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OpenSCM two layer model contains implementations of the two layer radiative forcing driven models by Held et al., Geoffroy et al. and Bloch-Johnson et al.
OpenSCM Two Layer Model was designed to provide a clean, modularised, extensible interface for one of the most commonly used simple climate models. It was used in Phase 1 of the Reduced Complexity Model Intercomparison Project as a point of comparison for the other participating models.
The FaIR model implements a mathematically equivalent model (under certain assumptions) but does not provide as clear a conversion between the two-layer model and the two-timescale response as is provided here. We hope that this implementation could interface with other simple climate models like FaIR to allow simpler exploration of the combined behaviour of interacting climate components with minimal coupling headaches.
As implemented here, the "OpenSCM Two Layer Model" interface is target at researchers and as an education tool. Users from other fields are of course encouraged to use it if they find it helpful.
OpenSCM two layer model is free software under a BSD 3-Clause License, see LICENSE.
OpenSCM two layer model has only two dependencies:
- scmdata>=0.9
- tqdm
OpenSCM two layer model can be installed with pip
pip install openscm-twolayermodel
If you also want to run the example notebooks install additional dependencies using
pip install "openscm-twolayermodel[notebooks]"
Coming soon OpenSCM two layer model can also be installed with conda
conda install -c conda-forge openscm-twolayermodel
We do not ship our tests with the packages. If you wish to run the tests, you must install from source (or download the tests separately and run them on your installation).
To install from source, simply clone the repository and then install it using pip e.g. pip install ".[dev]"
.
Having done this, the tests can be run with pytest tests
or using the Makefile
(make test
will run only the code tests, make checks
will run the code tests and all other tests e.g. linting, notebooks, documentation).
For more details, see the development section of the docs.
Documentation can be found at our documentation pages (we are thankful to Read the Docs for hosting us).
If you have any issues or would like to discuss a feature request, please raise them in the OpenSCM Two Layer Model issue tracker. If your issue is a feature request or a bug, please use the templates available, otherwise, simply open a normal issue.
Please see the Development section of the docs.