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User's Guide to the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM 3.0)
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
1.1 How to Use This Document
1.2 Quick Start
1.3 Changes since CAM 2.0
1.4 Obtaining and unpacking the source code and datasets
1.4.1 CAM input dataset directory hierarchy
1.4.2 CAM source code directory hierarchy
1.5 Getting Help - Other User Resources
1.5.1 The CAM Web Page
1.5.2 The cam-users mailing list
1.5.3 Reporting bugs
2. Building and Running CAM
2.1 The
configure
utility
2.1.1 Options to configure
2.1.2 Environment variables used by configure
2.2 The
build-namelist
utility
2.2.1 Options to build-namelist
2.2.2 Environment variables used by build-namelist
2.3 Use Cases
2.3.1 Configuring and running the default CAM executable
2.3.2 Using the Slab Ocean Model (SOM)
2.4 Sample Run Scripts
2.4.1 Use of C preprocessor tokens
2.4.2 Details of the gmake procedure
2.5 Model Input Datasets
2.5.1 Atmosphere Component Datasets
2.5.1.1 Initial Conditions Dataset
2.5.1.2 Ozone Dataset
2.5.1.3 Water vapor absorptivity/emissivity dataset
2.5.1.4 Aerosol Mass dataset
2.5.2 Ocean Component Datasets
2.5.3 Sea-Ice Component Datasets
2.5.4 Land Component Datasets
2.6 Troubleshooting Guide
2.6.0.1 Supported Platforms for CAM 3.0
2.6.0.2 Known problems
2.6.0.3 General
2.6.0.4 How to increase the stacksize on different platforms
2.6.0.5 General problems on different platforms
2.7 Running CAM as part of the CCSM coupled model system
3. Model Output
3.1 Model History Files
3.1.1 Master Field List
3.1.2 History Files 2 through 6
3.1.3 Changing the characteristics of history files
3.1.4 Naming the History Files
3.2 Model generated initial condition dataset files
3.3 Restart Datasets
3.4 Mass Store Archiving
3.5 Model Vertical Coordinate
4. Simple Code Modifications
4.1 Using the Scripts with Modified Code
4.2 Adding New Output Variables
4.3 Trouble-Shooting Model Changes
4.3.1 Resource Allocation Errors
4.3.2 Coding Errors
4.4 Porting the model to new resolutions
A. Glossary
B. CAM Namelist Variables
B.1 CAMEXP run type namelist variables
B.2 CAMEXP time management namelist variables
B.3 CAMEXP input dataset namelist variables
B.4 CAMEXP history file namelist variables
B.5 CAMEXP mass store control namelist variables
B.6 CAMEXP restart file namelist variables
B.7 CAMEXP dynamics namelist variables
B.8 CAMEXP physics namelist variables
B.9 CAMEXP non-water constituent namelist variables
B.10 CAMEXP memory namelist variables
B.11 CAMEXP performance tuning namelist variables
B.12 CAMEXP orbital parameter namelist variables
B.13 Complete list of CAM namelist variables
C. CLM namelist variables
D. Details of the configuration files
D.1
Filepath
D.2
misc.h
D.3
params.h
D.4
preproc.h
D.5
config_cache.xml
D.6
Makefile
Bibliography
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Jim McCaa 2004-10-22
