# ESMValTool

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ESMValTool: A community diagnostic and performance metrics tool for routine evaluation of Earth system models in CMIP

# Input data

ESMValTool can run with the following types of data as input:

- CMIP5
- CMIP6
- OBS, OBS6
- obs4mips
- ana4mips
- CORDEX

# Getting started

Please see [getting started](https://esmvaltool.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started/index.html) on readthedocs.

## Getting help

The easiest way to get help if you cannot find the answer in the documentation on [readthedocs](https://esmvaltool.readthedocs.io), is to open an [issue on GitHub](https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/issues).

## Contributing

If you would like to contribute a new diagnostic or feature, please have a look at [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/ESMValGroup/ESMValTool/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).