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The aquaplanet configuration (enabled by namelist variable LAQUA) is based on the Neale & Hoskins publications:

• Neale, R. B. and Hoskins B. J. A standard test for AGCMs and their physical parameterizations. I: The proposal Atmos. Sci. Letters, 1, pp. 101-107, 2000a. DOI: 10.1006/asle.2000.0022
• Neale, R. B. and Hoskins, B. J. A standard test for AGCMs and their physical parameterizations. II: Results for The Met. Office Model Atmos. Sci. Letters, 1, pp. 108-114, 2000b. DOI: 10.1006/asle.2000.0024

More recent publications on the aqua-planet:

• Blackburn, M., et al. (2013) The Aqua-Planet Experiment (APE): CONTROL SST Simulation. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 91A. pp. 17-56. ISSN 2186-9057 doi: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-A02

• Blackburn, M. and Hoskins, B. J. (2013) Context and aims of the Aqua-Planet Experiment. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 91A. pp. 1-15. ISSN 2186-9057 doi: 10.2151/jmsj.2013-A01

See also for example, the PCMDI Aqua-Planet See for example, the PCMDI Aqua-Planet website or the University of Reading Aqua-Planet experiment website.