R30 Model
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One of the simulations conducted as part of the GFDL-University Consortium project is a 17 year simulation in which the lower boundary conditions repeat the mean seasonal cycle. Attributes of the model simulation are given below.
R30 horizonal resolution (~2.25 latitude x 3.75 longitude)
14 vertical levels
Realistic orography
Seasonally varying insolation
Fixed SST and sea ice, seasonally varying
Predicted clouds
Gravity wave drag
The 14 sigma levels of the model are given below
0.0000 , 0.0300 , 0.0707 , 0.1311 , 0.2102 ,
0.3036 , 0.4062 , 0.5138 , 0.6226 , 0.7284 ,
0.8255 , 0.9066 , 0.9640 , 0.9933 , 1.0000