Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2825-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2825-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
Development and technical paper
 | 
25 Jun 2020
Development and technical paper |  | 25 Jun 2020

CLASSIC v1.0: the open-source community successor to the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) and the Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (CTEM) – Part 1: Model framework and site-level performance

Joe R. Melton, Vivek K. Arora, Eduard Wisernig-Cojoc, Christian Seiler, Matthew Fortier, Ed Chan, and Lina Teckentrup

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2825-2020-supplement

Data sets

Benchmarking data and outputs for CLASSIC v. 1.0 J. R. Melton, L. Teckentrup, and M. Fortier https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3525336

Model code and software

The Canadian Land Surface Scheme including Biogeochemical Cycles J. R. Melton, V. Arora, E. Wisernig-Cojoc, C. Seiler, M. Fortier, E. Chan, and L. Teckentrup https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3522407

Interactive computing environment

Singularity software container for the Canadian Land Surface Scheme including Biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC) J. R. Melton, C. Seiler, and M. Fortier https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3525249

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Short summary
We transitioned the CLASS-CTEM land surface model to an open-source community model format by modernizing the code base to make the model easier to use and understand, providing a complete software environment to run the model within, developing a benchmarking suite for model evaluation, and creating an infrastructure to support community involvement. The new model, the Canadian Land Surface Scheme including Biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC), is now available for the community to use and develop.
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