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The Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) Framework v6
Dominikus Heinzeller
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Global Systems Laboratory (GSL), Earth System Research Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Boulder, CO 80301, USA
now at: Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA), University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Ligia Bernardet
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Global Systems Laboratory (GSL), Earth System Research Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Grant Firl
Global Systems Laboratory (GSL), Earth System Research Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521, USA
Man Zhang
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Global Systems Laboratory (GSL), Earth System Research Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Xia Sun
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Global Systems Laboratory (GSL), Earth System Research Laboratories, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO 80305, USA
Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Michael Ek
Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Research Applications Laboratory (RAL), National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO 80301, USA
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Short summary
The Common Community Physics Package is a collection of physical atmospheric parameterizations for use in Earth system models and a framework that couples the physics to a host model’s dynamical core. A primary goal for this effort is to facilitate research and development of physical parameterizations and physics–dynamics coupling methods while offering capabilities for numerical weather prediction operations, for example in the upcoming implementation of the Global Forecast System (GFS) v17.
The Common Community Physics Package is a collection of physical atmospheric parameterizations...