CMIP6_experiment_id.json

{
    "experiment_id":{
        "1pctCO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"DECK: 1pctCO2",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"1 percent per year increase in CO2",
            "experiment_id":"1pctCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "1pctCO2-4xext":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"branched from 1pctCO2 run at year 140 and run with CO2 fixed at 4x pre-industrial concentration",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"extension from year 140 of 1pctCO2 with 4xCO2",
            "experiment_id":"1pctCO2-4xext",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"210",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "1pctCO2"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "1pctCO2-bgc":{
            "activity_id":[
                "C4MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Biogeochemically-coupled specified concentration simulation in which CO2 increases at a rate of 1% per year until quadrupling",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of 1 percent per year increasing CO2 experiment",
            "experiment_id":"1pctCO2-bgc",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "1pctCO2-rad":{
            "activity_id":[
                "C4MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Radiatively-coupled specified concentration simulation in which CO2 increases at a rate of 1% per year until quadrupling",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"radiatively-coupled version of 1 percent per year increasing CO2 experiment",
            "experiment_id":"1pctCO2-rad",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "1pctCO2Ndep":{
            "activity_id":[
                "C4MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Fully-coupled specified concentration simulation in which CO2 increases at a rate of 1% per year until quadrupling, plus an additional scenario of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"1 percent per year increasing CO2 experiment with increasing N-deposition",
            "experiment_id":"1pctCO2Ndep",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "1pctCO2Ndep-bgc":{
            "activity_id":[
                "C4MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Biogeochemically-coupled specified concentration simulation in which CO2 increases at a rate of 1% per year until quadrupling, plus an additional scenario of anthropogenic nitrogen deposition",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of 1 percent per year increasing CO2 experiment with increasing N-deposition",
            "experiment_id":"1pctCO2Ndep-bgc",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "1pctCO2to4x-withism":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Idealized 1%/yr CO2 increase to 4xC02 over 140yrs and kept constant at 4xCO2 for an additional 200 to 400 yrs simulation that includes interactive ice sheets",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"simulation with interactive ice sheet forced by 1 percent per year increase in CO2 to 4xCO2 (subsequently held fixed)",
            "experiment_id":"1pctCO2to4x-withism",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"350",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl-withism"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "ISM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "G1":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Beginning from a preindustrial control run, simultaneously quadruple the CO2 concentration and reduce the solar constant such that the TOA radiative flux remains within +/m0.1 W/m2",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"abrupt quadrupling of CO2 plus reduction in total solar irradiance",
            "experiment_id":"G1",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "G6SST1":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time slice at 2020 (ScenarioMIP Tier 1 high forcing scenario)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"SSTs, forcings, and other prescribed conditions from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5",
            "experiment_id":"G6SST1",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp585"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "G6SST2-solar":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time slice at 2100 (G6solar)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"SSTs from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2100 of G6solar",
            "experiment_id":"G6SST2-solar",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp585"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "G6SST2-sulfur":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time slice at 2100 (G6sulfur)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"SSTs from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2100 of G6sulfur",
            "experiment_id":"G6SST2-sulfur",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp585"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "G6solar":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Using solar irradiance reduction, return the radiative forcing from a background of the ScenarioMIP high forcing to the ScenarioMIP middle forcing",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"total solar irradiance reduction to reduce net forcing from SSP585 to SSP245",
            "experiment_id":"G6solar",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "G6sulfur":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Using equatorial SO2 injection, return the radiative forcing from a background of the ScenarioMIP high forcing to the ScenarioMIP middle forcing",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"stratospheric sulfate aerosol injection to reduce net forcing from SSP585 to SSP245",
            "experiment_id":"G6sulfur",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "G7SST1-cirrus":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time slice at 2020 (ScenarioMIP Tier 1 high forcing scenario and cirrus thinning according to G7cirrus)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"SSTs from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2020 of SSP5-8.5 and cirrus thinning",
            "experiment_id":"G7SST1-cirrus",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp585"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "G7SST2-cirrus":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time slice at 2100 (ScenarioMIP Tier 1 high forcing scenario and cirrus thinning according to G7cirrus)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"SSTs from year 2100 of SSP5-8.5; forcings and other prescribed conditions from year 2100 of G7cirrus",
            "experiment_id":"G7SST2-cirrus",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp585"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "G7cirrus":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Against a background of the ScenarioMIP high forcing, reduce cirrus cloud optical depth by a constant amount",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"increase cirrus ice crystal fall speed to reduce net forcing in SSP585 by 1 W m-2",
            "experiment_id":"G7cirrus",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "a4SST":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As piSST, but with monthly-varying SSTs taken from years 111-140 of each model's own abrupt4xCO2 experiment instead of from piControl. Sea-ice is unchanged from piSST",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"as piSST but with SSTs from abrupt4xCO2",
            "experiment_id":"a4SST",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "abrupt4xCO2"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "a4SSTice":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As piSST, but with monthly-varying SSTs and sea-ice taken from years 111-140 of each model's own abrupt4xCO2 experiment instead of from piControl",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"as piSST but with SSTs and sea ice from abrupt4xCO2",
            "experiment_id":"a4SSTice",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "abrupt4xCO2"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "a4SSTice-4xCO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As a4SSTice, but CO2 is quadrupled, and the increase in CO2 is seen by both the radiation scheme and vegetation",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"as piSST but with SSTs and sea ice from abrupt4xCO2, and 4xCO2 seen by radiation and vegetation",
            "experiment_id":"a4SSTice-4xCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "abrupt4xCO2"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "abrupt-0p5xCO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Identical to the DECK abrupt-4xCO2, but at 0.5xCO2",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"abrupt halving of CO2",
            "experiment_id":"abrupt-0p5xCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "abrupt-2xCO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Identical to the DECK abrupt-4xCO2, but at 2xCO2",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"abrupt doubling of CO2",
            "experiment_id":"abrupt-2xCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "abrupt-4xCO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"DECK: abrupt4xCO2",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"abrupt quadrupling of CO2",
            "experiment_id":"abrupt-4xCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "abrupt-solm4p":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Conceptually similar to abrupt 4xCO2 DECK experiment, except that the solar constant rather than CO2 is abruptly reduced by 4%",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"abrupt 4% decrease in solar constant",
            "experiment_id":"abrupt-solm4p",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "abrupt-solp4p":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Conceptually similar to abrupt 4xCO2 DECK experiment, except that the solar constant rather than CO2 is abruptly increased by 4%",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"abrupt 4% increase in solar constant",
            "experiment_id":"abrupt-solp4p",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"150",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "amip":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"DECK: AMIP",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"AMIP",
            "experiment_id":"amip",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "amip-4xCO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As CMIP5/CFMIP-2 amip4xCO2 experiment. AMIP experiment where SSTs are held at control values and the CO2 seen by the radiation scheme is quadrupled",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"AMIP SSTs with 4xCO2",
            "experiment_id":"amip-4xCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "amip-TIP":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GMMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"The topography of the TIP is modified by setting surface elevations to 500m; to understand the combined thermal and mechanical forcing of the TIP. Same model as DECK",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"same as \"amip\" run, but surface elevations of the Tibetan-Iranian Plateau and Himalayas reduced to 500m",
            "experiment_id":"amip-TIP",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "amip-TIP-nosh":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GMMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Surface sensible heat released at the elevation above 500m over the TIP is not allowed to heat the atmosphere. Same model as DECK",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"same as \"amip\" run, but sensible heat not allowed for elevations of the Tibetan-Iranian Plateau and Himalayas above 500m",
            "experiment_id":"amip-TIP-nosh",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "amip-a4SST-4xCO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Same as amip, but a patterned SST anomaly is applied on top of the monthly-varying amip SSTs. This anomaly is a monthly climatology, taken from each model's own abrupt4xCO2 run minus piControl (using the mean of years 111-140 of abrupt4xCO2, and the parallel 30-year section of piControl). CO2 is quadrupled, and the increase in CO2 is seen by both the radiation scheme and vegetation",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"as AMIP but with warming pattern from abrupt4xCO2 added to SSTs and 4xCO2 seen by radiation and vegetation",
            "experiment_id":"amip-a4SST-4xCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "amip-future4K":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As CMIP5/CFMIP-2 amipFuture experiment. AMIP experiment where SSTs are subject to a composite SST warming pattern derived from coupled models, scaled to an ice-free ocean mean of 4K",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"AMIP with patterned 4K SST increase",
            "experiment_id":"amip-future4K",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "amip-hist":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GMMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Extended AMIP run that covers 1870-2014. All natural and anthropogenic historical forcings as used in CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be included. AGCM resolution as CMIP6 Historical Simulation. The HadISST data will be used",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"AMIP-style simulation covering the period 1870-2014",
            "experiment_id":"amip-hist",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"144",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1870",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "amip-hld":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GMMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"The topography of the highlands in Africa, N. America and S. America TP is modified by setting surface elevations to a certain height (500m). Same model as DECK",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"same as \"amip\" run, but surface elevations of the East African Highlands in Africa, Sierra Madre in N. America and Andes in S. America reduced to 500m",
            "experiment_id":"amip-hld",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "amip-lfmip-pObs":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Land-hist land conditions; AMIP SSTs",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"prescribed land (from pseudo-observations) and AMIP SSTs",
            "experiment_id":"amip-lfmip-pObs",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "amip-lfmip-pdLC":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 1980-2014 climate; AMIP SSTs",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"prescribed land (from current climatology) and AMIP SSTs",
            "experiment_id":"amip-lfmip-pdLC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "amip-lfmip-rmLC":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 30yr running mean; AMIP SSTs",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"prescribed land conditions (from running mean climatology) and AMIP SSTs",
            "experiment_id":"amip-lfmip-rmLC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "amip-lwoff":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As amip experiment, but with cloud-radiative effects switched off in the LW radiation code",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"AMIP experiment with longwave cloud-radiative effects off",
            "experiment_id":"amip-lwoff",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "amip-m4K":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As amip experiment but SSTs are subject to a uniform cooling of 4K",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"AMIP with uniform 4K SST decrease",
            "experiment_id":"amip-m4K",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "amip-p4K":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As CMIP5/CFMIP-2 amip4K experiment. AMIP experiment where SSTs are subject to a uniform warming of 4K",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"AMIP with uniform 4K SST increase",
            "experiment_id":"amip-p4K",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "amip-p4K-lwoff":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As amip-p4K experiment, but with cloud-radiative effects switched off in the LW radiation code",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"AMIP experiment with uniform 4K SST increase and with longwave cloud radiative effects off",
            "experiment_id":"amip-p4K-lwoff",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "amip-piForcing":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Identical to standard AMIP experiment but from 1870-present with constant pre-industrial forcing levels (anthropogenic and natural)",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"AMIP SSTs with pre-industrial anthropogenic and natural forcing",
            "experiment_id":"amip-piForcing",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"145",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1870",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "aqua-4xCO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Extended version of CMIP5/CFMIP-2 aqua4xCO2 experiment. Aquaplanet experiment where SSTs are held at control values and the CO2 seen by the radiation scheme is quadrupled",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"aquaplanet with control SST and 4xCO2",
            "experiment_id":"aqua-4xCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "aqua-control":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Extended version of CMIP5/CFMIP-2 aquaControl experiment. Aquaplanet (no land) experiment with no seasonal cycle forced with specified zonally symmetric SSTs",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"aquaplanet control",
            "experiment_id":"aqua-control",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "aqua-control-lwoff":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As aqua-control experiment, but with cloud-radiative effects switched off in the LW radiation code",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"aquaplanet control with longwave cloud radiative effects off",
            "experiment_id":"aqua-control-lwoff",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "aqua-p4K":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Extended version of CMIP5/CFMIP-2 aqua4K experiment. Aquaplanet experiment where SSTs are subject to a uniform warming of 4K",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"aquaplanet with uniform 4K SST increase",
            "experiment_id":"aqua-p4K",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "aqua-p4K-lwoff":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As aqua-p4K experiment, but with cloud-radiative effects switched off in the LW radiation code",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"aquaplanet with uniform 4K SST increase and with longwave cloud radiative effects off",
            "experiment_id":"aqua-p4K-lwoff",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "control-1950":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Coupled integrations with constant 1950\"s forcing",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"coupled control with fixed 1950's forcing (HighResMIP equivalent of pre-industrial control)",
            "experiment_id":"control-1950",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "spinup-1950"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "control-slab":{
            "activity_id":[
                "VolMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"slab control run for volc-pinatubo-slab",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"control with slab ocean",
            "experiment_id":"control-slab",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "SLAB"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "dcppA-assim":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"A2.3 Assimilation runs used to generate initial conditions for hindcasts",
            "end_year":"2016",
            "experiment":"Assimilation run paralleling the historical simulation, which may be used to generate hindcast initial conditions",
            "experiment_id":"dcppA-assim",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"56",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"before 1961",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "dcppA-hindcast":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"A1 (and A2.1, A3.1, and A3.2) Decadal hindcasts begun near the end of each year from 1960 to 2016, or every other year at minimum. First full hindcast year follows start year (e.g., for s1960, first full hindcast year is 1961)",
            "end_year":"5 - 10 years after start year",
            "experiment":"hindcast initialized based on observations and using historical forcing",
            "experiment_id":"dcppA-hindcast",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent",
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent",
                "dcppA-assim"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"a year in the range 1960-2016",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "s1960",
                "s1961",
                "s1962",
                "s1963",
                "s1964",
                "s1965",
                "s1966",
                "s1967",
                "s1968",
                "s1969",
                "s1970",
                "s1971",
                "s1972",
                "s1973",
                "s1974",
                "s1975",
                "s1976",
                "s1977",
                "s1978",
                "s1979",
                "s1980",
                "s1981",
                "s1982",
                "s1983",
                "s1984",
                "s1985",
                "s1986",
                "s1987",
                "s1988",
                "s1989",
                "s1990",
                "s1991",
                "s1992",
                "s1993",
                "s1994",
                "s1995",
                "s1996",
                "s1997",
                "s1998",
                "s1999",
                "s2000",
                "s2001",
                "s2002",
                "s2003",
                "s2004",
                "s2005",
                "s2006",
                "s2007",
                "s2008",
                "s2009",
                "s2010",
                "s2011",
                "s2012",
                "s2013",
                "s2014",
                "s2015",
                "s2016"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "dcppA-hindcast-niff":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"A4.1 Decadal hindcasts begun near the end of each year from 1960 to 2016, or every other year at minimum, but with no information from the future. First full hindcast year follows start year (e.g., for s1960, first full hindcast year is 1961)",
            "end_year":"5 - 10 years after start year",
            "experiment":"hindcast initialized based on observations but without using knowledge of subsequent historical forcing",
            "experiment_id":"dcppA-hindcast-niff",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent",
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent",
                "dcppA-assim"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"a year in the range 1960-2016",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "s1960",
                "s1961",
                "s1962",
                "s1963",
                "s1964",
                "s1965",
                "s1966",
                "s1967",
                "s1968",
                "s1969",
                "s1970",
                "s1971",
                "s1972",
                "s1973",
                "s1974",
                "s1975",
                "s1976",
                "s1977",
                "s1978",
                "s1979",
                "s1980",
                "s1981",
                "s1982",
                "s1983",
                "s1984",
                "s1985",
                "s1986",
                "s1987",
                "s1988",
                "s1989",
                "s1990",
                "s1991",
                "s1992",
                "s1993",
                "s1994",
                "s1995",
                "s1996",
                "s1997",
                "s1998",
                "s1999",
                "s2000",
                "s2001",
                "s2002",
                "s2003",
                "s2004",
                "s2005",
                "s2006",
                "s2007",
                "s2008",
                "s2009",
                "s2010",
                "s2011",
                "s2012",
                "s2013",
                "s2014",
                "s2015",
                "s2016"
            ],
            "tier":"4"
        },
        "dcppA-historical-niff":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"A4.2 Hindcasts initialized from historical climate simulations as in DCPP-A2.2, but with no information from the future. First full hindcast year follows start year (e.g., for s1960, first full hindcast year is 1961)",
            "end_year":"5 - 10 years after start year",
            "experiment":"hindcast initialized from historical climate simulation but without using knowledge of subsequent historical forcing",
            "experiment_id":"dcppA-historical-niff",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"A year in the range 1960-2016",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "s1960",
                "s1961",
                "s1962",
                "s1963",
                "s1964",
                "s1965",
                "s1966",
                "s1967",
                "s1968",
                "s1969",
                "s1970",
                "s1971",
                "s1972",
                "s1973",
                "s1974",
                "s1975",
                "s1976",
                "s1977",
                "s1978",
                "s1979",
                "s1980",
                "s1981",
                "s1982",
                "s1983",
                "s1984",
                "s1985",
                "s1986",
                "s1987",
                "s1988",
                "s1989",
                "s1990",
                "s1991",
                "s1992",
                "s1993",
                "s1994",
                "s1995",
                "s1996",
                "s1997",
                "s1998",
                "s1999",
                "s2000",
                "s2001",
                "s2002",
                "s2003",
                "s2004",
                "s2005",
                "s2006",
                "s2007",
                "s2008",
                "s2009",
                "s2010",
                "s2011",
                "s2012",
                "s2013",
                "s2014",
                "s2015",
                "s2016"
            ],
            "tier":"4"
        },
        "dcppB-forecast":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"B1 (and B2.1, B2.2) Ongoing decadal forecasts. First full forecast year follows start year (e.g., for s2017, first full forecast year is 2018)",
            "end_year":"5 years after start year",
            "experiment":"forecast initialized from observations with forcing from ssp245",
            "experiment_id":"dcppB-forecast",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent",
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent",
                "dcppA-assim"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"a year in the range 2017-2029",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "s2017",
                "s2018",
                "s2019",
                "s2020",
                "s2021",
                "s2022",
                "s2023",
                "s2024",
                "s2025",
                "s2026",
                "s2027",
                "s2028",
                "s2029"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "dcppC-amv-ExTrop-neg":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"C1.7 Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"Idealized climate impact of negative extratropical AMV anomaly pattern",
            "experiment_id":"dcppC-amv-ExTrop-neg",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "dcppC-amv-ExTrop-pos":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"C1.7Mechanisms and predictability of the hiatus and of similar long timescale variations of both signs",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"Idealized climate impact of positive extratropical AMV anomaly pattern",
            "experiment_id":"dcppC-amv-ExTrop-pos",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "dcppC-amv-Trop-neg":{
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                "none"
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                "CMIP"
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                "piControl"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
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                "DCPP"
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                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
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            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
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                "DCPP"
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                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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            "experiment":"Idealized Atlantic control",
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
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                "DCPP"
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                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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            "experiment":"pacemaker Atlantic experiment",
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            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"65",
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                "CMIP"
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                "AOGCM"
            ],
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
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                "s1950"
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                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
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            "experiment":"predictability of 1990s warming of Atlantic sub-polar gyre",
            "experiment_id":"dcppC-atl-spg",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"A year in the range 1992-1999",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "s1992",
                "s1993",
                "s1994",
                "s1995",
                "s1996",
                "s1997",
                "s1998",
                "s1999"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "dcppC-forecast-addAgung":{
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                "DCPP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"C3.4 Effects of volcanoes on decadal prediction and predictability of forced and internal variability components. First full hindcast year is 2015",
            "end_year":"5 - 10 years after start year",
            "experiment":"2015 forecast with added Agung forcing",
            "experiment_id":"dcppC-forecast-addAgung",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent",
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent",
                "dcppA-assim"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "s2014"
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            "tier":"3"
        },
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                "DCPP"
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                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
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            "end_year":"5 - 10 years after start year",
            "experiment":"2015 forecast with added El Chichon forcing",
            "experiment_id":"dcppC-forecast-addElChichon",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent",
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent",
                "dcppA-assim"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
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                "s2014"
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            "tier":"3"
        },
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                "VolMIP"
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                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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            "end_year":"5 - 10 years after start year",
            "experiment":"2015 forecast with added Pinatubo forcing",
            "experiment_id":"dcppC-forecast-addPinatubo",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent",
                "DCPP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent",
                "dcppA-assim"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
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                "s2014"
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            "tier":"1"
        },
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                "DCPP"
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                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
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            "end_year":"5 - 10 years after start year",
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            "experiment_id":"dcppC-hindcast-noAgung",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"5",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent",
                "DCPP"
            ],
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                "no parent",
                "dcppA-assim"
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                "AOGCM"
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                "s1962"
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                "BGC"
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            "experiment_id":"dcppC-hindcast-noElChichon",
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent",
                "DCPP"
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                "no parent",
                "dcppA-assim"
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            "experiment_id":"dcppC-hindcast-noPinatubo",
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                "no parent",
                "DCPP"
            ],
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                "no parent",
                "dcppA-assim"
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                "s1990"
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        },
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            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
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                "AOGCM"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
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                "BGC"
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            "end_year":"",
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            "experiment_id":"dcppC-ipv-NexTrop-pos",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
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                "DCPP"
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                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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                "CMIP"
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                "piControl"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "dcppC-ipv-pos":{
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                "DCPP"
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                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
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            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"idealized positive IPV anomaly pattern",
            "experiment_id":"dcppC-ipv-pos",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
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            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
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                "DCPP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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            "experiment_id":"dcppC-pac-control",
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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                "piControl"
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                "AOGCM"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
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                "DCPP"
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                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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            "experiment":"pacemaker Pacific experiment",
            "experiment_id":"dcppC-pac-pacemaker",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"65",
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
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                "s1950"
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            "tier":"3"
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                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"idealized transient global deforestation",
            "experiment_id":"deforest-globe",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"81",
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                "piControl"
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                "AOGCM"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"1"
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            "experiment":"all-forcing simulation of the recent past with atmospheric CO2 concentration calculated",
            "experiment_id":"esm-hist",
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            "parent_activity_id":[
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "esm-piControl"
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            "required_model_components":[
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                "BGC"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
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            "end_year":"",
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            "experiment_id":"esm-hist-ext",
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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                "esm-hist"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
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                "CMIP"
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                "CHEM"
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            "description":"DECK: control (emission-driven)",
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            "experiment_id":"esm-piControl",
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                "CMIP"
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                "esm-piControl-spinup"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "esm-piControl-spinup":{
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                "CMIP"
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                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"DECK: spin-up portion of the control (emission-driven)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial control simulation with CO2 concentration calculated (spin-up)",
            "experiment_id":"esm-piControl-spinup",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "esm-ssp585":{
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                "AER",
                "CHEM"
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            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"emission-driven RCP8.5 based on SSP5",
            "experiment_id":"esm-ssp585",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"85",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "esm-hist"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
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        "esm-ssp585-ssp126Lu":{
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                "LUMIP"
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                "CHEM"
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            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"emissions-driven SSP5-8.5 with SSP1-2.6 land use",
            "experiment_id":"esm-ssp585-ssp126Lu",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "esm-hist"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"control plus perturbative surface fluxes of momentum, heat and water into ocean",
            "experiment_id":"faf-all",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"70",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "faf-heat":{
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                "FAFMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"1xCO2 experiment, parallel to piControl, forced over the ocean by surface net heat flux anomalies obtained from the CMIP5 ensemble mean of 1pctCO2 experiments at the time of 2xCO2, using a passive tracer to prevent negative climate feedback on the heat flux applied",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"control plus perturbative surface flux of heat into ocean",
            "experiment_id":"faf-heat",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"70",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
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        "faf-passiveheat":{
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                "FAFMIP"
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                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
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            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"control plus surface flux of passive heat tracer into ocean",
            "experiment_id":"faf-passiveheat",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"70",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "faf-stress":{
            "activity_id":[
                "FAFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"1xCO2 experiment, parallel to piControl, forced over the ocean by surface windstress anomalies obtained from the CMIP5 ensemble mean of 1pctCO2 experiments at the time of 2xCO2",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"control plus perturbative surface flux of momentum into ocean",
            "experiment_id":"faf-stress",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"70",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "faf-water":{
            "activity_id":[
                "FAFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"1xCO2 experiment, parallel to piControl, forced over the ocean by surface net freshwater flux anomalies obtained from the CMIP5 ensemble mean of 1pctCO2 experiments at the time of 2xCO2",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"control plus perturbative surface flux of water into ocean",
            "experiment_id":"faf-water",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"70",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "futureSST-4xCO2-solar":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time slice at year 100 of G1ext to examine radiative forcing of abrupt4xCO2 and G1",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"year 100 SSTs from abrupt4xCO2 with quadrupled CO2 and solar reduction",
            "experiment_id":"futureSST-4xCO2-solar",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "G1"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "highres-future":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Coupled integrations with SSP5 forcing (nearest to CMIP5 RCP8.5 (as in highresSST-future)",
            "end_year":"2050",
            "experiment":"coupled future 2015-2050 using a scenario as close to CMIP5 RCP8.5 as possible within CMIP6",
            "experiment_id":"highres-future",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "hist-1950"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "highresSST-4co2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Similar to CFMIP amip-4xCO2, SSTs are held at highresSST-present values and the CO2 seen by the radiation scheme is quadrupled",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"highresSST-present SST with 4xCO2 concentrations",
            "experiment_id":"highresSST-4co2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "highresSST-present"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "highresSST-LAI":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Forced global atmosphere-land simulations as highresSST-present, but using an common LAI dataset across models",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"common LAI dataset within the highresSST-present experiment",
            "experiment_id":"highresSST-LAI",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "highresSST-present"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "highresSST-future":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Extend highresSST-present to 2050 with agreed SSP5/RCP8.5 forcings (with option to extend further to 2100)",
            "end_year":"2050",
            "experiment":"forced atmosphere experiment for 2015-2050 using SST/sea-ice derived from CMIP5 RCP8.5 simulations and a scenario as close to RCP8.5 as possible within CMIP6",
            "experiment_id":"highresSST-future",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "highresSST-present"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "highresSST-p4K":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Similar to CFMIP amip-p4K, add a uniform warming of 4K to highresSST-present SSTs and run the experiment parallel to highresSST-present",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"uniform 4K warming of highresSST-present SST",
            "experiment_id":"highresSST-p4K",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "highresSST-present"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "highresSST-present":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Forced global atmosphere-land simulations using daily 1/4 degree SST and sea-ice forcings, and aerosol optical properties (not emissions) to constrain model spread",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"forced atmosphere experiment for 1950-2014",
            "experiment_id":"highresSST-present",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"65",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1950",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "highresSST-smoothed":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Forced global atmosphere-land simulations as highresSST-present, but using smoothed SST to investigate impact of SST variability",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"smoothed SST version of highresSST-present",
            "experiment_id":"highresSST-smoothed",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"36",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "highresSST-present"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1979",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "hist-1950":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Coupled integrationswith historic external forcings (as in highresSST-present)",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"coupled historical 1950-2014",
            "experiment_id":"hist-1950",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"65",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "spinup-1950"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1950",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "hist-1950HC":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical WMGHG concentrations and NTCF emissions, 1950 halocarbon concentrations, start 1950",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical forcing, but with1950s halocarbon concentrations; initialized in 1950",
            "experiment_id":"hist-1950HC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"65",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1950",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "hist-CO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical CO2-only run",
            "end_year":"2020",
            "experiment":"historical CO2-only run",
            "experiment_id":"hist-CO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "hist-GHG":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical well-mixed GHG-only run. Models with interactive chemistry schemes should either turn off the chemistry or use a preindustrial climatology of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone in their radiation schemes. This will ensure that ozone is fixed in all these simulations, and simulated responses in models with and without coupled chemistry are comparable",
            "end_year":"2020",
            "experiment":"historical well-mixed GHG-only run",
            "experiment_id":"hist-GHG",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "hist-aer":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical anthropogenic-Aerosols-only run",
            "end_year":"2020",
            "experiment":"historical anthropogenic aerosols-only run",
            "experiment_id":"hist-aer",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "hist-all-aer2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical ALL forcing run with alternate estimates of aerosol concentrations/emissions",
            "end_year":"2020",
            "experiment":"historical ALL-forcing run with alternate estimates of aerosol forcing",
            "experiment_id":"hist-all-aer2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "hist-all-nat2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical ALL forcing run with alternates estimate of solar and volcanic forcing",
            "end_year":"2020",
            "experiment":"historical ALL-forcing run with alternate estimates of natural forcing",
            "experiment_id":"hist-all-nat2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "hist-bgc":{
            "activity_id":[
                "C4MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Concentration-driven historical simulation, biogeochemically-coupled",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of the simulation of the recent past with CO2 concentration prescribed",
            "experiment_id":"hist-bgc",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "hist-nat":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical natural-only run",
            "end_year":"2020",
            "experiment":"historical natural-only run",
            "experiment_id":"hist-nat",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "hist-noLu":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Same as CMIP6 historical but with land cover held at 1850, no human activity; concentration driven",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical with no land-use change",
            "experiment_id":"hist-noLu",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "hist-piAer":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical WMGHG, halocarbon concentrations and O3 precursor emissions, 1850 aerosol precursor emissions",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical forcing, but with pre-industrial aerosol emissions",
            "experiment_id":"hist-piAer",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "hist-piNTCF":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical WMGHG and halocarbons concentrations, 1850 NTCF emissions",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical forcing, but with pre-industrial NTCF emissions",
            "experiment_id":"hist-piNTCF",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "hist-resAMO":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GMMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Pacemaker 20th century historical run that includes all forcing as used in CMIP6 Historical Simulation, and the observational historical SST is restored in the AMO domain (0deg-70degN, 70degW-0deg)",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"initialized from \"historical\" run year 1870 and SSTs in the AMO domain (0deg-70degN, 70degW-0deg) restored to AMIP SSTs with historical forcings",
            "experiment_id":"hist-resAMO",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"145",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1870",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "hist-resIPO":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GMMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Pacemaker 20th century historical run that includes all forcing as used in CMIP6 Historical Simulation, and the observational historical SST is restored in the tropical lobe of the IPO domain (20degS-20degN, 175degE-75degW)",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"initialized from \"historical\" run year 1870 and SSTs in tropical lobe of the IPO domain (20degS-20degN, 175degE-75degW) restored to AMIP SSTs with historical forcings",
            "experiment_id":"hist-resIPO",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"145",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1870",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "hist-sol":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical solar-only transient simulation using settings from CMIP6 historical simulation but fixed GHG and ODS (1850 level)",
            "end_year":"2020",
            "experiment":"historical solar-only run",
            "experiment_id":"hist-sol",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "hist-spAer-aer":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Changes in aerosols only",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical simulation with specified anthropogenic aerosols, no other forcings",
            "experiment_id":"hist-spAer-aer",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "hist-spAer-all":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. All forcings",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical simulation with specified anthropogenic aerosols",
            "experiment_id":"hist-spAer-all",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "hist-stratO3":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical stratospheric-ozone-only. In models with coupled chemistry, the chemistry scheme should be turned off, and the simulated ensemble mean monthly mean 3D stratospheric ozone concentrations from the CMIP6 historical simulations should be prescribed. Tropospheric ozone should be fixed at 3D long-term monthly mean piControl values, with a value of 100 ppbv ozone concentration in this piControl climatology used to separate the troposphere from the stratosphere. In models without coupled chemistry the same stratospheric ozone prescribed in the CMIP6 historical simulations should be prescribed. Stratospheric ozone concentrations will be provided by CCMI",
            "end_year":"2020",
            "experiment":"historical stratospheric-ozone-only run",
            "experiment_id":"hist-stratO3",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "hist-volc":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Historical volcanic-only run",
            "end_year":"2020",
            "experiment":"historical volcanic-only run",
            "experiment_id":"hist-volc",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"171",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "histSST":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Historical transient with SSTs prescribed from historical",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical prescribed SSTs and historical forcing",
            "experiment_id":"histSST",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
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                "no parent"
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                "AER",
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
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                "none"
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                "no parent"
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                "no parent"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
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                "none"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"1"
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                "none"
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                "ISMIP6"
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                "ISM"
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                "none"
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                "ISMIP6"
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                "ISM"
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                "none"
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                "ISMIP6"
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                "ism-pdControl-std"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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                "ISMIP6"
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            "description":"Offline ice sheet evolution for the last few decades forced by amip",
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                "ISMIP6"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
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                "ism-ctrl-std"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"1"
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                "ISMIP6"
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                "ISMIP6"
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                "ism-ctrl-std"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"1"
        },
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                "ISMIP6"
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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                "ISMIP6"
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                "ISMIP6"
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                "ism-piControl-self"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "experiment_id":"ism-historical-std",
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                "ISMIP6"
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                "ism-pdControl-std"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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                "ISMIP6"
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            "experiment_id":"ism-lig127k-std",
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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                "ISMIP6"
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            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"1"
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            "activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Pre-industrial control simulation for \"offline\" ice sheets",
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            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"500",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"1"
        },
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            "activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Future climate ScenarioMIP SSP5-8.5 simulation using \"offline\" ice sheet models. Forcing for ice sheet model is from its own AOGCM",
            "end_year":"2300",
            "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISM's own AOGCM ssp585 output",
            "experiment_id":"ism-ssp585-self",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"85",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ism-historical-self"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ism-ssp585-std":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Future climate ScenarioMIP SSP5-8.5 simulation using \"offline\" ice sheet models. Forcing for ice sheet model is the standard dataset based on ScenarioMIP ssp585",
            "end_year":"2300",
            "experiment":"offline ice sheet forced by ISMIP6-specified AOGCM ssp585 output",
            "experiment_id":"ism-ssp585-std",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"85",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ism-historical-std"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "ISM"
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            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as land-hist except with CO2 held constant",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical land-only constant CO2",
            "experiment_id":"land-cCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
        },
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            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as land-hist except with climate held constant",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical land-only constant climate",
            "experiment_id":"land-cClim",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
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                "LUMIP"
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            "experiment":"historical land-only with cropland as natural grassland",
            "experiment_id":"land-crop-grass",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
        },
        "land-crop-noFert":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as land-hist but with fertilization rates and area held at 1850 levels/distribution",
            "end_year":"2014",
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            "experiment_id":"land-crop-noFert",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
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        "land-crop-noIrrig":{
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                "LUMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
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            "experiment_id":"land-crop-noIrrig",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
        },
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            "experiment":"historical land-only with managed crops but with irrigation and fertilization held constant",
            "experiment_id":"land-crop-noIrrigFert",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
        },
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            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Land only simulations",
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            "experiment":"future land-only",
            "experiment_id":"land-future",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
        },
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            "activity_id":[
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                "LUMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Land only simulations",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical land-only",
            "experiment_id":"land-hist",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"1"
        },
        "land-hist-altLu1":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Land only simulations",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical land-only alternate land-use history",
            "experiment_id":"land-hist-altLu1",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
        },
        "land-hist-altLu2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Land only simulations",
            "end_year":"2014",
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            "experiment_id":"land-hist-altLu2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
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            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
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            "tier":"2"
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            "experiment_id":"land-hist-altStartYear",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "land-hist-cruNcep":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Land only simulations",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"as land-hist with CRU-NCEP forcings",
            "experiment_id":"land-hist-cruNcep",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "land-hist-princeton":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Land only simulations",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"as land-hist with Princeton forcings",
            "experiment_id":"land-hist-princeton",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "land-hist-wfdei":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Land only simulations",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"as land-hist with WFDEI forcings",
            "experiment_id":"land-hist-wfdei",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "land-noFire":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as land-hist but with anthropogenic ignition and suppression held to 1850 levels",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical land-only with no human fire management",
            "experiment_id":"land-noFire",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "land-noLu":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as land-hist except no land-use change",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical land-only with no land-use change",
            "experiment_id":"land-noLu",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "land-noPasture":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as land-hist but with grazing and other management on pastureland held at 1850 levels/distribution, i.e. all new pastureland is treated as unmanaged grassland (as in land-crop-grass)",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical land-only with constant pastureland",
            "experiment_id":"land-noPasture",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "land-noShiftCultivate":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as land-hist except shifting cultivation turned off. An additional LUC transitions dataset will be provided as a data layer within LUMIP LUH2 dataset with shifting cultivation deactivated",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical land-only with shifting cultivation turned off",
            "experiment_id":"land-noShiftCultivate",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "land-noWoodHarv":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as land-hist but with wood harvest maintained at 1850 amounts/areas",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"historical land-only with no wood harvest",
            "experiment_id":"land-noWoodHarv",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "LAND"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850 or 1700",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "lfmip-initLC":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Initialized pseudo-observations land",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"initialized from \"historical\" run year 1980, but with land conditions initialized from pseudo-observations",
            "experiment_id":"lfmip-initLC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"35",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1980",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "lfmip-pdL-princeton":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 1980-2014 climate with Land-Hist-princeton",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"as LFMIP-pdLC with Land-Hist-princeton",
            "experiment_id":"lfmip-pdL-princeton",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1980",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "lfmip-pdLC":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 1980-2014 climate",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"prescribed land conditions (from current climate climatology) and initialized from \"historical\" run year 1980",
            "experiment_id":"lfmip-pdLC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1980",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "lfmip-pdLC-cruNcep":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 1980-2014 climate with Land-Hist-cruNcep",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"as LFMIP-pdLC with Land-Hist-cruNcep",
            "experiment_id":"lfmip-pdLC-cruNcep",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1980",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "lfmip-pdLC-wfdei":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 1980-2014 climate with Land-Hist-wfdei",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"as LFMIP-pdLC with Land-Hist-wfdei",
            "experiment_id":"lfmip-pdLC-wfdei",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1980",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "lfmip-rmLC":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 30yr running mean",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"prescribed land conditions (from running mean climatology) and initialized from \"historical\" run year 1980",
            "experiment_id":"lfmip-rmLC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1980",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "lfmip-rmLC-cruNcep":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 30yr running mean with Land-Hist-cruNcep",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"as LFMIP-rmLC with Land-Hist-cruNcep",
            "experiment_id":"lfmip-rmLC-cruNcep",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1980",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "lfmip-rmLC-princeton":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 30yr running mean with Land-Hist-princeton",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"as LFMIP-rmLC with Land-Hist-princeton",
            "experiment_id":"lfmip-rmLC-princeton",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1980",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "lfmip-rmLC-wfdei":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LS3MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Prescribed land conditions 30yr running mean with Land-Hist-wfdei",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"as LFMIP-rmLC with Land-Hist-wfdei",
            "experiment_id":"lfmip-rmLC-wfdei",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"121",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1980",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "lgm":{
            "activity_id":[
                "PMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"main forcings: ice-sheet; trace gases, astronomical parameters, dust (forcing, or feedback if dust cycle represented in model)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"last glacial maximum",
            "experiment_id":"lgm",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "lig127k":{
            "activity_id":[
                "PMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"main forcings: astronomical parameters, trace gases, dust (forcing, or feedback if dust cycle represented in model)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"last interglacial (127k)",
            "experiment_id":"lig127k",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "midHolocene":{
            "activity_id":[
                "PMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"main forcings: trace gases, orbital parameters, dust (forcing, or feedback if dust cycle represented in model)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"mid-Holocene",
            "experiment_id":"midHolocene",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"200",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "midPliocene-eoi400":{
            "activity_id":[
                "PMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"main forcings: trace gases, orography, ice-sheet",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"mid-Pliocene warm period",
            "experiment_id":"midPliocene-eoi400",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "omip1":{
            "activity_id":[
                "OMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Global ocean - sea-ice coupled experiment forced with the Coordinated Ocean - ice Reference Experiments inter-annually varying atmospheric and river data sets for years 1948-2009. Initial ocean tracer fields are based on observations. All Priority=1 OMIP diagnostics are requested for all five cycles of the 62-year forcing to quantify drift. All OMIP diagnostics (Priority=1,2,3) are requested for the 5th cycle",
            "end_year":"310",
            "experiment":"OMIP experiment forced by Large and Yeager (CORE-2, NCEP) atmospheric data set and initialized with observed physical and biogeochemical ocean data",
            "experiment_id":"omip1",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"310",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "OGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "omip1-spunup":{
            "activity_id":[
                "OMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as the omip1 experiment except that it is not initialized with observed climatologies; rather it is initialized with results from at least a 2000-year spin up of the coupled physical-biogeochemical models. The spin up simulations may be made with the classic online or offline approach, or with tracer-acceleration techniques or fast solvers. If an online approach is used, at the end of the 5th cycle of CORE-II forcing, the model's physical fields should be reinitialized to the values at the start of the 3rd cycle in order to avoid long-term drift in those fields and to assure that they will not diverge greatly from physical fields in the omip1 simulation. The spin up also includes radiocarbon to evaluate deep-ocean circulation",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"OMIP experiment forced by Large and Yeager (CORE-2, NCEP) atmospheric data set and initialized from at least a 2000-year spin up of the coupled physical-biogeochemical model",
            "experiment_id":"omip1-spunup",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"310",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "OGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "omip2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "OMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Global ocean - sea-ice coupled experiment forced with the JRA-55do inter-annually varying atmospheric and river data sets for years 1958-2016. Initial ocean tracer fields are based on observations. All Priority=1 OMIP diagnostics are requested for all five cycles of the 59-year forcing to quantify drift. All OMIP diagnostics (Priority=1,2,3) are requested for the 5th cycle",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"OMIP experiment forced by JRA-55do atmospheric data set and initialized with observed physical and biogeochemical ocean data",
            "experiment_id":"omip2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"295",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "OGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "omip2-spunup":{
            "activity_id":[
                "OMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Same as the omip2 experiment except that it is not initialized with observed climatologies; rather it is initialized with results from at least a 2000-year spin up of the coupled physical-biogeochemical models. The spin up simulations may be made with the classic online or offline approach, or with tracer-acceleration techniques or fast solvers. If an online approach is used, at the end of the 5th cycle ofthe JRA-55do forcing, the model's physical fields should be reinitialized to the values at the start of the 3rd cycle in order to avoid long-term drift in those fields and to assure that they will not diverge greatly from physical fields in the omip2 simulation. The spin up also includes radiocarbon to evaluate deep-ocean circulation",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"OMIP experiment forced by JRA-55do atmospheric data set and initialized from at least a 2000-year spin up of the coupled physical-biogeochemical model",
            "experiment_id":"omip2-spunup",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"295",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "OGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "past1000":{
            "activity_id":[
                "PMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"main forcings: trace gases, volcanoes, solar variability, land use",
            "end_year":"1849",
            "experiment":"last millennium",
            "experiment_id":"past1000",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"1000",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piClim-2xDMS":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"1850 control with doubled emissions of DMS",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions of DMS",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-2xDMS",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "piClim-2xNOx":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"1850 control with doubled emissions of lightning NOx",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled production of NOx due to lightning",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-2xNOx",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "piClim-2xVOC":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"1850 control with doubled emissions of biogenic VOCs",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions of biogenic VOCs",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-2xVOC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "piClim-2xdust":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"1850 control with doubled dust emissions",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with doubled emissions of dust",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-2xdust",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piClim-2xfire":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
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                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
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            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
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                "AER",
                "CHEM"
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            "description":"As in RFMIP-ERF-PI-Cntrl but with 4xCO2",
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            "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by 4xCO2",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-4xCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
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                "AerChemMIP"
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                "CHEM"
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            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 BC emissions",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 black carbon emissions",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-BC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piClim-CH4":{
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                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 CH4 concentrations",
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            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 methane concentrations (including chemistry)",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-CH4",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piClim-HC":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 halocarbon concentrations",
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            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 halocarbon concentrations (including chemistry)",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-HC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piClim-N2O":{
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                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 N2O concentrations",
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            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 N2O concentrations (including chemistry)",
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piClim-NH3":{
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                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 NH3 emissions",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 ammonia emissions",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-NH3",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "piClim-NOx":{
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                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 NOx emissions",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 NOx emissions",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-NOx",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "piClim-NTCF":{
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                "AerChemMIP"
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                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 aerosol and ozone precursor emissions",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 NTCF emissions",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-NTCF",
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            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piClim-O3":{
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                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 ozone precursor emissions",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 ozone precursor emissions",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-O3",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piClim-OC":{
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                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 OC emissions",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 organic carbon emissions",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-OC",
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                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "piClim-SO2":{
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                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 SO2 emissions",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 SO2 emissions",
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            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
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            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "piClim-VOC":{
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                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Perturbation from 1850 control using 2014 CO/VOC emissions",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial climatological SSTs and forcing, but with 2014 VOC emissions",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-VOC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "piClim-aer":{
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                "RFMIP",
                "AerChemMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As in RFMIP-ERF-PI-Cntrl but with with present-day aerosols. Note that this experiment is considered to be tier 1 by RFMIP but tier 2 by AerChemMIP",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by present-day aerosols",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-aer",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piClim-anthro":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As in RFMIP-ERF-PI-Cntrl but with present-day anthropogenic forcing (greenhouse gases, aerosols and land-use)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by present day anthropogenic agents",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-anthro",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piClim-control":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP",
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"30-year atmosphere only integration using preindustrial sea-surface temperature and sea-ice climatology. Interactive vegetation",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"effective radiative forcing in present-day",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-control",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piClim-ghg":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As in RFMIP-ERF-PI-Cntrl but with present-day greenhouse gases",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by present-day greenhouse gases",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-ghg",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piClim-histaer":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time-varying forcing by aerosols. SST and sea ice fixed at preindustrial control. Interactive vegetation",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing by aerosols",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-histaer",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"251",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piClim-histall":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time-varying forcing. SST and sea ice fixed at preindustrial control. Interactive vegetation",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-histall",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"251",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piClim-histghg":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time-varying forcing by GHGs. SST and sea ice fixed at preindustrial control. Interactive vegetation",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing by greenhouse gases",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-histghg",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"251",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piClim-histnat":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time-varying forcing from volcanos, solar variability, etc. SST and sea ice fixed at preindustrial control. Interactive vegetation",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing by natural perturbations",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-histnat",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"251",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
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            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"As in RFMIP-ERF-PI-Cntrl but with present-day land use",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"effective radiative forcing by present-day land use",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-lu",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piClim-spAer-aer":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Aerosol and ozone forcings",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"effective radiative forcing at present day with specified anthropogenic aerosol optical properties, all forcings",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-spAer-aer",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piClim-spAer-anthro":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
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            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Anthropogenic forcings",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"effective radiative forcing at present day with specified anthropogenic aerosol optical properties, anthropogenic forcings",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-spAer-anthro",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piClim-spAer-histaer":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Aerosol and ozone forcings",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing with specified anthropogenic aerosol optical properties, aerosol forcing",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-spAer-histaer",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
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            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Prescribed anthropogenic aerosol optical properties. Aerosol and ozone forcings",
            "end_year":"2014",
            "experiment":"transient effective radiative forcing with specified anthropogenic aerosol optical properties, all forcings",
            "experiment_id":"piClim-spAer-histall",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"165",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"1850",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piControl":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"DECK: control",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial control",
            "experiment_id":"piControl",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"500",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl-spinup"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "piControl-spinup":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"DECK: spin-up portion of the control",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"pre-industrial control (spin-up)",
            "experiment_id":"piControl-spinup",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"100",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piControl-withism":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ISMIP6"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Pre-industrial control simulation that includes interactive ice sheets",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"preindustrial control with interactive ice sheet",
            "experiment_id":"piControl-withism",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"500",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "ISM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
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            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"An AGCM experiment with monthly-varying SSTs, sea-ice, atmospheric constituents and any other necessary boundary conditions (e.g. vegetation if required) taken from each model's own piControl run (using the 30 years of piControl that are parallel to years 111-140 of its abrupt4xCO2 run). Dynamic vegetation should be turned off in all the piSST set of experiments",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"experiment forced with pre-industrial SSTs, sea ice and atmospheric constituents",
            "experiment_id":"piSST",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piSST-4xCO2":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Same as piSST but CO2 is quadrupled. The increase in CO2 is seen by both the radiation scheme and vegetation",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"as piSST with radiation and vegetation seeing 4xCO2",
            "experiment_id":"piSST-4xCO2",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piSST-4xCO2-rad":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Same as piSST but CO2 as seen by the radiation scheme is quadrupled",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"as piSST with radiation-only seeing 4xCO2",
            "experiment_id":"piSST-4xCO2-rad",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piSST-4xCO2-solar":{
            "activity_id":[
                "GeoMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Time slice at 1850 (picontrol) for G1ext to examine radiative forcing of abrupt4xCO2",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"preindustrial control SSTs with quadrupled CO2 and solar reduction",
            "experiment_id":"piSST-4xCO2-solar",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"10",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "piSST-pxK":{
            "activity_id":[
                "CFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Same as piSST, but with a spatially and temporally uniform SST anomaly applied on top of the monthly-varying piSST SSTs. The magnitude of the uniform increase is taken from each model's global, climatological annual mean SST change between abrupt4xCO2 minus piControl (using the mean of years 111-140 of abrupt4xCO2, and the parallel 30-year section of piControl)",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"as piSST with uniform SST increase with magnitude based on abrupt4xCO2 response",
            "experiment_id":"piSST-pxK",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"20",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "piControl"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "rad-irf":{
            "activity_id":[
                "RFMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Offline radiation calculations",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"offline assessment of radiative transfer parmeterizations in clear skies",
            "experiment_id":"rad-irf",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "RAD"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "spinup-1950":{
            "activity_id":[
                "HighResMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER"
            ],
            "description":"Coupled integration from ocean rest state using recommended HighResMIP protocol spinup, starting from 1950 ocean temperature and salinity analysis EN4, using constant 1950s forcing. At least 30 years to satisfy near surface quasi-equilibrium",
            "end_year":"",
            "experiment":"coupled spinup with fixed 1950s forcings from 1950 initial conditions (with ocean at rest) to provide initial condition for control-1950 and hist-1950",
            "experiment_id":"spinup-1950",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"30",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "no parent"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp119":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Future scenario with low radiative forcing throughout reaching about 1.9 W/m2 in 2100 based on SSP1. Concentration-driven",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"low-end scenario reaching 1.9 W m-2, based on SSP1",
            "experiment_id":"ssp119",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp126":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Future scenario with low radiative forcing by the end of century. Following approximately RCP2.6 global forcing pathway but with new forcing based on SSP1. Concentration-driven. As a tier 2 option, this simulation should be extended to year 2300",
            "end_year":"2100 or 2300",
            "experiment":"update of RCP2.6 based on SSP1",
            "experiment_id":"ssp126",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp126-ssp370Lu":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Additional land use policy sensitivity simulation for low radiative forcing scenario, keep all forcings the same as ScenarioMIP SSP1-2.6 (afforestation scenario), but replace land use from SSP3-7 (afforestation) scenario; concentration-driven",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"SSP1-2.6 with SSP3-7.0 land use",
            "experiment_id":"ssp126-ssp370Lu",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp245":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Future scenario with medium radiative forcing by the end of century. Following approximately RCP4.5 global forcing pathway but with new forcing based on SSP2. Concentration-driven",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"update of RCP4.5 based on SSP2",
            "experiment_id":"ssp245",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp245-GHG":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Extension of well-mixed GHG-only run under SSP2-4.5. Models with interactive chemistry schemes should either turn off the chemistry or use a preindustrial climatology of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone in their radiation schemes",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"well-mixed GHG-only SSP2-4.5 run",
            "experiment_id":"ssp245-GHG",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"80",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "hist-GHG"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2021",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp245-aer":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Extension of aerosol-only run under SSP2-4.5",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"aerosol-only SSP2-4.5 run",
            "experiment_id":"ssp245-aer",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"80",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "hist-aer"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2021",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "ssp245-nat":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Extension of natural-only run under SSP2-4.5",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"natural-only SSP2-4.5 run",
            "experiment_id":"ssp245-nat",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"80",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "hist-nat"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2021",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"3"
        },
        "ssp245-stratO3":{
            "activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Extension of stratospheric-ozone-only run under SSP2-4.5. In models with coupled chemistry, the chemistry scheme should be turned off, and the simulated ensemble mean monthly mean 3D stratospheric ozone concentrations from the SSP2-4.5 simulations should be prescribed. Tropospheric ozone should be fixed at 3D long-term monthly mean piControl values, with a value of 100 ppbv ozone concentration in this piControl climatology used to separate the troposphere from the stratosphere. In models without coupled chemistry the same stratospheric ozone prescribed in SSP2-4.5 should be prescribed. Stratospheric ozone concentrations will be provided by CCMI",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"stratospheric-ozone-only SSP2-4.5 run",
            "experiment_id":"ssp245-stratO3",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"80",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "DAMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "hist-stratO3"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2021",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp370":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP",
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Future scenario with high radiative forcing by the end of century. Reaches about 7.0 W/m2 by 2100; fills gap in RCP forcing pathways between 6.0 and 8.5 W/m2. Concentration-driven",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"gap-filling scenario reaching 7.0 based on SSP3",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp370-lowNTCF":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced NTCF emissions",
            "end_year":"2055",
            "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, with low NTCF emissions",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370-lowNTCF",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp370-ssp126Lu":{
            "activity_id":[
                "LUMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Additional land use policy sensitivity simulation for high radiative forcing scenario, keep all forcings the same as ScenarioMIP SSP3-7 (deforestation scenario), but replace land use from SSP1-2.6 (afforestation) scenario; concentration-driven",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"SSP3-7.0 with SSP1-2.6 land use",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370-ssp126Lu",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp370SST":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Future SSP3-7.0, with SSTs prescribed from ssp370",
            "end_year":"2055",
            "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, with SSTs prescribed from ssp370",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370SST",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp370"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp370SST-lowAer":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced aerosol emissions (from ssp370-lowNTCF), prescribed SSTs",
            "end_year":"2055",
            "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low aerosol emissions",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370SST-lowAer",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp370"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp370SST-lowBC":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced black carbon emissions, prescribed SSTs",
            "end_year":"2055",
            "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low black carbon emissions",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370SST-lowBC",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp370"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp370SST-lowCH4":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced CH4 concentrations, prescribed SSTs",
            "end_year":"2055",
            "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low methane concentrations",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370SST-lowCH4",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp370"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp370SST-lowNTCF":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced NTCF emissions, prescribed SSTs",
            "end_year":"2055",
            "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low NTCF emissions",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370SST-lowNTCF",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp370"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp370SST-lowO3":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":"",
            "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with reduced ozone precursor emissions (from ssp370-lowNTCF), prescribed SSTs",
            "end_year":"2055",
            "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with low ozone precursor emissions",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370SST-lowO3",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp370"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp370SST-ssp126Lu":{
            "activity_id":[
                "AerChemMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Future SSP3-7.0 with low land use change (from ssp126), prescribed SSTs",
            "end_year":"2055",
            "experiment":"SSP3-7.0, prescribed SSTs, with SSP1-2.6 land use",
            "experiment_id":"ssp370SST-ssp126Lu",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"41",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp370"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AGCM",
                "AER"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp434":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Future scenario with low radiative forcing by the end of century. Reaches about 3.4 W/m2 by 2100; fills gap in RCP forcing pathways between 4.5 and 2.6 W/m2. Concentration-driven",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"gap-filling scenario reaching 3.4 based on SSP4",
            "experiment_id":"ssp434",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp460":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Future scenario with medium radiative forcing by the end of century. Following approximately RCP6.0 global forcing pathway but with new forcing based on SSP4. Concentration-driven",
            "end_year":"2100",
            "experiment":"update of RCP6.0 based on SSP4",
            "experiment_id":"ssp460",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp534-over":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"21st century overshoot scenario relative to SSP5_34. Branches from SS5_85 at 2040 with emissions reduced to zero by 2070 and negative thereafter. This simulation should optionally be extended to year 2300",
            "end_year":"2100 or 2300",
            "experiment":"overshoot of 3.4 W/m**2 branching from ssp585 in 2040",
            "experiment_id":"ssp534-over",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"61",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "ssp585"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2040",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp534-over-bgc":{
            "activity_id":[
                "C4MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"This simulation should optionally be extended to year 2300",
            "end_year":"2100 or 2300",
            "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of the RCP3.4-overshoot based on SSP5",
            "experiment_id":"ssp534-over-bgc",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"85",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "C4MIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "hist-bgc"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"2"
        },
        "ssp585":{
            "activity_id":[
                "ScenarioMIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "description":"Future scenario with high radiative forcing by the end of century. Following approximately RCP8.5 global forcing pathway but with new forcing based on SSP5. Concentration-driven. As a tier 2 option, this simulation should be extended to year 2300",
            "end_year":"2100 or 2300",
            "experiment":"update of RCP8.5 based on SSP5",
            "experiment_id":"ssp585",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"86",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "CMIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "historical"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
                "none"
            ],
            "tier":"1"
        },
        "ssp585-bgc":{
            "activity_id":[
                "C4MIP"
            ],
            "additional_allowed_model_components":[
                "AER",
                "CHEM"
            ],
            "description":"Concentration-driven future scenario simulation, biogeochemically-coupled. This simulation should optionally be extended to year 2300",
            "end_year":"2100 or 2300",
            "experiment":"biogeochemically-coupled version of the RCP8.5 based on SSP5",
            "experiment_id":"ssp585-bgc",
            "min_number_yrs_per_sim":"85",
            "parent_activity_id":[
                "C4MIP"
            ],
            "parent_experiment_id":[
                "hist-bgc"
            ],
            "required_model_components":[
                "AOGCM",
                "BGC"
            ],
            "start_year":"2015",
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                "BGC"
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
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            "sub_experiment_id":[
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            ],
            "start_year":"",
            "sub_experiment_id":[
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        "author":"Paul J. Durack <durack1@llnl.gov>",
        "creation_date":"Sat May 27 19:40:15 2017 -0700",
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