The Met Office Unified Model Global Atmosphere 4.0 and JULES Global Land 4.0 configurations

We describe Global Atmosphere 4.0 (GA4.0) and Global Land 4.0 (GL4.0): configurations of the Met Office Unified Model and JULES (Joint UK Land Environment Simulator) community land surface model developed for use in global and regional climate research and weather prediction activities. GA4.0 and GL...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geoscientific model development Jg. 7; H. 1; S. 361 - 386
Hauptverfasser: Walters, D. N., Williams, K. D., Boutle, I. A., Bushell, A. C., Edwards, J. M., Field, P. R., Lock, A. P., Morcrette, C. J., Stratton, R. A., Wilkinson, J. M., Willett, M. R., Bellouin, N., Bodas-Salcedo, A., Brooks, M. E., Copsey, D., Earnshaw, P. D., Hardiman, S. C., Harris, C. M., Levine, R. C., MacLachlan, C., Manners, J. C., Martin, G. M., Milton, S. F., Palmer, M. D., Roberts, M. J., Rodríguez, J. M., Tennant, W. J., Vidale, P. L.
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Copernicus GmbH 20.02.2014
Copernicus Publications
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Atmospheres
Climatology
Environment simulators
Land
Mathematical models
Meteorological research
Offices
Weather
Weather forecasting
Work environment
ISSN:1991-9603, 1991-959X, 1991-9603, 1991-959X
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Zusammenfassung:We describe Global Atmosphere 4.0 (GA4.0) and Global Land 4.0 (GL4.0): configurations of the Met Office Unified Model and JULES (Joint UK Land Environment Simulator) community land surface model developed for use in global and regional climate research and weather prediction activities. GA4.0 and GL4.0 are based on the previous GA3.0 and GL3.0 configurations, with the inclusion of developments made by the Met Office and its collaborators during its annual development cycle. This paper provides a comprehensive technical and scientific description of GA4.0 and GL4.0 as well as details of how these differ from their predecessors. We also present the results of some initial evaluations of their performance. Overall, performance is comparable with that of GA3.0/GL3.0; the updated configurations include improvements to the science of several parametrisation schemes, however, and will form a baseline for further ongoing development.
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ISSN:1991-9603
1991-959X
1991-9603
1991-959X
DOI:10.5194/gmd-7-361-2014