DCMIP2016:  a review of non-hydrostatic dynamical core design and intercomparison of participating models

Ullrich, Paul A.; Jablonowski, Christiane; Kent, James; Lauritzen, Peter H.; Nair, Ramachandran; Reed, Kevin A.; Zarzycki, Colin M.; Hall, David M.; Dazlich, Don; Heikes, Ross; Konor, Celal; Randall, David; Dubos, Thomas; Meurdesoif, Yann; Chen, Xi; Harris, Lucas; Kühnlein, Christian; Lee, Vivian; Qaddouri, Abdessamad; Girard, Claude; Giorgetta, Marco; Reinert, Daniel; Klemp, Joseph; Park, Sang-Hun; Skamarock, William; Miura, Hiroaki; Ohno, Tomoki; Yoshida, Ryuji; Walko, Robert; Reinecke, Alex; Viner, Kevin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4477-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 4477–4509, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4477-2017

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Special issue: Dynamical Core Model Intercomparison Project 2016

Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 4477–4509, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4477-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 12

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DCMIP2016: a review of non-hydrostatic dynamical core design and intercomparison of participating models

Paul A. Ullrich et al.

Model code and software

CSU Model D. Randall, D. Dazlich, and R. Heikes https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.580099

DYNAMICO Model T. Dubos and Y. Meurdesoif https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.583718

MPAS Model W. Skamarock, J. Klemp, and S.-H. Park https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.583316

OLAM Model R. Walko https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.582308

Tempest Model P. Ullrich https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.579649

Short summary

Atmospheric dynamical cores are a fundamental component of global atmospheric modeling systems and are responsible for capturing the dynamical behavior of the Earth's atmosphere. To better understand modern dynamical cores, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of 11 dynamical cores, drawn from modeling centers and groups that participated in the 2016 Dynamical Core Model Intercomparison Project (DCMIP) workshop and summer school.