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General circulation model

A general circulation model (GCM) is a type of climate model. It employs a mathematical model of the general circulation of a planetary atmosphere or ocean. It uses the Navier–Stokes equations on a rotating sphere with thermodynamic terms for various energy sources (radiation, latent heat). These equations are the basis for computer programs used to…

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Atmospheric and oceanic models

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General circulation model

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General circulation model → AMIP, ARM, Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement, Earth SimulatorGlobal Environmental Multiscale, General Circulation ModelNCARPrognostic, Global, ModelIce-sheet, Report, US
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General circulation model → AGCMs, AOGCM, AOGCMs, Atmospheric, CGCM, GCMs, OGCMs, With
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models climate model atmosphere global atmospheric used gcms temperature processes surface general grid ocean aogcms circulation equations fluid use coupled

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a sea ice model or a model for evapotranspiration over landinstance ofWith the addition of submodels0.80text
AOGCMs become the basis for a full climate modelinstance ofWith the addition of submodels0.80text
convection that occur on scales too small to be resolved directly.A simple general circulation modelinstance ofThey contain parameterisations for processes0.80text
the NGMinstance ofand various agencies in the US employ models0.80text
NAM modelsinstance ofand various agencies in the US employ models0.80text
the GFSinstance ofLike most global numerical weather prediction models0.80text
global climate models are often spectral models instead of grid modelsinstance ofLike most global numerical weather prediction models0.80text
convection that occur on scales too small to be resolved directly.Atmospheric GCMsinstance ofThey also contain parametrisations for processes0.80text
General circulation modelrelated to Atmospheric and oceanic modelsAtmospheric0.60section
General circulation modelrelated to Atmospheric and oceanic modelsAGCMs0.60section
General circulation modelrelated to Atmospheric and oceanic modelsGCMs0.60section
General circulation modelrelated to Atmospheric and oceanic modelsOGCMs0.60section

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