Earth:CCCma

Short description: Climatological research institute

CCCma (Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis) is part of the Climate Research Division of Environment Canada and is located at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. Its purpose is to develop and apply climate models to improve understanding of climate change and make quantitative projections of future climate in Canada and globally. Its seasonal forecasting system provides climate forecasts over Canada on timescales of months to years.

Current models

• CGCM3 The third generation coupled global climate model
• CGCM4 The fourth generation coupled global climate model
• CanESM2 The second generation Canadian Earth System Model
• CanESM5 The Canadian Earth System Model version 5
• CanRCM The Canadian Regional Climate Model

See also

• National Center for Atmospheric Research
• Earth Simulator
• HadCM3 - explanation of an AOGCM
• EdGCM - an educational version of a GCM

References

• Flato, G. M.; Boer, G. J.; Lee, W. G.; McFarlane, N. A.; Ramsden, D.; Reader, M. C.; Weaver, A. J. (2000). "The Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis global coupled model and its climate". Climate Dynamics 16 (6): 451–467. doi:10.1007/s003820050339. Bibcode: 2000ClDy...16..451F. 

• Scinocca, J. F.; Kharin, V. V.; Jiao, Y.; Qian, M. W.; Lazare, M.; Solheim, L.; Flato, G. M.; Biner, S. et al. (2016). "Coordinated Global and Regional Climate Modeling". Journal of Climate 29 (1): 17–35. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0161.1. Bibcode: 2016JCli...29...17S. 

• Swart, Neil C.; Cole, Jason N. S.; Kharin, Viatcheslav V.; Lazare, Mike; Scinocca, John F.; Gillett, Nathan P.; Anstey, James; Arora, Vivek et al. (2019). "The Canadian Earth System Model version 5 (CanESM5.0.3)". Geoscientific Model Development 12 (11): 4823–4873. doi:10.5194/gmd-12-4823-2019. Bibcode: 2019GMD....12.4823S. 

External links

• www.cccma.ec.gc.ca official website
• Dimitri Lascaris. (December 10, 2019) New Climate Model Predicts Alarming Levels of Global Heating. Retrieved December 10, 2019