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2.1 Atmosphere and land surface

Model

Met Office Unified Model (UM) - Global Atmosphere 7.2

Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) - Global Land 8.0

Horizontal resolution and gridN216: 0.83 degrees x 0.56 degrees (approx 60km in mid-latitudes)
Atmosphere vertical resolution85 levels
Top of atmosphere85km
Soil levels

4

Level 1 : 0 - 0.1 m
Level 2 : 0.1 - 0.35
Level 3 : 0.35 - 1.0 m
Level 4 : 1.0 - 3.0 m

Time step15 minutes

Detailed documentation:

JULES documentation

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