The Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison (ARCMIP) aims to improve the simulation of the Arctic regional climate in numerical models. The primary ARCMIP activities focus on coordinated simulations by different regional climate models and general circulation models. Output from these models are compared and evaluated using observations from satellites, in situ measurements and field experiments. The first ARCMIP intercomparison Project is using data obtained in 1997/1998 during the SHEBA (Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean) http://sheba.apl.washington.edu/.
ARCMIP has been organized under the auspices of the WCRP GEWEX Cloud System Studies Working Group on Polar Clouds and the ACSYS Numerical Experimentation Group. Funding for coordination of ARCMIP activities is provided by the International Arctic Research Consortium, and the Global Implications of Arctic Climate Process and Feedbacks (GLIMPSE) Project (funded by the European Union).
The Working Group on Polar Clouds is presently chaired by Professor Judith Curry curryja@eas.gatech.edu at the Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.