Med-CORDEX model documentation (test site)

Med-CORDEX Phase 3 models

A brief summary table of all Med-CORDEX models and their basic components:

This site is under construction. Model details cannot be trusted at all.

Model Atmosphere Aerosol Land River Ocean Ocn biogeochemistry coupler
CNRM-RCSM6B-SN Version 6B of the fully-coupled Regional Climate System Model (RCSM) of the Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM) CNRM-ALADIN64M1-SN TACTIC SURFEX v8.0 ISBA-CTRIP vx.x NEMOMED12 v3.6 OASIS3-MCT
ENEA-REG3 The ENEA-REG regional Earth System Model version 3.0 WRF v4.2.2 Noah-MP v4.2 CaMa-Flood v4.10 MITgcm z67 BFM-OGSTM vX.Y OASIS3-MCT
MedX-CM The NKUA regional Coupled Model for the eXtended Mediterranean region WRF v? TACTIC v NoahMP v? HD vx.x NEMOMED12 v3.6 PISCES vX.Y OASIS3-MCT
RegCM-ES1-1 The Regional Earth System Model RegCM-ES version 1.1 based on RegCM v5.0, MITgcm v6.9d and CHyM RegCM v5.0 TACTIC v NoahMP v? CHyM vx.x MITgcm v6.9d PISCES vX.Y OASIS3-MCT

Atmospheric components

Other tables can be built. E.g. for specific components, showing any info collected in the front matter.

Model Atmosphere Resolution Levels SW radiation LW radiation Convection Microphysics PBL ...
CNRM-RCSM6B-SN CNRM-ALADIN64M1-SN 12.5 km 91 FMR RRTM PCMT Lopez 2002 ...
ENEA-REG3 WRF v4.2.2 12.5 km 51 RRTMG RRTMG Kain-Fritsch WSM5 ...
MedX-CM WRF v? 12.5 km 91 FMR RRTM PCMT ...
RegCM-ES1-1 RegCM v5.0 0.11 degrees 91 FMR RRTM PCMT ...