20 May 2004
http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu/models/ccsm3.0/ccsm/index.html
CCSM 3.0
CCSM 3.0 Documentation
Introduction
The CCSM3.0 coupled model, released in June, 2004, provides the
community with a coupled model framework for carrying out climate
simulations. Upgrades from CCSM2.0.1 release can be found in the Introduction
section of the Users Guide
Documentation
- User's Guide
html
pdf
ps
This documentation provide an overview of how to run the CCSM3.0 model.
For documentation that goes into detail for a specific CCSM3.0 component model,
see the CCSM3.0 release home page.
What is a "coupled model"?
CCSM coupled model is based on a framework which divides the complete climate
system into component models connected by a coupler. This design
requires four component models -- atmosphere, land, ocean, and sea-ice --
each connected to the coupler, and each exchanging data with the coupler only.
From a software engineering point of view, the CCSM is not a particular
climate model, but a framework for building and testing various climate models
for various applications. In this sense, more than any particular component
model, the coupler defines the high-level design of CCSM software.
