The Reading Intermediate General Circulation Model (IGCM), is a simplified or "intermediate"
Global climate model, which is developed by members of th
Department of Meteorologyat the
University of Reading, and by members of th
Stratospheric Dynamics and Chemistry Groupof the
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at
McGill University
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The IGCM is based on the primitive-equations
baroclinic model of Hoskins and Simmons, which has been converted to run on workstations. Several variations have been developed by adjusting representations of the physics.
* IGCM1: Portable version of the original spectral, dry baroclinic model formulated in sigma-levels, with an option for
Newtonian relaxation and
Rayleigh friction, with no surface.
* IGCM2: Includes simplified moist parameterisations, a cheap "radiation scheme" (i.e. constant tropospheric cooling), a bulk formulation scheme for the boundary layer, fixed surface temperatures and humidity, uniform vertical diffusion, and can
advect tracers.
* IGCM3x: Intermediate climate model that includes more sophisticated moisture/clouds parameterisations, a radiation scheme with various gas absorbers and a more realistic surface with an
orography and land and sea surface schemes.
The
adiabatic version, IGCM1, is freely available. Access to IGCM2 and IGCM3 is restricted to members of the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading and collaborating researchers.
See also
*
Global climate model
External links
IGCM web page
{{Atmospheric, Oceanographic and Climate Models
Numerical climate and weather models
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