Evaluating parameterizations in general circulation models: Climate simulation meets weather prediction

Thomas J. Phillips, Gerald L. Potter, David L. Williamson, Richard T. Cederwall, James S. Boyle, Michael Fiorino, Justin J. Hnilo, Jerry G. Olson, Shaocheng Xie, J. John Yio

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Abstract

To further a method for evaluating and analyzing parameterizations in climate general circulation models (GCMs), the US Department of Energy is funding a joint venture of its Climate Change Prediction Program (CCPP) and Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program: the CCPP-ARM Parameterization Testbed (CAPT). CAPT is not a panacea for improving climate GCM parameterizations at all time scales, but just one choice from a "tool kit" that may also include SCMs, CRMs, and simplified GCMs. Nonetheless, insights obtained from adopting this NWP-inspired methodology are expected to contribute significantly to the general improvement of GCM climate simulation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1903-1915
Number of pages13
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume85
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2004
Externally publishedYes

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