Candidate models were submitted by various groups of modellers, using different methodologies and datasets.
A total of 91 models were submitted.
The call requested models to 0.1 nT precision, and nine candidate models were submitted.
In addition, nine SV models were submitted for the predictive part covering epochs 2015.0-2020.0.
Predictive models were submitted in forms of Multi Linear Regression, MLR simulations and their performances were evaluated.
A total of 91 models were submitted from the USA, Switzerland, Italy, New Zealand, and Japan before the launch of the experiment.
At the start of October 2009, seven MF candidate models were submitted for DGRF-2005 and IGRF-2010, while eight candidates were submitted for SV-2010-2015.
A total of 91 models were submitted; these are currently under the CSEP official suite of tests for evaluating the performance of forecasts.
For the "All Japan" region (Fig. 1), 9 models were submitted: HIST-ETAS5pa and HIST-ETAS7pa (Ogata, 2011), MARFS and MARFSTA (Smyth and Mori, 2011), Triple-S-Japan (Zechar and Jordan, 2010), and RI10k, R30k, RI50k, and RI100k (Nanjo, 2011).
Regarding their original geometry and some possible design variations, the models were submitted to compression conditions to calculate the maximum compression force and they were validated for comparison with experimental predictions.
