Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-275-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-275-2021
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

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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.