2010 Workshop:Using WACCM
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Using WACCM for Studying the Atmosphere
Location, Date/Time and Duration
2 hours
Conveners
Workshop Categories
Altitudes: MLT - Latitudes: global - Inst/Model: modeling - Other:
Format of the Workshop
Tutorials
Estimated attendance
40
Conflicts with other workshops or Requested Specific Days
One of the conveners (AJR) has to attend GEM, so this should be on a day in which GEM people will be attending. Also, the same convener is participating in at least three sessions on modeling and validation. (It is not entirely crucial that he be attendance, though, if it can not be helped.)
Special technology requests
Internet access.
Description
The Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) version 4 will be released June 2010. WACCM simulates the atmosphere from the ground up to 140 km altitude. It is capable of running coupled to interactive land, ocean, and sea ice models, and of performing long-term (~100 years) climate integrations. WACCM can be utilized to investigate the coupling between different atmospheric regions, having a large number of chemical reactions and full atmospheric dynamics. It can also provide tidal inputs into upper atmosphere models. In this session, we will describe how to download the model, compile it, run it and visualize the results. Presentations are encouraged by those conducting scientific studies utilizing WACCM for middle and upper atmospheric research.
Workshop Summary
This is where the final summary workshop report will be.
Presentation Resources
Two major talks of this WACCM workshop are available below as .pdf files, while the videos are available from Brian Day (brian@daylightav.com, cell 720-933-0598, Daylight Productions and Rentals, 4700 Sterling Drive, Suite I, Boulder, CO 80301, Phone: (303) 440-3334, FAX: (303) 442-8180) on one $25 DVD along with the 61 minute CEDAR Distinguished Lecture #1: The NCAR Thermospheric General Circulation Models (TGCMs): Past, Present and Future by Raymond Roble of HAO/NCAR (mp4). The videos are also on-line as mpeg version 4 files (mp4) linked below for this WACCM workshop and above for the lecture by Ray Roble who was one of the founders of WACCM.
- WACCM Tutorial (~70 min) by Brian Kauffman, CGD/NCAR,
CCSM4 (Community Climate System Model) / CESM1 (Community Earth System Model) Tutorial (mp4)
- WACCM How To's (~28 min) by Michael Mills, ACD/NCAR,
Five Fun Things to Do with WACCM (Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model) (mp4)
