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-# Full list of authors and references for the currently implemented 
-# diagnostics. Authors, diagnostics, observations and projects references
-# are identified by the tags "A", "D", "E" and "P", respectively.
-#
-# For reporting, the following additional namelist and diagnostic tags
-# are defined:
-# "R" = CMIP6 realm, "T" = theme
-# "DM" = domain, "PT" = plot type, "ST" = statistics
-#
-# Add new entries alphabetically (for authors) or at the end of the 
-# respective lists. Do not change the current entries!
-#
-# These tags are used by the write_references.ncl function to automatically
-# create reference-and-acknowledgements document.
-# See ./interface_scripts/write_references.ncl
-#
-#
-### AUTHOR/CONTRIBUTOR LIST ############################################
-
-### Core Team (PI and core developers)
-A_eyri_ve = Eyring, Veronika (DLR, Germany - veronika.eyring 'at' dlr.de)
-A_laue_ax = Lauer, Axel (DLR, Germany - axel.lauer 'at' dlr.de)
-A_righ_ma = Righi, Mattia (DLR, Germany - mattia.righi 'at' dlr.de)
-A_eval_ma = Evaldsson, Martin (SMHI, Sweden - martin.evaldsson 'at' smhi.se)
-A_loew_al = Loew, Alexander (LMU, Germany - alexander.loew 'at' lmu.de)
-
-### Development team
-A_anav_al = Anav, Alessandro (Univ. of Exeter, UK - a.anav 'at' exeter.ac.uk)
-A_andr_ol = Andrews, Oliver (Tyndall Centre, UK - oliverdandrews 'at' googlemail.com)
-A_bock_ls = Bock, Lisa (DLR, Germany - lisa.bock 'at' dlr.de)
-A_chen_ja = Chen, Jack (NCAR, USA - cchen 'at' ucar.edu)
-A_cion_ir = Cionni, Irene (ENEA, Italy - irene.cionni 'at' enea.it)
-A_davi_ed = Davin, Edouard Leopold (ETH, CH, edouard.davin 'at' env.ethz.ch)
-A_ehbr_ca = Ehbrecht, Carsten (DKRZ, Germany - ehbrecht 'at' dkrz.de)
-A_fran_fr = Frank, Franziska (DLR, Germany - franziska.frank 'at' dlr.de)
-A_gain_al = Gainusa-Bogdan, Alina (France)
-A_gall_be = Gallego-Elvira, Belen (NERC, UK - belgal 'at' nerc.ac.uk)
-A_gett_an = Gettelman, Andrew (NCAR, USA - andrew 'at' ucar.edu)
-A_gott_kl = Gottschaldt, Klaus-Dirk (DLR, Germany - klaus-dirk.gottschaldt 'at' dlr.de)
-A_hage_st = Hagemann, Stefan (MPI-M, Germany, stefan.hagemann 'at' mpimet.mpg.de)
-A_hann_ul = Hansson, Ulf (SMHI, Sweden - 'at')
-A_hemp_ni = Hempelmann, Nils (IPSL, France - nils.hempelmann 'at' ipsl.jussieu.fr)
-A_hutj_ro = Hutjes, Ronald (Univ. of Wageningen, NL - ronald.hutjes 'at' wur.nl)
-A_juck_ma = Juckes, Martin (BADC, UK - martin.juckes 'at' stfc.ac.uk)
-A_kady_ni = Kadygrov, Nikolay (IPSL, France - nikolay.kadygrov 'at' ipsl.jussieu.fr)
-A_kind_st = Kindermann, Stephan (DKRZ, Germany - kindermann 'at' dkrz.de)
-A_kras_jo = Krasting, John (NOAA, USA - john.krasting 'at' noaa.gov)
-A_kune_dm = Kunert, Dominik (DLR, Germany - dominik.kunert 'at' dlr.de)
-A_levi_ri = Levine, Richard (MetOffice, UK - richard.levine 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_litt_bi = Little, Bill (MetOffice, UK - bill.little 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_maek_ja = Makela, Jarmo ('at')
-A_malo_er = Maloney, Eric (Colorado State University - emaloney 'at' atmos.colostate.edu)
-A_maso_er = Mason, Erik (NOAA, USA - erik.mason 'at' noaa.gov)
-A_mass_fr = Massonnet, Francois (Spain)
-A_mart_gi = Martin, Gill (MetOffice, UK - gill.martin 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_mell_fe = Mello, Felipe (INPE, Brazil)
-A_mohi_da = Dalvi, Mohit (MetOffice, UK - mohit.dalvi 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_muel_bn = Mueller, Benjamin (LMU, Germany)
-A_niku_gr = Nikulin, Grigory (SMHI, Sweden - grigory.nikulin 'at' smhi.se)
-A_nobr_pa = Nobre, Paulo (INPE, Brazil) 
-A_oliv_ar = Oliveira, Arildo (INPE, Brazil)
-A_phil_ad = Phillips, Adam (NCAR, USA - asphilli 'at' ucar.edu)
-A_pugh_th = Pugh, Thomas (KIT, Germany - thomas.pugh 'at' kit.edu)
-A_read_si = Read, Simon (Univ. of Reading, UK - s.read 'at' reading.ac.uk)
-A_ring_ma = Ringer, Mark (MetOffice, UK - mark.ringer 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_rio_ca  = Rio, Catherine (IPSL, France - catherine.rio 'at' lmd.jussieu.fr)
-A_roeh_ro = Roehrig, Romain (MeteoFr, France - romain.roehrig 'at' meteo.fr)
-A_senf_da = Senftleben, Daniel (DLR, Germany - daniel.senftleben 'at' dlr.de)
-A_somm_ph = Sommer, Philipp (Univ. of Hamburg, Germany - 'at')
-A_ster_an = Sterl, Andreas (KNMI, Netherlands - sterl 'at' knmi.nl)
-A_teic_ca = Teichmann, Claas (CSC2, Germany - claas.teichmann 'at' hzg.de)
-A_tsus_yo = Tsushima, Yoko (MetOffice, UK - yoko.tsushima 'al' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_vanu_be = van Ulft, Bert (KNMI, Netherlands - bert.van.ulft 'at' knmi.nl)
-A_vini_ca = Vinicius, Capistrano (INPE, Brazil)
-A_walt_je = Walton, Jeremy (MetOffice, UK - jeremy.walton 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_wang_sh = Wang, Shiyu (SMHI, Sweden - shiyu.wang 'at' smhi.se)
-A_wenz_sa = Wenzel, Sabrina (DLR, Germany - sabrina.wenzel 'at' dlr.de)
-A_will_ke = Williams, Keith (MetOffice, UK - keith.williams 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-
-A_surn_na = Surname, Name (Institute, Country - E-Mail)
-
-### Viewers (not active developers)
-A_bala_ve = Balaji, Venkatramani (GFDL, USA - balaji 'at' princeton.edu)
-A_bunz_fe = Bunzel, Felix (MPI-M, Germany - felix.bunzel 'at' mpimet.mpg.de)
-A_char_an = Charlton-Perez, Andrew (Univ. of Reading, UK - a.j.charlton-perez 'at' reading.ac.uk)
-A_denn_jo = Dennis, John (NCAR, USA - dennis 'at' ucar.edu)
-A_graf_po = Graf, Phoebe (DLR, Germany - phoebe.graf 'at' dlr.de)
-A_hegg_mi = Hegglin, Michaela (Univ. of Reading, UK - m.i.hegglin 'at' reading.ac.uk)
-A_hend_jo = Hendricks, Johannes (DLR, Germany - johannes.hendricks 'at' dlr.de)
-A_john_ja = John, Jasmin (NOAA, USA - jasmin.john 'at' noaa.gov)
-A_jone_co = Jones, Colin (MetOffice, UK - colin.jones 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_kais_ch = Kaiser, Christopher (DLR, Germany - christopher.kaiser 'at' dlr.de)
-A_karp_al = Karpechko, Alexey, (FMI, Finland - Alexey.Karpechko 'at' fmi.fi)
-A_lawr_br = Lawrence, Bryan (STFC, UK - Bryan.Lawrence 'at' stfc.ac.uk)
-A_mick_sh = Mickelson, Sheri (NCAR, USA - mickelso 'at' ucar.edu)
-A_ocon_fi = OConnor, Fiona (MetOffice, UK - fiona.oconnor 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_radh_ap = Radhakrishnan, Aparna (GFDL, USA - aparna.radhakrishnan 'at' noaa.gov)
-A_sell_al = Sellar, Alistair (MetOffice, UK - alistair.sellar 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_wyse_kl = Wyser, Klaus (SMHI, Sweden - klaus.wyser 'at' smhi.se)
-
-### Former developers
-A_brae_me = Braeu, Melanie (DLR, Germany - braeu.melanie 'at' physik.uni-muenchen.de)
-A_dusc_ch = Duscha, Christiane (DLR, Germany - christiane.duscha 'at' dlr.de)
-A_enri_cl = Enright, Clare (UEA, UK - c.enright 'at' uea.ac.uk)
-A_halu_al = Haluszczynski, Alexander (DLR, Germany - alexander.haluszczynski 'at' dlr.de)
-A_herm_mi = Herman, Michael (New Mexico Tech, USA - mherman 'at' nmt.edu)
-A_hueb_mi = Huebner, Michael (DLR, Germany - michael.huebner 'at' dlr.de)
-A_john_ma = Johnston, Marston (SMHI, Sweden - shejo284 'at' gmail.com) 
-A_klin_ca = Klinger, Carolin (DLR, Germany - carolin.klinger 'at' physik.uni-muenchen.de)
-A_kola_mi = Kolax, Michael ('at')
-A_neal_ri = Neale, Richard (NCAR, US - rneale 'at' ucar.edu)
-A_orlo_bo = Orlowsky, Boris (ETH, Switzerland - boris.orlowsky 'at' env.ethz.ch)
-A_pasc_st = Pascoe, Stephen (STFC, UK - stephen.pascoe 'at' stfc.ac.uk)
-A_stev_ma = Stevens, Mark (NCAR, US - stevens 'at' ucar.edu)
-
-### Former viewers (not active viewers)
-A_butc_ne = Butchart, Neal (MetOffice, UK- neal.butchart 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
-A_hass_da = Hassell, David (Univ. of Reading, UK - d.c.hassell 'at' reading.ac.uk)
-A_ivan_de = Ivanova, Detelina (NERSC, Norway - detelina.ivanova 'at' nersc.no)
-A_mois_au = Moise, Aurel (BOM, Australia - a.moise 'at' bom.gov.au)
-A_pend_di = Pendlebury, Diane (Univ. of Toronto, Canada - diane 'at' atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca)
-A_step_da = Stepanova, Daria (FMI, Finland - daria.stepanova 'at' fmi.fi)
-A_tilm_si = Tilmes, Simone (NCAR, US - tilmes 'at' ucar.edu)
-
-### DIAGNOSTICS REFERENCES #############################################
-
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-D_0001 = Please contact the author(s) to discuss acknowledgment or co-authorship.
-D_0002 = Please acknowledge the project(s).
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-D_cionni11acp = Cionni et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 11267-11292, doi:10.5194/acp-11-11267-2011, 2011.
-D_clivar09jclim = CLIVAR Madden-Julian Oscillation Working Group, J. Climate, 22, 3006–3030, doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JCLI2731.1 (2009)
-D_dong08grl = Dong, S. et al., J. Geophys. Res., 113, C06013, doi:10.1029/2006JC004051 (2008)
-D_duemenil00mpimr: Duemenil Gates et al., Observed historical discharge data from major rivers for climate model validation. Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Report 307, Hamburg, Germany (2000)
-D_emmons00jgr = Emmons et al., J. Geophys. Res., 105, D16, 20497-20538, 2000.
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-D_kerry06jclim = Kerry H. et al, J. Climate, 19, 3681-3703, doi:10.1175/JCLI3814.1 (2006)
-D_kim09jclim = Kim, D. et al., J. Climate, 22, 6413-6436, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3063.1 (2009)
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-D_lauer05acp = Lauer et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 3251-3276, doi:10.5194/acp-5-3251-2005, 2005.
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-D_webster92qjrms = Webster, P. J. and Yang, S., Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 118: 877-926. doi:10.1002/qj.49711850705
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-### OBSERVATIONS REFERENCES ############################################
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-E_access2 = ACCESS2 - Roiger et al., accepted
-E_aeronet = AERONET - See http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/data_usage.html
-E_airs = AIRS
-E_auramls = Aura MLS
-E_cirrus = CIRRUS - Baumgardner et al., Environ. Res. Lett., 3, 025010, 2008.
-E_castnet = CASTNET - See http://epa.gov/castnet/javaweb/index.html
-E_ceresebaf = CERES-EBAF
-E_concert = CONCERT - Dahlkoetter et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 6111-6137, 2014.
-E_cr-ave = CR-AVE - Schwarz et al., J. Geophys. Res., 113, D03203, 2008.
-E_dc3 = DC3 - B. Weinzierl (DLR)
-E_duemenil00mpi = GRDC station observations - Duemenil et al., Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Report 307, Hamburg, Germany, 2000.
-E_eanet = EANET - See http://www.eanet.cc/
-E_emep = EMEP - See http://www.emep.int/
-E_emmons00jgr = Emmons et al., J. Geophys. Res., 105, D16, 20497-20538, 2000.
-E_era40 = ERA40
-E_erainterim = ERA-Interim
-E_esacci-aerosol = ESACCI-AEROSOL - Popp, T. et al. (2015): ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (ESA Aerosol_cci) data: AOD v4.21 via Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, May 2016
-E_esacci-landcover = ESACCI-LANDCOVER - Defourny et al. (2015): ESA Land Cover Climate Change Initiative (ESA LC_cci) data: ESACCI-LC-L4-LCCS-Map-300m-P5Y-[2000,2005,2010]-v1.6.1 via Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
-E_esacci-sm = ESACCI-SOILMOISTURE - Liu, et al. (2011), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 425-436; Liu, et al. (2012), Remote Sensing of Environment, 123, 280-297; Wagner, et al. (2012), Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume I-7
-E_esacci-sst = ESACCI-SST - Merchant, et al. (2014): ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (ESA SST CCI): Analysis long term product version 1.0, NERC Earth Observation Data Centre, 24th February 2014, doi: 10.5285/878bef44-d32a-40cd-a02d-49b6286f0ea4.
-E_haloe = HALOE
-E_hippo = HIPPO - Schwarz et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 5542-5547, 2013.
-E_improve = IMPROVE - See http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/improve/data/improve/improve_data.htm
-E_inca = INCA - Minikin et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1503, 2003.
-E_isccp_d1 = ISCCP D1 - Rossow and Schiffer, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 2261-2287, 1999.
-E_king03tgrs = MODIS-CFMIP - King, M. D., et al., IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41, 442-458, 2003.
-E_ncep = NCEP - Kalnay et al., Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 437-470, 1996.
-E_misr = MISR
-E_modis = MODIS
-E_niwa = NIWA
-E_odell08jcli = UWisc - O'Dell et al., J. Climate, 21, 1721-1739, 2008.
-E_lace1 = LACE - Petzold et al., J. Geophys. Res., 107, D21, 8128, 2002.
-E_lace2 = LACE - Schroeder et al., J. Geophys. Res., 107, D21, 8126, 2002.
-E_oct-ave = Oct-AVE - Schwarz et al., J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16207, 2006.
-E_pincus08jcli = MODIS-CFMIP - Pincus et al., J. Climate, 25, 4699-4720, 2012.
-E_saltrace1 = SALTRACE - B. Weinzierl (DLR)
-E_saltrace2 = SALTRACE - K. Fomba (TROPOS)
-E_samum1 = SAMUM - Weinzierl et al., Tellus B 2009.
-E_samum2 = SAMUM - K. Kandler (TU Darmstadt)
-E_srb = SRB
-E_tc4 = TC4 - Spackman et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L09803, 2011.
-E_ucnpacific = UCN-Pacific - Clarke and Kapustin, J. Atmos. Sci. 59, 363, 2002.
-E_ukmo = UKMO
-E_weedon14waterresourres = WFDEI - Weedon et al., Water Resour. Res. 50, 2014
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-### PROJECTS REFERENCES ################################################
-
-P_climval = BMBF MiKlip Project ClimVal
-P_cmip6dicad = BMBF CMIP6 Project Germany
-P_cmug = ESA CMUG
-P_crescendo = EU H2020 project CRESCENDO
-P_dlrveu = DLR project VEU
-P_dlrveu2 = DLR project VEU2
-P_embrace = EU FP7 project EMBRACE
-P_esmval = DLR project ESMVal
-P_qa4ecv = QA4ECV
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-### CMIP6 REALMS (for reporting) #####################################
-
-R_aerosol = aerosol
-R_atmos = atmosphere
-R_atmosChem = atmospheric chemistry
-R_land = land
-R_landIce = land ice
-R_ocean = ocean
-R_ocnBgchem = ocean biogeochemistry
-R_seaIce = sea ice
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-### THEME (for reporting) ############################################
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-T_aerosols = aerosols
-T_atmDyn = atmospheric dynamics
-T_bgchem = biogeochemistry
-T_bgphys = biogeophysics
-T_carbon = carbon cycle
-T_chem = chemistry
-T_clouds = clouds
-T_EC = emergent constraint
-T_ghg = greenhouse gases
-T_monsoon = monsoons
-T_phys = physics
-T_seaIce = sea ice
-T_varmodes = modes of variability
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-### DOMAIN (for reporting) ##########################################
-
-DM_et = extra tropics
-DM_global = global
-DM_midlat = mid-latittudes
-DM_nh = northern hemisphere
-DM_polar = polar
-DM_reg = regional
-DM_sh = southern hemisphere
-DM_trop = tropics
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-### PLOT TYPE (for reporting) ######################################
-
-PT_errorbar = error bar plot
-PT_bar = bar chart
-PT_diurn = diurnal cycle
-PT_geo = geographical distribution
-PT_portrait = portrait diagram
-PT_polar = polar-stereographic plot
-PT_scatter = scatter plot
-PT_seas = seasonal cycle
-PT_size = size-distribution
-PT_vert = vertical profile
-PT_taylor = taylor diagram
-PT_times = time series
-PT_zonal = zonal mean
-PT_pro = profile (any other kind of line chart)
-PT_other = other plot types
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-### STATISTICS (for reporting) #####################################
-
-ST_anomaly = anomaly
-ST_corr = correlation
-ST_diff = difference
-ST_eof = empirical orthogonal function (EOF)
-ST_mean = mean
-ST_spectrum = spectrum
-ST_stddev = standard deviation
-ST_var = variability
-ST_rmsd = rmsd
-ST_range = range of values
-ST_trend = temporal trend
-ST_clim = climatology
-ST_perc = percentiles
-ST_median = median
-ST_detrend = detrend
-ST_other = other statistics
-
+# Full list of authors and references for the currently implemented 
+# diagnostics. Authors, diagnostics, observations and projects references
+# are identified by the tags "A", "D", "E" and "P", respectively.
+#
+# For reporting, the following additional namelist and diagnostic tags
+# are defined:
+# "R" = CMIP6 realm, "T" = theme
+# "DM" = domain, "PT" = plot type, "ST" = statistics
+#
+# Add new entries alphabetically (for authors) or at the end of the 
+# respective lists. Do not change the current entries!
+#
+# These tags are used by the write_references.ncl function to automatically
+# create reference-and-acknowledgements document.
+# See ./interface_scripts/write_references.ncl
+#
+#
+### AUTHOR/CONTRIBUTOR LIST ############################################
+
+### Core Team (PI and core developers)
+A_eyri_ve = Eyring, Veronika (DLR, Germany - veronika.eyring 'at' dlr.de)
+A_laue_ax = Lauer, Axel (DLR, Germany - axel.lauer 'at' dlr.de)
+A_righ_ma = Righi, Mattia (DLR, Germany - mattia.righi 'at' dlr.de)
+A_eval_ma = Evaldsson, Martin (SMHI, Sweden - martin.evaldsson 'at' smhi.se)
+A_loew_al = Loew, Alexander (LMU, Germany - alexander.loew 'at' lmu.de)
+
+### Development team
+A_anav_al = Anav, Alessandro (Univ. of Exeter, UK - a.anav 'at' exeter.ac.uk)
+A_andr_ol = Andrews, Oliver (Tyndall Centre, UK - oliverdandrews 'at' googlemail.com)
+A_bock_ls = Bock, Lisa (DLR, Germany - lisa.bock 'at' dlr.de)
+A_chen_ja = Chen, Jack (NCAR, USA - cchen 'at' ucar.edu)
+A_cion_ir = Cionni, Irene (ENEA, Italy - irene.cionni 'at' enea.it)
+A_davi_ed = Davin, Edouard Leopold (ETH, CH, edouard.davin 'at' env.ethz.ch)
+A_ehbr_ca = Ehbrecht, Carsten (DKRZ, Germany - ehbrecht 'at' dkrz.de)
+A_fran_fr = Frank, Franziska (DLR, Germany - franziska.frank 'at' dlr.de)
+A_gain_al = Gainusa-Bogdan, Alina (France)
+A_gall_be = Gallego-Elvira, Belen (NERC, UK - belgal 'at' nerc.ac.uk)
+A_gett_an = Gettelman, Andrew (NCAR, USA - andrew 'at' ucar.edu)
+A_gott_kl = Gottschaldt, Klaus-Dirk (DLR, Germany - klaus-dirk.gottschaldt 'at' dlr.de)
+A_hage_st = Hagemann, Stefan (MPI-M, Germany, stefan.hagemann 'at' mpimet.mpg.de)
+A_hann_ul = Hansson, Ulf (SMHI, Sweden - 'at')
+A_hemp_ni = Hempelmann, Nils (IPSL, France - nils.hempelmann 'at' ipsl.jussieu.fr)
+A_hutj_ro = Hutjes, Ronald (Univ. of Wageningen, NL - ronald.hutjes 'at' wur.nl)
+A_juck_ma = Juckes, Martin (BADC, UK - martin.juckes 'at' stfc.ac.uk)
+A_kady_ni = Kadygrov, Nikolay (IPSL, France - nikolay.kadygrov 'at' ipsl.jussieu.fr)
+A_kind_st = Kindermann, Stephan (DKRZ, Germany - kindermann 'at' dkrz.de)
+A_kras_jo = Krasting, John (NOAA, USA - john.krasting 'at' noaa.gov)
+A_kune_dm = Kunert, Dominik (DLR, Germany - dominik.kunert 'at' dlr.de)
+A_levi_ri = Levine, Richard (MetOffice, UK - richard.levine 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_litt_bi = Little, Bill (MetOffice, UK - bill.little 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_maek_ja = Makela, Jarmo ('at')
+A_malo_er = Maloney, Eric (Colorado State University - emaloney 'at' atmos.colostate.edu)
+A_maso_er = Mason, Erik (NOAA, USA - erik.mason 'at' noaa.gov)
+A_mass_fr = Massonnet, Francois (Spain)
+A_mart_gi = Martin, Gill (MetOffice, UK - gill.martin 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_mell_fe = Mello, Felipe (INPE, Brazil)
+A_mohi_da = Dalvi, Mohit (MetOffice, UK - mohit.dalvi 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_muel_bn = Mueller, Benjamin (LMU, Germany)
+A_niku_gr = Nikulin, Grigory (SMHI, Sweden - grigory.nikulin 'at' smhi.se)
+A_nobr_pa = Nobre, Paulo (INPE, Brazil) 
+A_oliv_ar = Oliveira, Arildo (INPE, Brazil)
+A_phil_ad = Phillips, Adam (NCAR, USA - asphilli 'at' ucar.edu)
+A_pugh_th = Pugh, Thomas (KIT, Germany - thomas.pugh 'at' kit.edu)
+A_read_si = Read, Simon (Univ. of Reading, UK - s.read 'at' reading.ac.uk)
+A_ring_ma = Ringer, Mark (MetOffice, UK - mark.ringer 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_rio_ca  = Rio, Catherine (IPSL, France - catherine.rio 'at' lmd.jussieu.fr)
+A_roeh_ro = Roehrig, Romain (MeteoFr, France - romain.roehrig 'at' meteo.fr)
+A_senf_da = Senftleben, Daniel (DLR, Germany - daniel.senftleben 'at' dlr.de)
+A_somm_ph = Sommer, Philipp (Univ. of Hamburg, Germany - 'at')
+A_ster_an = Sterl, Andreas (KNMI, Netherlands - sterl 'at' knmi.nl)
+A_teic_ca = Teichmann, Claas (CSC2, Germany - claas.teichmann 'at' hzg.de)
+A_tsus_yo = Tsushima, Yoko (MetOffice, UK - yoko.tsushima 'al' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_vanu_be = van Ulft, Bert (KNMI, Netherlands - bert.van.ulft 'at' knmi.nl)
+A_vini_ca = Vinicius, Capistrano (INPE, Brazil)
+A_walt_je = Walton, Jeremy (MetOffice, UK - jeremy.walton 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_wang_sh = Wang, Shiyu (SMHI, Sweden - shiyu.wang 'at' smhi.se)
+A_wenz_sa = Wenzel, Sabrina (DLR, Germany - sabrina.wenzel 'at' dlr.de)
+A_will_ke = Williams, Keith (MetOffice, UK - keith.williams 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+
+A_surn_na = Surname, Name (Institute, Country - E-Mail)
+
+### Viewers (not active developers)
+A_bala_ve = Balaji, Venkatramani (GFDL, USA - balaji 'at' princeton.edu)
+A_bunz_fe = Bunzel, Felix (MPI-M, Germany - felix.bunzel 'at' mpimet.mpg.de)
+A_char_an = Charlton-Perez, Andrew (Univ. of Reading, UK - a.j.charlton-perez 'at' reading.ac.uk)
+A_denn_jo = Dennis, John (NCAR, USA - dennis 'at' ucar.edu)
+A_graf_po = Graf, Phoebe (DLR, Germany - phoebe.graf 'at' dlr.de)
+A_hegg_mi = Hegglin, Michaela (Univ. of Reading, UK - m.i.hegglin 'at' reading.ac.uk)
+A_hend_jo = Hendricks, Johannes (DLR, Germany - johannes.hendricks 'at' dlr.de)
+A_john_ja = John, Jasmin (NOAA, USA - jasmin.john 'at' noaa.gov)
+A_jone_co = Jones, Colin (MetOffice, UK - colin.jones 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_kais_ch = Kaiser, Christopher (DLR, Germany - christopher.kaiser 'at' dlr.de)
+A_karp_al = Karpechko, Alexey, (FMI, Finland - Alexey.Karpechko 'at' fmi.fi)
+A_lawr_br = Lawrence, Bryan (STFC, UK - Bryan.Lawrence 'at' stfc.ac.uk)
+A_mick_sh = Mickelson, Sheri (NCAR, USA - mickelso 'at' ucar.edu)
+A_ocon_fi = OConnor, Fiona (MetOffice, UK - fiona.oconnor 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_radh_ap = Radhakrishnan, Aparna (GFDL, USA - aparna.radhakrishnan 'at' noaa.gov)
+A_sell_al = Sellar, Alistair (MetOffice, UK - alistair.sellar 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_wyse_kl = Wyser, Klaus (SMHI, Sweden - klaus.wyser 'at' smhi.se)
+
+### Former developers
+A_brae_me = Braeu, Melanie (DLR, Germany - braeu.melanie 'at' physik.uni-muenchen.de)
+A_dusc_ch = Duscha, Christiane (DLR, Germany - christiane.duscha 'at' dlr.de)
+A_enri_cl = Enright, Clare (UEA, UK - c.enright 'at' uea.ac.uk)
+A_halu_al = Haluszczynski, Alexander (DLR, Germany - alexander.haluszczynski 'at' dlr.de)
+A_herm_mi = Herman, Michael (New Mexico Tech, USA - mherman 'at' nmt.edu)
+A_hueb_mi = Huebner, Michael (DLR, Germany - michael.huebner 'at' dlr.de)
+A_john_ma = Johnston, Marston (SMHI, Sweden - shejo284 'at' gmail.com) 
+A_klin_ca = Klinger, Carolin (DLR, Germany - carolin.klinger 'at' physik.uni-muenchen.de)
+A_kola_mi = Kolax, Michael ('at')
+A_neal_ri = Neale, Richard (NCAR, US - rneale 'at' ucar.edu)
+A_orlo_bo = Orlowsky, Boris (ETH, Switzerland - boris.orlowsky 'at' env.ethz.ch)
+A_pasc_st = Pascoe, Stephen (STFC, UK - stephen.pascoe 'at' stfc.ac.uk)
+A_stev_ma = Stevens, Mark (NCAR, US - stevens 'at' ucar.edu)
+
+### Former viewers (not active viewers)
+A_butc_ne = Butchart, Neal (MetOffice, UK- neal.butchart 'at' metoffice.gov.uk)
+A_hass_da = Hassell, David (Univ. of Reading, UK - d.c.hassell 'at' reading.ac.uk)
+A_ivan_de = Ivanova, Detelina (NERSC, Norway - detelina.ivanova 'at' nersc.no)
+A_mois_au = Moise, Aurel (BOM, Australia - a.moise 'at' bom.gov.au)
+A_pend_di = Pendlebury, Diane (Univ. of Toronto, Canada - diane 'at' atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca)
+A_step_da = Stepanova, Daria (FMI, Finland - daria.stepanova 'at' fmi.fi)
+A_tilm_si = Tilmes, Simone (NCAR, US - tilmes 'at' ucar.edu)
+
+### DIAGNOSTICS REFERENCES #############################################
+
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+D_webster92qjrms = Webster, P. J. and Yang, S., Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 118: 877-926. doi:10.1002/qj.49711850705
+D_weedon14wrr = Weedon, G. P. et al., Water Resour. Res., 50, 7505-7514, doi:10.1002/2014WR015638 (2014)
+D_wenzel14jgr = Wenzel et al., J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 119(5), doi:2013JG002591, 2014.
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+
+### OBSERVATIONS REFERENCES ############################################
+
+E_access2 = ACCESS2 - Roiger et al., accepted
+E_aeronet = AERONET - See http://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/new_web/data_usage.html
+E_airs = AIRS
+E_auramls = Aura MLS
+E_cirrus = CIRRUS - Baumgardner et al., Environ. Res. Lett., 3, 025010, 2008.
+E_castnet = CASTNET - See http://epa.gov/castnet/javaweb/index.html
+E_ceresebaf = CERES-EBAF
+E_concert = CONCERT - Dahlkoetter et al., Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 6111-6137, 2014.
+E_cr-ave = CR-AVE - Schwarz et al., J. Geophys. Res., 113, D03203, 2008.
+E_dc3 = DC3 - B. Weinzierl (DLR)
+E_duemenil00mpi = GRDC station observations - Duemenil et al., Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Report 307, Hamburg, Germany, 2000.
+E_eanet = EANET - See http://www.eanet.cc/
+E_emep = EMEP - See http://www.emep.int/
+E_emmons00jgr = Emmons et al., J. Geophys. Res., 105, D16, 20497-20538, 2000.
+E_era40 = ERA40
+E_erainterim = ERA-Interim
+E_esacci-aerosol = ESACCI-AEROSOL - Popp, T. et al. (2015): ESA Aerosol Climate Change Initiative (ESA Aerosol_cci) data: AOD v4.21 via Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, May 2016
+E_esacci-landcover = ESACCI-LANDCOVER - Defourny et al. (2015): ESA Land Cover Climate Change Initiative (ESA LC_cci) data: ESACCI-LC-L4-LCCS-Map-300m-P5Y-[2000,2005,2010]-v1.6.1 via Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
+E_esacci-sm = ESACCI-SOILMOISTURE - Liu, et al. (2011), Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 425-436; Liu, et al. (2012), Remote Sensing of Environment, 123, 280-297; Wagner, et al. (2012), Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume I-7
+E_esacci-sst = ESACCI-SST - Merchant, et al. (2014): ESA Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (ESA SST CCI): Analysis long term product version 1.0, NERC Earth Observation Data Centre, 24th February 2014, doi: 10.5285/878bef44-d32a-40cd-a02d-49b6286f0ea4.
+E_haloe = HALOE
+E_hippo = HIPPO - Schwarz et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 5542-5547, 2013.
+E_improve = IMPROVE - See http://vista.cira.colostate.edu/improve/data/improve/improve_data.htm
+E_inca = INCA - Minikin et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 1503, 2003.
+E_isccp_d1 = ISCCP D1 - Rossow and Schiffer, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 2261-2287, 1999.
+E_king03tgrs = MODIS-CFMIP - King, M. D., et al., IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41, 442-458, 2003.
+E_ncep = NCEP - Kalnay et al., Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 437-470, 1996.
+E_misr = MISR
+E_modis = MODIS
+E_niwa = NIWA
+E_odell08jcli = UWisc - O'Dell et al., J. Climate, 21, 1721-1739, 2008.
+E_lace1 = LACE - Petzold et al., J. Geophys. Res., 107, D21, 8128, 2002.
+E_lace2 = LACE - Schroeder et al., J. Geophys. Res., 107, D21, 8126, 2002.
+E_oct-ave = Oct-AVE - Schwarz et al., J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16207, 2006.
+E_pincus08jcli = MODIS-CFMIP - Pincus et al., J. Climate, 25, 4699-4720, 2012.
+E_saltrace1 = SALTRACE - B. Weinzierl (DLR)
+E_saltrace2 = SALTRACE - K. Fomba (TROPOS)
+E_samum1 = SAMUM - Weinzierl et al., Tellus B 2009.
+E_samum2 = SAMUM - K. Kandler (TU Darmstadt)
+E_srb = SRB
+E_tc4 = TC4 - Spackman et al., Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L09803, 2011.
+E_ucnpacific = UCN-Pacific - Clarke and Kapustin, J. Atmos. Sci. 59, 363, 2002.
+E_ukmo = UKMO
+E_weedon14waterresourres = WFDEI - Weedon et al., Water Resour. Res. 50, 2014
+
+### PROJECTS REFERENCES ################################################
+
+P_climval = BMBF MiKlip Project ClimVal
+P_cmip6dicad = BMBF CMIP6 Project Germany
+P_cmug = ESA CMUG
+P_crescendo = EU H2020 project CRESCENDO
+P_dlrveu = DLR project VEU
+P_dlrveu2 = DLR project VEU2
+P_embrace = EU FP7 project EMBRACE
+P_esmval = DLR project ESMVal
+P_qa4ecv = QA4ECV
+
+### CMIP6 REALMS (for reporting) #####################################
+
+R_aerosol = aerosol
+R_atmos = atmosphere
+R_atmosChem = atmospheric chemistry
+R_land = land
+R_landIce = land ice
+R_ocean = ocean
+R_ocnBgchem = ocean biogeochemistry
+R_seaIce = sea ice
+
+### THEME (for reporting) ############################################
+
+T_aerosols = aerosols
+T_atmDyn = atmospheric dynamics
+T_bgchem = biogeochemistry
+T_bgphys = biogeophysics
+T_carbon = carbon cycle
+T_chem = chemistry
+T_clouds = clouds
+T_EC = emergent constraint
+T_ghg = greenhouse gases
+T_monsoon = monsoons
+T_phys = physics
+T_seaIce = sea ice
+T_varmodes = modes of variability
+
+### DOMAIN (for reporting) ##########################################
+
+DM_et = extra tropics
+DM_global = global
+DM_midlat = mid-latittudes
+DM_nh = northern hemisphere
+DM_polar = polar
+DM_reg = regional
+DM_sh = southern hemisphere
+DM_trop = tropics
+
+### PLOT TYPE (for reporting) ######################################
+
+PT_errorbar = error bar plot
+PT_bar = bar chart
+PT_diurn = diurnal cycle
+PT_geo = geographical distribution
+PT_portrait = portrait diagram
+PT_polar = polar-stereographic plot
+PT_scatter = scatter plot
+PT_seas = seasonal cycle
+PT_size = size-distribution
+PT_vert = vertical profile
+PT_taylor = taylor diagram
+PT_times = time series
+PT_zonal = zonal mean
+PT_pro = profile (any other kind of line chart)
+PT_other = other plot types
+
+### STATISTICS (for reporting) #####################################
+
+ST_anomaly = anomaly
+ST_corr = correlation
+ST_diff = difference
+ST_eof = empirical orthogonal function (EOF)
+ST_mean = mean
+ST_spectrum = spectrum
+ST_stddev = standard deviation
+ST_var = variability
+ST_rmsd = rmsd
+ST_range = range of values
+ST_trend = temporal trend
+ST_clim = climatology
+ST_perc = percentiles
+ST_median = median
+ST_detrend = detrend
+ST_other = other statistics
+