CMIP ES Documentation

The scientific documentation for UKESM1 and its physical model HadGEM3-GC31 is available in the Common Information Model (CIM) metadata format (see links below for each version), and also via the ES-DOC portal .

HadGEM3-GC31-LL

Name: HadGEM3-GC31-LL
Long name: HadGEM3-GC3.1-N96ORCA1
Coupled model type(s): GCM
Version: 3.1

Top level description

  • aerosol2: UKCA-GLOMAP-mode,
  • atmos: MetUM-HadGEM3-GA7.1 (N96;192 x 144 longitude/latitude; 85 levels; top level 85km),
  • atmosChem: none,
  • land: JULES-HadGEM3-GL7.1,
  • landIce: none,
  • ocean: NEMO-HadGEM3-GO6.0 (eORCA1 tripolar primarily 1 deg latitude/longitude with meridional refinement down to 1/3 deg in tropics; 400 x 180 longitude/latitude; 75 levels; top grid cell 0-1m),
  • ocnBgchem: none,
  • seaIce: CICE-HadGEM3-GSI8 (eORCA1 tripolar primarily 1 deg; 360 x 180 longitude/latitude).

Coupler: OASIS3-MCT

Documentation for HadGEM3-GC31-LL

HadGEM3-GC31-MM

Name: HadGEM3-GC31-MM
Long name: HadGEM3-GC3.1-N216ORCA025
Coupled model type(s): GCM
Version: 3.1

Top level description

  • aerosol: UKCA-GLOMAP-mode,
  • atmos: MetUM-HadGEM3-GA7.1 (N216;432 x 324 longitude/latitude; 85 levels; top level 85km),
  • atmosChem: none,
  • land: JULES-HadGEM3-GL7.1,
  • landIce: none,
  • ocean: NEMO-HadGEM3-GO6.0 (ORCA025 tripolar primarily 0.25 deg; 1440 x 720 longitude/latitude; 75 levels; top grid cell 0-1m),
  • ocnBgchem: none,
  • seaIce: CICE-HadGEM3-GSI8 (ORCA025 tripolar primarily 0.25 deg; 1440 x 720 longitude/latitude)

Coupler: OASIS3-MCT

Documentation for HadGEM3-GC31-MM

UKESM1-0-LL

Name: UKESM1-0-LL
Long name: UKESM1.0-N96ORCA1
Coupled model type(s): GCM
Version: 3.1

Top level description

  • aerosol: UKCA-GLOMAP-mode,
  • atmos: MetUM-HadGEM3-GA7.1 (N96;192 x 144 longitude/latitude; 85 levels; top level 85km),
  • atmosChem: UKCA-StratTrop,
  • land: JULES-ES-1.0,
  • landIce:none,
  • ocean:NEMO-HadGEM3-GO6.0 (eORCA1 tripolar primarily 1 deg latitude/longitude with meridional refinement down to 1/3 deg in tropics; 360 x 180 longitude/latitude; 75 levels; top grid cell 0-1m),
  • ocnBgchem: MEDUSA2,
  • seaIce:CICE-HadGEM3-GSI8 (eORCA1 tripolar primarily 1 deg; 360 x 180 longitude/latitude)

Coupler: OASIS3-MCT

Documentation for UKESM1-0-LL