Articles | Volume 10, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3715-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3715-2017
Model description paper
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12 Oct 2017
Model description paper |  | 12 Oct 2017

The BRIDGE HadCM3 family of climate models: HadCM3@Bristol v1.0

Paul J. Valdes, Edward Armstrong, Marcus P. S. Badger, Catherine D. Bradshaw, Fran Bragg, Michel Crucifix, Taraka Davies-Barnard, Jonathan J. Day, Alex Farnsworth, Chris Gordon, Peter O. Hopcroft, Alan T. Kennedy, Natalie S. Lord, Dan J. Lunt, Alice Marzocchi, Louise M. Parry, Vicky Pope, William H. G. Roberts, Emma J. Stone, Gregory J. L. Tourte, and Jonny H. T. Williams

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In this paper we describe the family of climate models used by the BRIDGE research group at the University of Bristol as well as by various other institutions. These models are based on the UK Met Office HadCM3 models and here we describe the various modifications which have been made as well as the key features of a number of configurations in use.
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