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Record Search Query: [Science_Parameters: Science_Category='EARTH SCIENCE', Science_Topic='ATMOSPHERE', Science_Term='AIR QUALITY']

Whole-Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM)
 Entry ID: UCAR_WACCM

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Summary
Abstract: The Whole-Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) is a comprehensive
numerical model, spanning the range of altitude from the Earth's surface to the
thermosphere. The development of WACCM is an inter-divisional collaboration
that unifies certain aspects of the upper atmospheric modeling of HAO, the
middle atmosphere modeling of ACD, and the tropospheric modeling of CGD, ... View entire text
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Description: Selected WACCM1b output and source code from the Community Data Portal.
Service Citation
Originators: F. Sassi, B.A. Boville, B. Eaton, R.R. Garcia, and R.G. Roble
Title: Whole-Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM)
Provider: National Center for Atmospheric Research
URL: http://waccm.acd.ucar.edu/
Service Keywords
MODELS >ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS Parameter Definition

Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE >AIR QUALITY >TROPOSPHERIC OZONE Parameter Definition
ATMOSPHERE >ALTITUDE >GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT Parameter Definition
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ISO Topic Category
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT
Project
ESIP >Earth Science Information Partners Program Supplemental Info
Ancillary Keywords
Model
Global Heating
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Service Provider
UCAR/NCAR/ACD > Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Supplemental Info
Service Organization URL: http://www.acd.ucar.edu/

Service Provider Personnel
Name: NCAR - CLIMATE MODEL SECTION
Phone: (303) 497-1328
Fax: (303) 497-1324
Email: paulad at ucar.edu
Contact Address:
Climate Modeling Section
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
City: Boulder
Province or State: Colorado
Postal Code: 80307-3000
Country: USA
Personnel
TYLER B. STEVENS
Role: SERF AUTHOR
Phone: (301) 614-6898
Fax: 301-614-5268
Email: Tyler.B.Stevens at nasa.gov
Contact Address:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
SERF Creation Date: 2006-11-09
SERF Last Revision Date: 2012-02-15
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