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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5601-2023
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Model description paper
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10 Oct 2023
Model description paper |
| 10 Oct 2023
| 10 Oct 2023
Simulations of idealised 3D atmospheric flows on terrestrial planets using LFRic-Atmosphere
Denis E. Sergeev
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QL, UK
Nathan J. Mayne
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QL, UK
Thomas Bendall
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Ian A. Boutle
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QL, UK
Alex Brown
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Iva Kavčič
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
James Kent
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Krisztian Kohary
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QL, UK
James Manners
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Thomas Melvin
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Enrico Olivier
Research Software Engineering, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4 4QE, UK
Lokesh K. Ragta
Department of Information Technology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Ben Shipway
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Jon Wakelin
Department of Information Technology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
Nigel Wood
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Mohamed Zerroukat
Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
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- An energy consistent summation-by-parts finite difference discretization for the non-hydrostatic atmospheric dynamics equations on the cubed-sphere grid D. Markhanov et al. https://doi.org/10.1515/rnam-2025-0010
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- The Impact of the Explicit Representation of Convection on the Climate of a Tidally Locked Planet in Global Stretched-mesh Simulations D. Sergeev et al. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad4ecd
- Convective shutdown in the atmospheres of lava worlds H. Nicholls et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae2772
- Self-limited tidal heating and prolonged magma oceans in the L 98-59 system H. Nicholls et al. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf1167
- A mixed finite‐element, finite‐volume, semi‐implicit discretisation for atmospheric dynamics: Spherical geometry T. Melvin et al. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4814
- AGNI: A radiative-convective model for lava planet atmospheres H. Nicholls et al. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.07726
- The oxygen valve on hydrogen escape since the great oxidation event G. Cooke et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-22-483-2026
- Onset of Habitable Conditions on the Hadean Earth Set by Feedback between Tides and Greenhouse Forcing M. van Dijk et al. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae5928
- Mixed-precision computing in the GRIST dynamical core for weather and climate modelling S. Chen et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6301-2024
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Short summary
Three-dimensional climate models are one of the best tools we have to study planetary atmospheres. Here, we apply LFRic-Atmosphere, a new model developed by the Met Office, to seven different scenarios for terrestrial planetary climates, including four for the exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e, a primary target for future observations. LFRic-Atmosphere reproduces these scenarios within the spread of the existing models across a range of key climatic variables, justifying its use in future exoplanet studies.
Three-dimensional climate models are one of the best tools we have to study planetary...
