Use of ORCHIDEE and associated Policy

External Users

see policy under the ORC web site http://labex.ipsl.fr/orchidee/index.php/contact

Internal Users

• Guiding principles Internal Fair-use policy?.

• What should you do when using a given version ?
  • Using a Branch: YOU HAVE to contact the branch responsibles !
  • Using the TRUNK / a specific Environment-feature or simulation: Check the table of model contributors (link below);

Depending on the features/options that your study will benefit from you need to contact the responsibles; If you are unsure please contact for Energy (either Frederic,...), the Water cycle and snow (either Agnes, Jan, Catherine), the C-cycle features (Nicolas Viovy, Philippe, ?), N-cycle (Nicolas Vuichard)

• List of Contributors​TABLE for proper citations, acknowledgment and potential co-authorship around scientific & technical features, drivers, tools, ref simulations:

• What should you do when preparing a paper/study ?
  • SEND an email to project (orchidee-projet@…) to inform on the objectives of the study and the model version that will be used (wether the Trunk or a Branch).
  • FILL the table "Intended studies" gathering all proposed studies (link below)

• What should you do when doing a proposal that will use ORCHIDEE ?
  • SEND an email to the project (orchidee-projet@…) to inform about the project
  • SEND an email when the proposal is accepted

• Intended Studies ?: Private page (you must log in to acces this page)

• Special issue in GMD (to be open in 2016):​list of proposed studies