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

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Dynamical Core Model Intercomparison Project 2016

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

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

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...