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2.1 Atmosphere and land surface
Model | GEM |
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Horizontal resolution and grid | 283×190 YY-grid points (~110 km) |
Atmosphere vertical resolution | 85 levels |
Top of atmosphere | 0.1 hPa |
Soil levels (layers) | 2 Layer 1: 0 - 10 cm |
Time step | 30 minutes |
Detailed documentation: Lin, H., R. Muncaster, G. T. Diro, W. J. Merryfield, G. Smith, M. Markovic, A. Erfani, V. V. Kharin, W.-S. Lee, R. Parent, R. Pavlovic, and M. Charron, 2021: The Canadian Seasonal to Interannual Prediction System version 2.1 (CanSIPSv2.1). Canadian Meteorological and Environmental Prediction Centre technical note, Environment and Climate Change Canada. (https://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/cmoi/product_guide/docs/tech_notes/technote_cansips-210_e.pdf)
2.2 Ocean and cryosphere
Ocean model | NEMO |
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Horizontal resolution | 1°×1° (1/3 degree meridionally near the equator) |
Vertical resolution | 50 levels |
Time step | 30 minutes |
Sea ice model | CICE |
Sea ice model resolution | Same as NEMO |
Sea ice model levels | 5 ice-thickness categories |
Wave model | N/A |
Wave model resolution | N/A |
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