The FAMOUS climate model
The FAMOUS climate model
Editor(s): GMD topic editors | Coordinator: R. S. Smith

FAMOUS is climate model based on the widely used "HadCM3" atmosphere–ocean general circulation code, a version of the UK Met Office Unified Model. Run at a lower resolution than HadCM3, its computational requirements make it suitable for large ensembles and millennial-scale climate simulations. This ongoing special issue collects technical documentation and evaluations of the model climatology as FAMOUS is developed and coupled to models of other Earth system components.

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22 Feb 2023
Simulating marine neodymium isotope distributions using Nd v1.0 coupled to the ocean component of the FAMOUS–MOSES1 climate model: sensitivities to reversible scavenging efficiency and benthic source distributions
Suzanne Robinson, Ruza F. Ivanovic, Lauren J. Gregoire, Julia Tindall, Tina van de Flierdt, Yves Plancherel, Frerk Pöppelmeier, Kazuyo Tachikawa, and Paul J. Valdes
Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 1231–1264, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1231-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1231-2023, 2023
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17 Sep 2021
FAMOUS version xotzt (FAMOUS-ice): a general circulation model (GCM) capable of energy- and water-conserving coupling to an ice sheet model
Robin S. Smith, Steve George, and Jonathan M. Gregory
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 5769–5787, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5769-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5769-2021, 2021
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07 Aug 2020
Simulating stable carbon isotopes in the ocean component of the FAMOUS general circulation model with MOSES1 (XOAVI)
Jennifer E. Dentith, Ruza F. Ivanovic, Lauren J. Gregoire, Julia C. Tindall, and Laura F. Robinson
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 3529–3552, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3529-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3529-2020, 2020
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15 Jul 2014
Numerical simulations of oceanic oxygen cycling in the FAMOUS Earth-System model: FAMOUS-ES, version 1.0
J. H. T. Williams, I. J. Totterdell, P. R. Halloran, and P. J. Valdes
Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 1419–1431, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1419-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1419-2014, 2014
31 Jan 2013
Optimising the FAMOUS climate model: inclusion of global carbon cycling
J. H. T. Williams, R. S. Smith, P. J. Valdes, B. B. B. Booth, and A. Osprey
Geosci. Model Dev., 6, 141–160, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-141-2013,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-6-141-2013, 2013
24 Feb 2012
The FAMOUS climate model (versions XFXWB and XFHCC): description update to version XDBUA
R. S. Smith
Geosci. Model Dev., 5, 269–276, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-269-2012,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-5-269-2012, 2012
27 Sep 2011
FAMOUS, faster: using parallel computing techniques to accelerate the FAMOUS/HadCM3 climate model with a focus on the radiative transfer algorithm
P. Hanappe, A. Beurivé, F. Laguzet, L. Steels, N. Bellouin, O. Boucher, Y. H. Yamazaki, T. Aina, and M. Allen
Geosci. Model Dev., 4, 835–844, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-835-2011,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-4-835-2011, 2011
12 Dec 2008
A description of the FAMOUS (version XDBUA) climate model and control run
R. S. Smith, J. M. Gregory, and A. Osprey
Geosci. Model Dev., 1, 53–68, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-1-53-2008,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-1-53-2008, 2008
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