Description of the NCAR
Community Atmosphere Model (CAM2)

WILLIAM D. COLLINS
JAMES J. HACK
BYRON A. BOVILLE
PHILIP J. RASCH
DAVID L. WILLIAMSON
JEFFREY T. KIEHL
BRUCE BRIEGLEB
JAMES R. MCCAA

CLIMATE AND GLOBAL DYNAMICS DIVISION
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
BOULDER, COLORADO, USA

CECILIA BITZ

POLAR SCIENCE CENTER
APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SHIAN-JIANN LIN
RICHARD B. ROOD

NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
GREENBELT, MARYLAND

MINGHUA ZHANG

MARINE SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
STONY BROOK, NEW YORK

YONGJIU DAI

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE PREDICTION
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
PALISADES, NEW YORK