Completing the Descriptive Metadata fields for WG2
- Courtney Irwin (Unlicensed)
- Charlotte Reynolds
Please note: these are specific instructions intended only for the archival of WG2 final data (data used to produce the figures in the AR6 WG2 report)
This document outlines the requirements for the contents of each descriptive metadata field for WG2. For any questions about completing the metadata for your record, please contact ipcc.ddc.datasupport@metadata.atlassian.net
Summary
Field | Requirement | Example |
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Please complete with the following format: Data for figure <<FIGURE NUMBER>> <<DATA VERSION DATE>> - <<REPORT NAME>> | Data for Figure SPM.1 (v20220330) - Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group II Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report | |
255 characters or less describing what the data or figure shows. Can be a summary of the caption. | Figure SPM.7 shows the cumulative anthropogenic CO2 emissions taken up by land and ocean sinks by 2100 under the five core scenarios. | |
Please enter ipcc.ddc.datasupport@metadata.atlassian.net. This is the email address people should contact if they have any questions about the data. | ||
1) WG2 has created a list of default keywords to be added to all records: IPCC-DDC, IPCC, AR6, WG2, WGII, Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group II, Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability 2) Additionally, please add the full name and acronym of the report 3) Finally, please add some keywords associated with your data. Keywords should represent potential search terms users may use to find your data. | IPCC-DDC, IPCC, AR6, WG1, WGI, SPM, Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group I, Physical Science Basis, Summary for Policymakers, Figure SPM.7, cumulative CO2 emissions, CO2 emissions, carbon sinks, airborne fraction | |
Leave blank - this field is not required for this date. |
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The date this version of the data is published. |
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Publisher
For final data for working group 2, these fields are standardised can be completed as follows:
Field | Value to be entered |
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MetadataWorks | |
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Documentation
Field | Requirement | Example |
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Data for <FIGURE NUMBER> from the <REPORT NAME> of the Working Group II (WGII) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). 2. A short sentense describing what the figure shows 3. The figure caption 4. A description of the figure and its subpanels 5. A list of data provided and a description of how it relates to the subpanels
| Data for Figure SPM.10 from the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of the Working Group I (WGI) Contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Figure SPM.10 shows global warming as a function of cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide. Figure Caption: Near-linear relationship between cumulative CO2 emissions and the increase in global surface temperature. Top panel: Historical data (thin black line) shows observed global surface temperature increase in °C since 1850–1900 as a function of historical cumulative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in GtCO2 from 1850 to 2019. The grey range with its central line shows a corresponding estimate of the historical human-caused surface warming (see Figure SPM.2). Coloured areas show the assessed very likely range of global surface temperature projections, and thick coloured central lines show the median estimate as a function of cumulative CO2 emissions from 2020 until year 2050 for the set of illustrative scenarios (SSP1-1.9, SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5, see Figure SPM.4). Projections use the cumulative CO2 emissions of each respective scenario, and the projected global warming includes the contribution from all anthropogenic forcers. The relationship is illustrated over the domain of cumulative CO2 emissions for which there is high confidence that the transient climate response to cumulative CO2 emissions (TCRE) remains constant, and for the time period from 1850 to 2050 over which global CO2 emissions remain net positive under all illustrative scenarios as there is limited evidence supporting the quantitative application of TCRE to estimate temperature evolution under net negative CO2 emissions. Bottom panel: Historical and projected cumulative CO2 emissions in GtCO2 for the respective scenarios. {Figure TS.18, Figure 5.31, Section 5.5}
Figure subpanels: The figure has two panels that are closely linked. Data files for the top panel are labelled with 'Top_panel' while data files for the bottom panel are labelled with 'Bottom_panel'.
List of data provided: This dataset contains: Top panel: - Cumulative global total anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions (1850-2019) - Global surface temperature increase relative to 1850-1900 (1850-2019) - Estimated human-caused warming relative to 1850-1900 (1850-2019) - Projected global total anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions for the five scenarios of the AR6 WGI core set of scenarios (2015-2050) - Assessed global surface temperature increase relative to 1850-1900 for the five scenarios of the AR6 WGI core set of scenarios (2015-2050) Bottom panel: - Cumulative global total anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions (1850-2019) - Projected global total anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions for the five scenarios of the AR6 WGI core set of scenarios (2015-2050) The illustrative SSP (Shared Socio-economic Pathway) scenarios (referred to here as core scenarios) are described in Box SPM.1 of the Summary for Policymakers and Section 1.6.1.1 of Chapter 1. | |
This field can be left blank initially. Once a URL or DOI for the report is available, this can be added. | ||
Please complete with the following format: <<REPORT NAME>> of the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC AR6 | Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC AR6 |
Coverage
Field | Requirement | Example |
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Describe the spatial region, area or named place covered by the dataset | Global | |
Describe the type of spatial aggregation used in the dataset (e.g. region, area, grid, etc.) | Global | |
This is an optional field, to be included only if applicable. Describe the level of spatial detail provided in the data. See the link to the left for more detail on this field. | Reanalysis: 0.25° x 0.25° Mean, spread and members: 0.5° x 0.5° | |
The date of the earliest data point in the data. If you are unsure of the day and month, you can include a default value of 01 Jan. | 01/01/1890 | |
The date of the latest data point in the data. If you are unsure fo the day and month, you can include a default value of 31 Dec | 31/12/2050 | |
Select the minimum time period resolvable in the dataset distribution from the dropdown list. | ANNUAL | |
The geographic bounding box describes a "north up" area. The lower left latitude will be smaller than the upper right latitude. For a dataset with global coverage enter -90.0000 | -90.0000 | |
The geographic bounding box describes a "north up" area. The lower left longitude will be smaller than the upper right Longitude. For a dataset with global coverage enter -180.0000 | -180.0000 | |
The geographic bounding box describes a "north up" area. The upper right latitude will be larger than the lower left latitude. For a dataset with global coverage enter 90.0000 | 90.0000 | |
The geographic bounding box describes a "north up" area. The upper right longitude will be larger than the lower left longitude. For a dataset with global coverage enter 180.0000 | 180.0000 | |
Provenance
Field | Requirement | Example |
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Please enter: Data used by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) authors and supplied for archiving to MetadataWorks Ltd by the Technical Support Unit (TSU) for IPCC Working Group II (WGII). | Data used by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) authors and supplied for archiving to MetadataWorks Ltd by the Technical Support Unit (TSU) for IPCC Working Group II (WGII). | |
Describe the source(s) for the data being archived. Where existing datasets or databases were used, please include the version and access date of the dataset or database. | https://drmkc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/inform-index, Access data: 2021/08/31 |
Accessibility
Field | Requirement | Example |
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Usage | ||
Where archiving an entire pre-existing dataset, or a subset of a pre existing dataset, include here the licence of the input data. Where the data has been transformed sufficiently to be considered a creative work of the authors, please use https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ If you are unsure about which license to use, please get in touch with the WG2 TSU. | ||
This is the field for the authors of the dataset being archived. Please use one field per name, using the following format: <<LAST NAME>>, <FIRST NAME OR INITAL>> | Smith, Will Elliot, T.S | |
This field is optional and can be left blank. The field is intended to promote any unpublished projects using the data (but is unlikely to be relevant for WG2 final data). |
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This field can be left blank initially. Once a URL or DOI for the report is available, this can be added. | ||
This field is optional. It can be used for DOIs or URL links to other papers that utalise this dataset. |
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Access | ||
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Please enter: Available for download from the IPCC Data Catalogue. | Available for download from the IPCC Data Catalogue. | |
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This should list all the languages in which the dataset metadata and underlying data is made available | en | |
Please indicate the file format of your final data files. Where there is more than one type, you can add multiple fields. Formats should be as per Media Types |
application/vnd.ms-excel application/x-netcdf
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Enrichment and Linkage
Field | Requirement | Example |
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This field is optional. It can be used to provide the DOI or URL of any related datasets. |
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This field is optional. It can be used to provide URL of any GitHub repositories or similar tools that can be used with this data. |
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