CMCC-SXF025: A High-Resolution Coupled Atmosphere Ocean General Circulation Climate Model

SCOCCIMARRO E., S. GUALDI, A. BELLUCCI, A. F. CARRIL, P.G. FOGLI AND A. NAVARRA

CMCC Technical Report 18

CMCC

Lugar: Lecce, Italia; Año: 2009 vol. 18 p. 1 - 63

This technical report summarizes the SINTEX-F025 (CMCC-SXF025) modeltechnical structure. CMCC-SXF025 is an Atmosphere Ocean General Circulation Model(AOGCM) developed at INGV-CMCC to perform global seasonal forecasting.This model is used to run special focus experiments in the framework of MERSEA(Marine EnviRonment and Security for the European Area EU-Project).CMCC-SXF025 is an evolution of SINTEX and SINTEX-F and this report indicatesthe improvement with respect to these previous INGV AOCM models. The new modelincludes an ocean model with higher resolution: 0.25 degrees as horizontal resolution and46 vertical levels. The description of model components, coupling methods, compiling andrunning environments is a guideline for model users.