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2.1 Atmosphere and land surface
| Model | CanAM4 |
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| Horizontal resolution and grid | T63 (~2.8° lat/lon) |
| Atmosphere vertical resolution | 35 hybrid levels |
| Top of atmosphere | 1 hPa |
| Soil levels (layers) | 3 |
Layer 1: 0-10 cm |
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| Time step | 15 minutes |
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Detailed documentation:
von Salzen, K., and Coauthors, 2013: The Canadian fourth generation atmospheric global climate model (CanAM4). Part I: Representation of physical processes. Atmos. -Ocean, 51, 104–125, https://doi.org/10.1080/07055900.2012.755610
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4. Model Uncertainties perturbations:
| Model dynamics perturbations | No |
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| Model physics perturbations | No |
If there is a control forecast, is it perturbed? | No control forecast |
Detailed documentation:
5. Forecast system and hindcasts
| Forecast frequency | 12-month forecast is produced once per month. (Hindcasts are initialized on the first day of each month, forecasts on the last day of previous month.) |
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| Forecast ensemble size | 10 |
| Hindcast years | 1980-20202010 |
| Hindcast ensemble size | 10 |
| On-the-fly or static hindcast set? | static |
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