The DOE E3SM model version 2: Overview of the physical model and initial model evaluation

JC Golaz, LP Van Roekel, X Zheng… - Journal of Advances …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This work documents version two of the Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth
System Model (E3SM). E3SMv2 is a significant evolution from its predecessor E3SMv1 …

An overview of the atmospheric component of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model

PJ Rasch, S Xie, PL Ma, W Lin, H Wang… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Energy Exascale Earth System Model Atmosphere Model version 1, the
atmospheric component of the Department of Energy's Energy Exascale Earth System …

[PDF][PDF] Description of the NCAR community atmosphere model (CAM 5.0)

RB Neale, CC Chen, A Gettelman, PH Lauritzen… - NCAR Tech. Note Ncar …, 2010 - Citeseer
This report presents the details of the governing equations, physical parameterizations, and
numerical algorithms defining the version of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model …

CAM-SE: A scalable spectral element dynamical core for the Community Atmosphere Model

JM Dennis, J Edwards, KJ Evans… - … Journal of High …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) version 5 includes a spectral element dynamical
core option from NCAR's High-Order Method Modeling Environment. It is a continuous …

Convection‐permitting simulations with the E3SM global atmosphere model

PM Caldwell, CR Terai, B Hillman… - Journal of Advances …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes the first implementation of the Δx= 3.25 km version of the Energy
Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) global atmosphere model and its behavior in a 40 …

Horizontal grids for global weather and climate prediction models: a review

A Staniforth, J Thuburn - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A latitude–longitude grid is used by almost all operational atmospheric forecast models, and
many research models. However, it is expected that the advantages of a latitude–longitude …

NCAR release of CAM‐SE in CESM2. 0: A reformulation of the spectral element dynamical core in dry‐mass vertical coordinates with comprehensive treatment of …

PH Lauritzen, RD Nair, AR Herrington… - Journal of Advances …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
It is the purpose of this paper to provide a comprehensive documentation of the new NCAR
(National Center for Atmospheric Research) version of the spectral element (SE) dynamical …

Physical understanding of the tropical cyclone wind-pressure relationship

DR Chavas, KA Reed, JA Knaff - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
The relationship between the two common measures of tropical cyclone intensity, the central
pressure deficit and the peak near-surface wind speed, is a long-standing problem in …

Separating physics and dynamics grids for improved computational efficiency in spectral element earth system models

WM Hannah, AM Bradley, O Guba… - Journal of Advances …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Previous studies have shown that atmospheric models with a spectral element grid can
benefit from putting physics calculations on a relatively coarse finite volume grid. Here we …

Projecting 21st century snowpack trends in western USA mountains using variable-resolution CESM

AM Rhoades, PA Ullrich, CM Zarzycki - Climate Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Climate change will impact western USA water supplies by shifting precipitation from snow
to rain and driving snowmelt earlier in the season. However, changes at the regional-to …