GFDL

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Earth system modeling center United States federal research laboratory climate research laboratory meteorological research laboratory

GFDL is a leading U.S. research laboratory that develops advanced climate and weather models to study the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.

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Target entity: GFDL
Context triple: [Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, abbreviation, GFDL]

A. GNU Free Documentation License
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B. GNU General Public License
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C. GNU Lesser General Public License
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D. Apache License 1.1
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E. Artistic License 2.0
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F. None of above. chosen
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NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: GFDL
Target entity description: GFDL is a leading U.S. research laboratory that develops advanced climate and weather models to study the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.

A. GNU Free Documentation License
The GNU Free Documentation License is a copyleft license designed to ensure that documentation, textbooks, and other written works remain freely usable, modifiable, and redistributable.
B. GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license that guarantees users the freedoms to run, study, share, and modify software while requiring that derivative works remain similarly open.
C. GNU Lesser General Public License
The GNU Lesser General Public License is a free software license that allows developers to use and integrate covered software libraries into their own programs, including proprietary ones, under certain copyleft conditions.
D. Apache License 1.1
Apache License 1.1 is an older, permissive open-source software license from the Apache Software Foundation that preceded and was later replaced by Apache License 2.0.
E. Artistic License 2.0
Artistic License 2.0 is a permissive, copyleft-influenced open-source software license originally used by Perl and other projects, allowing modification and redistribution under certain conditions.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Earth system modeling center ⓘ United States federal research laboratory ⓘ climate research laboratory ⓘ meteorological research laboratory ⓘ
abbreviation	GFDL ⓘ linked to: GNU Free Documentation License
affiliatedWith	Princeton University ⓘ
collaboratesWith	NASA ⓘ NOAA National Weather Service ⓘ linked to: National Weather Service Princeton University ⓘ international climate modeling centers ⓘ
contributesTo	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessments ⓘ linked to: IPCC Assessment Reports U.S. National Climate Assessments ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
develops	Earth system models ⓘ atmosphere–ocean coupled models ⓘ global climate models ⓘ ocean models ⓘ weather prediction models ⓘ
establishedIn	1955 ⓘ
focusesOn	Earth’s atmosphere ⓘ climate change ⓘ climate variability ⓘ oceans ⓘ weather prediction ⓘ
foundedBy	Joseph Smagorinsky ⓘ Jule Charney ⓘ
fullName	Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory ⓘ
hasDeveloped	FV3 dynamical core ⓘ GFDL CM2 climate model family ⓘ GFDL ESM2 Earth system model family ⓘ linked to: Goddard Earth Observing System models
locatedIn	New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States Princeton, New Jersey ⓘ linked to: Princeton, New Jersey, United States United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
mission	to improve understanding and prediction of climate and weather ⓘ
operatedBy	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
parentAgency	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ⓘ
partOf	NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ⓘ
primaryObjective	to provide scientific basis for climate policy and decision-making ⓘ
researchField	Earth system science ⓘ atmospheric sciences ⓘ climate modeling ⓘ geophysical fluid dynamics ⓘ oceanography ⓘ weather modeling ⓘ
uses	numerical models ⓘ supercomputers ⓘ
website	https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/ ⓘ

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