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Regional Models

Model AliasesModeling Group Full Name URL
ECPC RSM UC San Diego / Scripps Experimental Climate Prediction Center
Regional Spectral Model 		www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/mmb/RSM
HRM3 PRECIS Hadley Centre Hadley Regional Model 3 /
Providing REgional Climates for Impact Studies 		precis.metoffice.com
MM5P MM5 Iowa State University MM5 - PSU/NCAR mesoscale model www.mmm.ucar.edu/mm5
MRCC CRCM OURANOS / UQAM Canadian Regional Climate Model /
le Modèle Régional Canadien du Climat 		www.cccma.ec.gc.ca/models/crcm.shtml
RCM3 RegCM3 UC Santa Cruz Regional Climate Model version 3 users.ictp.it/~pubregcm/RegCM3
WRFP WRF Pacific Northwest Nat'l Lab Weather Research & Forecasting model www.wrf-model.org/index.php

*Notes: The first column is the 4-letter abbreviation code used in naming datafiles. The abbreviation for the HadRM3/PRECIS model has not been finalized. The MM5 model was initially tested with two sets of parameters, one from PNNL and one from ISU. The PNNL version, MM5P, produced better results and will be used for the NARCCAP production run, but there may be some data available from the ISU version designated MM5I.

Drivers

Driver Full Name URL
CCSM Community Climate System Model www.ccsm.ucar.edu
CGCM3 Third Generation Coupled Global Climate Model www.cccma.ec.gc.ca/models/cgcm3.shtml
GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory GCM www.gfdl.gov
HadCM3 Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3 www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/hadleycentre/models/modeltypes.html
NCEP NCEP/DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis www.cdc.noaa.gov/cdc/data.ncep.reanalysis2.html

*Note: NCEP is not a GCM, but a reanalysis, a restrospective model of the atmosphere based on observed data.

Map Projections

ECPC Polar Stereographic
HRM3 Unknown
MM5P Lambert Conformal
MRCC Polar Stereographic
RCM3 Transverse Mercator
WRFP Lambert Conformal

RCM / GCM combinations

Phase IPhase II
NCEP GFDL CGCM3 HADCM3 CCSM
ECPC X X     X
HRM3 X X X X X
MM5P X     X X
MRCC X   X X  
RCM3 X X X    
WRFP X X X   X