValCore: core functionalities for the ESMValTool, a community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth System Models in the Climate Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP).

⁠Getting started

Please have a look at the documentation⁠ to get started.

⁠Using the ESMValCore package to run recipes

The ESMValCore package provides the esmvaltool command, which can be used to run recipes⁠ for working with CMIP-like data. A large collection of ready to use recipes and diagnostics⁠ is provided by the ESMValTool⁠ package.

⁠Using ESMValCore as a Python library

The ESMValCore package provides various functions for:

• Finding data in a directory structure typically used for CMIP data.

• Reading CMIP/CMOR tables and using those to check model and observational data.

• ESMValTool preprocessor functions based on iris⁠ for e.g. regridding, vertical interpolation, statistics, correcting (meta)data errors, extracting a time range, etcetera.

read all about it in the API documentation⁠.

⁠Getting help

The easiest way to get help if you cannot find the answer in the documentation on readthedocs⁠, is to open an issue on GitHub⁠.

⁠Contributing

Contributions are very welcome, please read our contribution guidelines⁠ to get started.