CCCma
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CCCma is a division of the Climate Research Branch of the Meteorological Service of Canada
of Environment Canada
based out of the University of Victoria
, Victoria, British Columbia
. Its purpose is to contribute to research in climate modelling and climate change
. Since 2000, CCCma has produced three atmosphere and three coupled atmosphere-ocean GCMs
.
Meteorological Service of Canada
The Meteorological Service of Canada , also known as "The Canadian Weather Service", is a division of Environment Canada, which primarily provides public meteorological information and weather forecasts and warnings of severe weather and other environmental hazards...
of Environment Canada
Environment Canada
Environment Canada , legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment Canada (EC) (French: Environnement Canada), legally incorporated as the Department of the Environment under the Department of the Environment Act Environment...
based out of the University of Victoria
University of Victoria
The University of Victoria, often referred to as UVic, is the second oldest public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It is a research intensive university located in Saanich and Oak Bay, about northeast of downtown Victoria. The University's annual enrollment is about 20,000 students...
, Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
. Its purpose is to contribute to research in climate modelling and climate change
Climate change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average...
. Since 2000, CCCma has produced three atmosphere and three coupled atmosphere-ocean GCMs
Global climate model
A General Circulation Model is a mathematical model of the general circulation of a planetary atmosphere or ocean and based on the Navier–Stokes equations on a rotating sphere with thermodynamic terms for various energy sources . These equations are the basis for complex computer programs commonly...
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Models
- AGCM1 The first generation atmospheric general circulation model
- AGCM2 The second generation atmospheric general circulation model
- AGCM3 The third generation atmospheric general circulation model, uses the Canadian Land Surface SchemeCanadian Land Surface SchemeThe Canadian Land Surface Scheme is a land surface parametrization scheme for use in large scale climate models. It is a state-of-the-art model, using physically based equations to simulate the energy and water balances of vegetation, snow and soil. CLASS is being developed in a research project...
- CGCM1 The first generation coupled global climate model
- CGCM2 The second generation coupled global climate model
- CGCM3.1 The third generation coupled global climate model
See also
- National Center for Atmospheric ResearchNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchThe National Center for Atmospheric Research has multiple facilities, including the I. M. Pei-designed Mesa Laboratory headquarters in Boulder, Colorado. NCAR is managed by the nonprofit University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and sponsored by the National Science Foundation...
- Earth SimulatorEarth SimulatorThe Earth Simulator , developed by the Japanese government's initiative "Earth Simulator Project", was a highly parallel vector supercomputer system for running global climate models to evaluate the effects of global warming and problems in solid earth geophysics...
- HadCM3HadCM3HadCM3 is a coupled atmosphere-ocean general circulation model developed at the Hadley Centre in the United Kingdom...
- explanation of an AOGCM - EdGCMEdGCMThe Educational Global Climate Model or ' is a fully functional global climate model that has been ported for use on desktop computers...
- an educatioonal version of a GCM
External links
- www.cccma.ec.gc.ca official website