Technical Note: Description and assessment of a nudged version of the new dynamics Unified Model

P. J. Telford (1) , P. Braesicke (1) , O. Morgenstern (1) , J. A. Pyle (1)

1 CAM - University of Cambridge [UK]

We present a "nudged" version of the Met Office general circulation model, the Unified Model. We constrain this global climate model using ERA-40 re-analysis data with the aim of reproducing the observed "weather" over a year from September 1999. Quantitative assessments are made of its performance, focusing on dynamical aspects of nudging and demonstrating that the "weather" is well simulated.

Domaines: Océan, Atmosphère

P. J. Telford, P. Braesicke, O. Morgenstern, J. A. Pyle. Technical Note: Description and assessment of a nudged version of the new dynamics Unified Model. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2008, 8 (6), pp.1701-1712. ⟨hal-00296500⟩