The Met Office Global Coupled Model 3.0 and 3.1 (GC3.0 and GC3.1) Configurations
Met Office · National Centre for Atmospheric Science · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract The Global Coupled 3 (GC3) configuration of the Met Office Unified Model is presented. Among other applications, GC3 is the basis of the United Kingdom's submission to the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6). This paper documents the model components that make up the configuration (although the scientific descriptions of these components are in companion papers) and details the coupling between them. The performance of GC3 is assessed in terms of mean biases and variability in long climate simulations using present‐day forcing. The suitability of the configuration for predictability on shorter time scales (weather and seasonal forecasting) is also briefly discussed. The performance of GC3…
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29Topics & keywords
- Predictability
- Environmental science
- Forcing (mathematics)
- Climatology
- Extratropical cyclone
- Climate model
- Northern Hemisphere
- Meteorology