A Description of Models and Simulations

 

 

 CCM3

 NCEP/GFS

 NSIPP

 IRI/ECHAM4.5

 ECPC/SFM

 Model

 Spectral

 Spectral

 Grid Point

 Spectral

 Spectral

 Resolution

 T42L18

 T62L64

 2 Deg/L34

 T40L18

 T62L28

 # of Simulations

 20

 18

 9

 24

 10
         

 Convection
  

 RAS

 RAS
  

 RAS

 SW Radiation
  

 Chou (1992)

 Chou and Suarez (1999)
  

 Chou (1992)

 LW Radiation
  

 Chou and Suarez (1994)

 Chou and Suarez (1994)
  

 Chou and Suarez (1994)

 Clouds
  

 Slingo (1987)

 Slingo (1987)
  

 Slingo (1987)

 PBL
  

 Non-Local, Hong and Pan (1996)

 Ri dependent K scheme; Louis et al. (1982)
  

 Non-Local, Hong and Pan (1996)

 GWD
  

 Alpert et al. (1988)

 Zhou et al. (1996)
  

 Alpert et al. (1988)

 Land Process
        

 NOAH Land Sfc Model

 

 

 

 

References and Links:

 

NSIPP:

http://nsipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/research/atmos/descrip/atmos_descr.html

J. Bacmeister, P.J. Pegion, S.D. Schubert, and M.J. Suarez, 2000: Atlas of Seasonal Means Simulated by the NSIPP 1 Atmospheric GCM, NASA/TM-2000-104505, volume 17, 2000

 

NCEP/GFS:

Moorthi, S.,H.-L. Pan and P. Caplan,2001: Changes to the 2001 NCEP operational MRF/AVN global analysis/forecast system. NWS Technical Procedures Bulletin, 184,pp14. The current GFS model used is updated in February 2003.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/tpb/484.html/

 

ECPC/SFM:

http://ecpc.ucsd.edu/projects/G-RSM/

Kanamitsu, M., A. Kumar, H.-M.H. Juang, W. Wang, F. Yang, J. Schemm,S.-Y. Hong, P. Peng, W. Chen and M. Ji, 2002a: NCEP dynamical seasonal forecast system 2000, BAMS, 83, 1019-1037.

 

 

General: