To take part in the challenge of the climateprediction.net experiment you need to download some software which runs on your PC (whenever you are not using the processor for other jobs). The climateprediction.net software is a version of the Met Office's state-of-the-art climate model.

Since August 2004, climateprediction.net has moved to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC). This software platform provides a lot more flexibility for both the project and its participants. Participants can choose to allocate their time to one, or more, distributed computing project. BOINC supports Mac and Linux as well as Windows computers.

Click here to go to the climateprediction.net BOINC download pages.

If, for whatever reason, you do not wish to use the BOINC software platform, you can chose to participate in the climateprediction.net experiment directly by following the instructions below. We recommend this for participants taking the Open University short course and for U.K. schools who will be using course notes etc. based on the original software.

1. Check the technical requirements - ensure that your fulfil the minimal recommended conditions to be able to run the model on your machine smoothly and without experiencing major difficulties.



2. Have a look at the typical participants' questions - this is a very useful source of information that helps to answer many usual questions.



3. Download a climate model - register and accept the license agreement to be able to download and then run the model.
   
   
4. Run model and process results - decompress the zip file. Run the model by double-clicking on the downloaded executable. The model will send us back your results, and in the meantime, you are welcome to explore our interactive and still growing User Area and give us feedback.