Physics in Canada / La Physique au Canada - 2008 (64.2)

The Next Canadian Regional Climate Model

Author(s)
Ayrton Zadra
Daniel Caya
Jean Côté
Bernard Dugas
Colin Jones
René Laprise
Katja Winger
Louis-Philippe Caron
Institution
Environment Canada/Univeristé du Québec à Montréal
Ouranos Consortium/Univeristé du Québec à Montréal
Environment Canada/Univeristé du Québec à Montréal
Environment Canada/Univeristé du Québec à Montréal
Univeristé du Québec à Montréal
Univeristé du Québec à Montréal
Univeristé du Québec à Montréal
Univeristé du Québec à Montréal

The new generation of the Canadian Regional Climate Model is being developed within the framework of the existing Global
Environmental Multiscale (GEM) model presently used for global and regional numerical weather prediction at the Meteorological Service of Canada. GEM supports a number of model configurations within a single system, e.g. a regular latitude-longitude global model, a variable-resolution global model and a limited-area model (LAM), allowing a flexible approach to model development. Within the Canadian Regional Climate Modelling and Diagnostics Network, the LAM version of GEM will be used and further developed into a flexible and computationally efficient regional climate model