Design and implementation of the infrastructure of HadGEM3: The next-generation Met Office climate modelling system

Geoscientific Model Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 223-253

  Hewitt, H T ^a   Copsey, D ^a   Culverwell, I D ^a   Harris, C M ^a   Hill, R S R ^a   Keen, A B ^a   McLaren, A J ^a   Hunke, E C ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; DESIGN;

EID: 79960713820     PISSN: 1991959X     EISSN: 19919603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gmd-4-223-2011     Document Type: Article

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