Scenario Services & Scientific Software
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The IAMC data format
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The *Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium* (`IAMC`_) developed a standardised
tabular timeseries format to exchange scenario data related to energy systems modelling,
land-use change, demand sectors, and economic indicators in the context of
climate change mitigation pathways and the the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Read more about the :ref:`iamc-format`...

.. _`IAMC`: http://iamconsortium.org/

Scenario databases hosted by IIASA
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The *Energy, Climate and Environment* program (ECE) at IIASA is hosting many databases
for the community to facilitate scenario analysis, model comparison and dissemination.

Read more about the :ref:`scenario-databases`...

Standardized naming conventions and guidelines
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Having agreed standards and guidelines on naming conventions is crucial for consistency
and reusability in scenario analysis.

Read more about the :ref:`standards`...

Open-source software packages
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The |ScSe team| is developing several open-source Python packages for analysis,
processing and management of scenario data in the IAMC format.

Read more about the :ref:`software`...

Table of Contents
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   iamc
   scenario-databases
   standards
   software
   user-guide

License & Source
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  The project is maintained by the **Scenario Services & Scientific Software** team
  in the *Energy, Climate, and Environment* program (ECE) at IIASA.
| Visit https://software.ece.iiasa.ac.at for more information.