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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 (layers)

4

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

Time step15 minutes

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Global Atmosphere 7.0/7.1 & Global Land 7.0: Walters et al, 2017

 

2.2 Ocean and cryosphere

Ocean model

NEMO v3.6 - Global Ocean 6.0

Horizontal resolutionORCA 0.25
Vertical resolutionL75
Time step20 minutes
Sea ice model

CICE v5.1.2 - Global Sea-Ice 8.1

Sea ice model resolutionORCA 0.25
Sea ice model levels5 categories + open water
Wave modelN/A
Wave model resolutionN/A

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