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Regional Models

Model AliasesModeling Group Full Name
CRCM MRCC OURANOS / UQAM Canadian Regional Climate Model /
le Modèle Régional Canadien du Climat
ECPC RSM UC San Diego / Scripps Experimental Climate Prediction Center
Regional Spectral Model
HRM3 PRECIS,
HadRM3
Hadley Centre Hadley Regional Model 3 /
Providing REgional Climates for Impact Studies
MM5I MM5, MM5P* Iowa State University MM5 - PSU/NCAR mesoscale model
RCM3 RegCM3 UC Santa Cruz Regional Climate Model version 3
WRFP WRF Pacific Northwest Nat'l Lab Weather Research & Forecasting model

*Notes: The first column is the 4-letter abbreviation code used in naming datafiles. The MM5 model was initially tested with two sets of parameters, one from PNNL and one from ISU. The MM5 model is being run by the ISU modeling group, and the results are therefore referred to as MM5I, but it is being run using the PNNL parameters because they produced better results. If data generated using the ISU parameters becomes available, it will be designated MAIP (MM5 - Alternate ISU Parameters) to try and minimize confusion.

Detailed characteristics of the RCMs

Drivers

Driver Full Name Ensemble Member Used
CCSM Community Climate System Modelb30.030e (ctl), b30.042e (fut)
CGCM3 Third Generation Coupled Global Climate ModelCGCM #4
GFDL Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory GCM20C3M, run2; sresa2, run1
HadCM3 Hadley Centre Coupled Model, version 3Custom run for NARCCAP
NCEP NCEP/DOE AMIP-II ReanalysisN/A

*Note: NCEP is not a GCM, but a reanalysis, a restrospective model of the atmosphere based on observed data. NARCCAP uses NCEP-DOE Reanalysis 2, sometimes referred to as "NCEP-2".

Detailed characteristics of the AOGCMs

Map Projections

CRCM Polar Stereographic
ECPC Polar Stereographic
HRM3 Rotated Pole
MM5I Lambert Conformal
RCM3 Transverse Mercator
WRFP Lambert Conformal

RCM / GCM combinations

Phase IPhase II
NCEP GFDL CGCM3 HADCM3 CCSM
CRCM X   1   2
ECPC X 1   2  
HRM3 X 2   1  
MM5I X     2 1
RCM3 X 1 2    
WRFP X   2   1
timeslice  X     X

1: First pairing to be run
2: Second pairing to be run

Timeslice Experiments:
The two timeslice experiments are run using the GFDL AM2.1 and the NCAR CAM3 models. These correspond to the GFDL and CCSM drivers, respectively. Each RCM is therefore paired with one of the GCMs that has a corresponding timeslice experiment.

 
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