Open AccessA summary documentation of the AMIP models
Author(s) -
T. J. Phillips
Publication year - 1994
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/26547
Subject(s) - climate model , environmental science , radiative transfer , salient , meteorology , climatology , atmospheric model , principal (computer security) , documentation , atmospheric sciences , computer science , climate change , geology , geography , physics , programming language , oceanography , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , operating system
This report summarizes essential features of the global atmospheric models of 30 groups that are participating in the Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP), an international effort to simulate the climate of the period 1979-1988 with common ocean boundary conditions and radiative forcings. Salient features of the AMIP models are summarized in tabular form, and the principal numerical, dynamical, and physical properties of each model are described in greater detail as well. An extensive bibliography of references on the algorithms and parameterizations used in the AMIP models is also provided