TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF THE CLIMATE SYSTEM

Objective

TO BUILD A 2-D CLIMATE MODEL.

THIS PROPOSAL IS PART OF A JOINT PROGRAMME BETWEEN 6 LABORATORIES WHICH AIMS TO BUILD A TWO-DIMENSIONAL (ALTITUDE/LATITUDE) CLIMATE MODEL WHERE ATMOSPHERE, OCEAN, SEA AND LAND ICE ARE COUPLED AND WHERE A CARBON DIOXIDE CYCLE IS INCLUDED.

THE SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PROPOSER WILL BE :

- ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO UCL ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2-D OCEAN MODEL AND ITS COUPLING TO THE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL AND SEA ICE MODEL;
- INVESTIGATION OF TECHNIQUES FOR ECONOMICALLY PERFORMING LONG INTEGRATIONS OF COUPLED MODELS;
- CONTRIBUTION TO ANALYSIS OF RESULTS FROM THE 2-D COUPLED MODEL INTEGRATIONS;
- COMPARISON OF SIMULATIONS OBTAINED FROM THE 2-D COUPLED MODEL WITH THOSE FROM A MORE COMPREHENSIVE 3-D MODEL;
- ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO UCL AND BERN ON THE INCLUSION OF A MODEL OF THE CARBON CYCLE INTO THE OCEAN MODEL.

Programme(s)

• FP1-CLIMAT 3C - Multiannual R&D programmes (EEC) in the field of the environment - Climatology and natural hazards - , 1986-1990

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Meteorological Office

Address

London Road
RG12 2SZ Bracknell
United Kingdom

Participants (6)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES METEO FRANCE

France

Address

Quai Branly 1
75340 Paris

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)

France

Address

6 Route Départementale
91128 Palaiseau

INSU

France

Address

Paris

RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT

Netherlands

Address

Utrecht

UNIVERSITE CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (UCL)

Belgium

Address

Louvain-la-neuve

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

United Kingdom

Address

Cambridge