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The Community Earth System Model: A Framework for Collaborative Research

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2013 · Vol. 94(9) · pp. 1339–1360

James W. Hurrell✉(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)Marika M. Holland(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)P. R. Gent(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)S. J. Ghan(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)Jennifer E. Kay(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)P. J. Kushner(University of Toronto)Jean‐François Lamarque(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)William G. Large(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)David M. Lawrence(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)Keith Lindsay(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)William H. Lipscomb(Los Alamos National Laboratory)Matthew C. Long(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)N. M. Mahowald(Cornell University)D. R. Marsh(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)Richard Neale(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)Philip J. Rasch(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)S. J. Vavrus(University of Wisconsin–Madison)M. Vertenstein(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)David C. Bader(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)William D. Collins(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)James J. Hack(Oak Ridge National Laboratory)J. Kiehl(NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research)S. Marshall(University of Calgary)

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Abstract

By simulating biogeochemical cycles, the Greenland ice sheet, and more-with reach to the lower thermosphere-this system gives the research community a flexible, state-of-thescience tool for understanding climate variability and change.

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Climate variability and models Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsEarth system scienceThermosphereInteroperabilityEarth scienceDocumentationComputer scienceSystems engineeringWorkflowVariety (cybernetics)Climate model