CESM1.0: CAM Documentation

Introduction

    Version 5.0 of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) is the latest in a series of global atmosphere models developed primarily at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). CAM5.0 includes significant enhancements to the representation of atmospheric processes resulting in a number of notable improvements. CAM4.0 is also available in the CESM1.0 release. Development of the model was led by the Atmosphere Model Working Group (AMWG).

Documentation


Model output data and diagnostic plots


CAM Post-Processing Utilities

The CAM post-processing utilities are currently provided as a service to the community. The CAM diagnostic package can be accessed from the release code repository [registration required]. Basic documentation is provided on the CAM diagnostic package webpage.


Model and diagnostics support

CAM is fully supported for 1 degree and 2 degree finite volume simulations. Informal community support for all other model configurations and the diagnostic package is provided via the CCSM bulletin board. General questions should be submitted to this bulletin board; however, any bugs found in the model or diagnostic packages should be reported to the AMWG liaison.


Port Validation

Once you've gotten CAM to run the next step is to validate that it's running correctly! [port validation procedure]