Articles | Volume 16, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5601-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-5601-2023
Model description paper
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10 Oct 2023
Model description paper |  | 10 Oct 2023

Simulations of idealised 3D atmospheric flows on terrestrial planets using LFRic-Atmosphere

Denis E. Sergeev, Nathan J. Mayne, Thomas Bendall, Ian A. Boutle, Alex Brown, Iva Kavčič, James Kent, Krisztian Kohary, James Manners, Thomas Melvin, Enrico Olivier, Lokesh K. Ragta, Ben Shipway, Jon Wakelin, Nigel Wood, and Mohamed Zerroukat

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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.
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