Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1177-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1177-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 3
Model description paper
 | 
09 Feb 2022
Model description paper |  | 09 Feb 2022

The Flexible Modelling Framework for the Met Office Unified Model (Flex-UM, using UM 12.0 release)

Penelope Maher and Paul Earnshaw

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Climate models do a pretty good job. But they are far from perfect. Fixing these imperfections is really hard because the models are complicated. One way to make progress is to create simpler models: think impressionism rather than realism in the art world. We changed the Met Office model to be intentionally simple and it still does a pretty good job. This will help to identify sources of model imperfections, develop new methods and improve our understanding of how the climate works.
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