The community earth system model: A framework for collaborative research

James W. Hurrell, M. M. Holland, P. R. Gent, S. Ghan, Jennifer E. Kay, P. J. Kushner, J. F. Lamarque, W. G. Large, D. Lawrence, K. Lindsay, W. H. Lipscomb, M. C. Long, N. Mahowald, D. R. Marsh, R. B. Neale, P. Rasch, S. Vavrus, M. Vertenstein, D. Bader, W. D. CollinsJ. J. Hack, J. Kiehl, S. Marshall

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Abstract

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has a proud history of strong collaboration with scientists from universities, national laboratories, and other research organizations to develop, document, improve, and support the scientific use of a comprehensive modeling system that is at the forefront of international efforts to understand and predict the behavior of Earth's climate. Several versions of the CCSM have been used in many hundreds of peer-reviewed studies to better understand climate variability and climate change. In addition, simulations performed with CCSM have made a significant contribution to both national and international assessments of climate, including those of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The CCSM thus provides the broader academic community with a core modeling system for multiple purposes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1339-1360
Number of pages22
JournalBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume94
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2013

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