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Title: Dynamical Core Model Intercomparison Project (DCMIP) tracer transport test results for CAM‐SE

Journal Article · · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2761· OSTI ID:1400739
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  1. Department of Computer Science University of Colorado Boulder USA
  2. Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources University of California Davis USA
  3. School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Stony Brook University NY USA
  4. Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor USA
  5. National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder CO USA
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The Dynamical Core Model Intercomparison Project (DCMIP) provides a set of tests and procedures designed to facilitate development and intercomparison of atmospheric dynamical cores in general circulation models (GCMs). Test category 1 examines the advective transport of passive tracers by three‐dimensional prescribed wind velocity fields, on the sphere. These tests are applied to the Spectral Element (SE) dynamical core of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM), the default for high‐resolution simulations in the Community Earth System Model (CESM). Test case results are compared with results from the CAM‐FV (Finite Volume) and MCore models where possible. This analysis serves both to evaluate the performance of CAM‐SE's spectral‐element tracer transport routines as well as to provide a baseline for comparison with other atmospheric dynamical cores and f or future improvements to CAM‐SE itself.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
DE‐SC 0006959; DE‐SC0003990; DE‐SC0006684
OSTI ID:
1400739
Journal Information:
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Journal Name: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Vol. 142 Journal Issue: 697; ISSN 0035-9009
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
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Cited by: 7 works
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