Executive editors: David Ham, Juan Antonio Añel, Astrid Kerkweg, Min-Hui Lo, Richard Neale, Rolf Sander & Paul Ullrich
eISSN: 1991-9603
Geoscientific Model Development (GMD) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of the description, development, and evaluation of numerical models of the Earth system and its components. The following manuscript types can be considered for peer-reviewed publication:
- geoscientific model descriptions, from statistical models to box models to GCMs;
- development and technical papers, describing developments such as new parameterizations or technical aspects of running models such as the reproducibility of results;
- new methods for assessment of models, including work on developing new metrics for assessing model performance and novel ways of comparing model results with observational data;
- papers describing new standard experiments for assessing model performance or novel ways of comparing model results with observational data;
- model experiment descriptions, including experimental details and project protocols;
- full evaluations of previously published models.
More details can be found in manuscript types and the journal editorial (compiled by the executive editors).
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Highlight articles
11 Sep 2026
The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) contribution to CMIP7 – description of new experimental protocols and preliminary results
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13 Aug 2026
Rapid Evaluation Framework for the CMIP7 Assessment Fast Track
Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 7415–7455, 2026
29 Jul 2026
A global high-resolution hydrological model to simulate the dynamics of surface liquid reservoirs: application on Mars
Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 6909–6940, 2026
18 May 2026
Love number computation within the Ice-sheet and Sea-level System Model (ISSM v4.24)
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14 Apr 2026
The Destination Earth digital twin for climate change adaptation
Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 2821–2848, 2026
Recent papers
17 Sep 2026
Development of the CCPP-based GEFS-aerosols component in the Unified Forecast System for subseasonal prediction (UFS-Chem v1.0)
Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 8597–8626, 2026
17 Sep 2026
Multi-season evaluation of temperature and wind in the marine boundary layer along the United States northeast coast in the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model
Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 8627–8649, 2026
17 Sep 2026
Beyond behavioural models: equifinality and overparameterisation undermine confidence in predictions by soil organic matter models
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17 Sep 2026
Biome.jl v0.1.0: a modular platform for mechanistic biome modeling and hypothesis testing
EGUsphere, 2026
Preprint under review for GMD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
16 Sep 2026
Evolving beyond collapse: an adaptive particle batch smoother for cryospheric data assimilation
Geosci. Model Dev., 19, 8565–8596, 2026
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