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The CCSM Coupler
Version 5.0.1
Combined
User's Guide,
Source Code Reference,
and
Scientific Description
Brian G. Kauffman
William G. Large
August 2002
Community Climate System Model
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/models
CVS tag
$Name: cpl5_0_1 $
Build date: October 10, 2002
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of this document
1.2 What is a "coupler'' ?
1.3 Major considerations in Coupler functionality
1.4 History
2 Running the Coupler
2.1 Master Run Script and Coupler Setup Script
3 Input Namelist Parameters
3.1 List of Parameters
3.2 Example Input Namelists
4 Output Data
4.1 Stdout Data
4.2 Restart Files
4.3 History Files
5 Source Code Maintenance
5.1 Obtaining Source Code
5.2 Coupler Source Code
5.3 Shared Source Code
5.4 Shared Build Environment
6 Pseudo-Code
6.1 Variable Naming Convention
6.2 Main Program
7 Data Exchanged with Component Models
7.1 Units Convention
7.2 Time Invariant Data
7.3 Time Variant Data
7.3.1 Atmosphere Model
7.3.2 Ice Model
7.3.3 Land Model
7.3.4 Ocean Model
8 Flux Calculations
8.1 Atmosphere/Ocean Fluxes
8.1.1 General Expressions
8.1.2 Specific Expressions
8.2 Surface Albedo and Net Absorbed Solar Radiation
8.2.1 Land Surface Albedos
8.2.2 Ice Surface Albedo
8.2.3 Ocean Surface Albedos
9 List of Physical Constants
10 Glossary
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