Aqua-planet configuration

of the UM

Centre for Global Atmospheric Modelling

The University of Reading



land-sea mask

SST

Land surface and vegetation

Ozone

Fixing the solar cycle

Initial conditions

Integration length

Aqua-planet soil and vegetation specifications

    The UM will still look for specifications of soil and vegetation types etc, regardless of the land-sea mask, so these ancillary files must still be provided. Note that the soil and vegetation files provided from this page are compatible with the MOSES surface exchange scheme, so this option must be selected in the UMUI. This is necessary to make the model work, although there will of course be no land-surface processes occurring in an aqua-planet integration.

    The soil type file provided in the tar file is called aqua.soil

    The vegetation type file provided in the tar file is called aqua.veg

    The soil moisture file provided in the tar file is called aqua.smow

    The deep soil temperature file is called aqua.slt

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