A spectral transform dynamical core option within the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM4)

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 902-922

  Evans, Katherine J ^a   Mahajan, Salil ^a   Branstetter, Marcia ^a   McClean, Julie L ^b   Caron, Julie ^c   Maltrud, Matthew E ^d   Hack, James J ^a   Bader, David C ^e   Neale, Richard ^c   Leifeld, Juliann K ^f  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

climate modeling; Community Atmosphere Model; spectral transform dycore

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE WATERS;

COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE MODEL; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPECTRAL TRANSFORM; SUMMER PRECIPITATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; ICE CORE; LAND SURFACE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; INDIA;

EID: 84937202641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19422466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014MS000329     Document Type: Article

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