FORTE 2.0: a fast, parallel and flexible coupled climate model

Blaker, Adam T.; Joshi, Manoj; Sinha, Bablu; Stevens, David P.; Smith, Robin S.; Hirschi, Joël J.-M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-275-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-275-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-275-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 1

Model description paper

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19 Jan 2021

Model description paper |

| 19 Jan 2021

FORTE 2.0: a fast, parallel and flexible coupled climate model

Adam T. Blaker, Manoj Joshi, Bablu Sinha, David P. Stevens, Robin S. Smith, and Joël J.-M. Hirschi

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-275-2021-supplement

Model code and software

NOC-MSM/FORTE2.0: FORTE 2.0: a fast, parallel and flexible coupled climate model Adam Blaker, Manoj Joshi, Bablu Sinha, David Stevens, Robin Smith, and Joel Hirschi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3632568

NOC-MSM/FORTE2.0: FORTE 2.0: a fast, parallel and flexible coupled climate model (Version v2.0.1) A. Blaker, M. Joshi, B. Sinha, D. Stevens, R. Smith, and J. Hirschi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4108373

Short summary

FORTE 2.0 is a flexible coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation model that can be run on modest hardware. We present two 2000-year simulations which show that FORTE 2.0 is capable of producing a stable climate. Earlier versions of FORTE were used for a wide range of studies, ranging from aquaplanet configurations to investigating the cold European winters of 2009–2010. This paper introduces the updated model for which the code and configuration are now publicly available.