{
    "source_type":{
        "AER":"aerosol treatment in an atmospheric model where concentrations are calculated based on emissions, transformation, and removal processes (rather than being prescribed or omitted entirely)",
        "AGCM":"atmospheric general circulation model run with prescribed ocean surface conditions and usually a model of the land surface",
        "AOGCM":"coupled atmosphere-ocean global climate model, additionally including explicit representation of at least the land and sea ice",
        "BGC":"biogeochemistry model component that at the very least accounts for carbon reservoirs and fluxes in the atmosphere, terrestrial biosphere, and ocean",
        "CHEM":"chemistry treatment in an atmospheric model that calculates atmospheric oxidant concentrations (including at least ozone), rather than prescribing them",
        "ISM":"ice-sheet model that includes ice-flow",
        "LAND":"land model run uncoupled from the atmosphere",
        "OGCM":"ocean general circulation model run uncoupled from an AGCM but, usually including a sea-ice model",
        "RAD":"radiation component of an atmospheric model run 'offline'",
        "SLAB":"slab-ocean used with an AGCM in representing the atmosphere-ocean coupled system"
    },
    "version_metadata":{
        "CV_collection_modified":"Thu Sep  4 16:01:22 2025 -0700",
        "CV_collection_version":"6.2.60.0",
        "author":"Paul J. Durack <durack1@llnl.gov>",
        "institution_id":"PCMDI",
        "previous_commit":"6d8517ab7efac022ccb6bf847bf412683d524ee7",
        "source_type_CV_modified":"Fri Sep 8 17:57:00 2017 -0700",
        "source_type_CV_note":"Issue396 durack1 augment source_type with description (#399)",
        "specs_doc":"v6.2.7 (10th September 2018; https://goo.gl/v1drZl)"
    }
}