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Graphical Representation of Climate Model Architecture

Graphical Representation of Climate Model Architecture. Kaitlin Alexander, University of Manitoba Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto. Intercomparison Projects. CMIP5 PMIP3 GeoMIP Architecture?. EMICs. GCMs. UVic ESCM 2.9. COSMOS 1.2.1 Model E HadGEM3 CESM 1.0.2 GFDL CM 2.1

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Graphical Representation of Climate Model Architecture

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  1. Graphical Representation of Climate Model Architecture Kaitlin Alexander, University of Manitoba Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto

  2. Intercomparison Projects • CMIP5 • PMIP3 • GeoMIP • Architecture?

  3. EMICs GCMs • UVic ESCM 2.9 • COSMOS 1.2.1 • Model E • HadGEM3 • CESM 1.0.2 • GFDL CM 2.1 • IPSL CM5A

  4. atmosphere ocean coupler land ice land sea ice sediment fluxes from atmosphere fluxes from ocean …

  5. IPSL CM5A

  6. 2-Sided Models COSMOS

  7. Star-Shaped Models CESM

  8. Atmosphere-Dominated Models HadGEM3

  9. Ocean-Dominated Models UVic

  10. Large Land Components Model E

  11. Sea Ice Encapsulated Integrated CESM COSMOS

  12. Sea Ice Interface GFDL

  13. Problems • Code not pre-processed • Sorting into components • PowerPoint

  14. HadGEM2-ES um_shell u_model atm_step ocn_step ukca_main1 ice_ctl

  15. HadGEM2-ES

  16. Going forward • 8-9 models • 2-3 EMICs • AR5 configurations

  17. Acknowledgements • Scientists who helped out: • Gavin Schmidt (NASA GISS) • Tim Johns (Hadley Centre) • Gary Strand (NCAR) • Arnaud Caubel, Marie-Alice Foujols, Anne Cozic (IPSL) • ReinhardBudich (MPI-Met) • Michael Eby (UVic) • Funded by NSERC and the Centre for Global Change Science at the University of Toronto.

  18. Questions? If you want to take part, we’d love to analyse your model! Kaitlin Alexander kaitlin.a.alexander@gmail.com

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