The configurations

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Click on the name of any model configuration for more details.

Table of contents

1. 1. What is a configuration?
2. 2. IPSLCM5
3. 3. LMDZOR
4. 4. LMDZORINCA
5. 5. LMDZREPR
6. 6. IPSLCM5CHT
7. 7. IPSLCM5CHS
8. 8. NEMO
9. 9. ORCHIDEE_OL

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1. What is a configuration?

The IPSL climate modeling suite offers various configurations described in the mod.def file in modipsl/util. Each configuration consists of one or several model components (including the OASIS coupler) and tools. Tools are, for example, libIGCM, XIOS or IOIPSL. The supported configurations use specific versions of each model component. It is however possible to change the version of a model components and the version of the tools. To do so, you must change mod.def.

The supported configurations are maintained and updated by the working groups at the IPSL Climate Modeling Center. See the supported configurations below and click on the links for details.

2. IPSLCM5

• IPSLCM5_v5 : the reference coupled model used for CMIP5 simulations including atmosphere, land, ocean, sea ice and carbon cycle
• Details on the CMIP5 model and its history (between 2010 and 2012) can be found (in French) ​(pasword required at least) and ​here for its history.

3. LMDZOR

LMDZOR_v5: the atmosphere-land only version

4. LMDZORINCA

LMDZORINCA_v5: the atmosphere-land version of IPSLCM5 including tropospheric chemistry

5. LMDZREPR

LMDZREPR_v5: the atmosphere-land version of IPSLCM5 including stratospheric chemistry

6. IPSLCM5CHT

IPSLCM5CHT_v5: reference coupled model including tropospheric chemistry

7. IPSLCM5CHS

IPSLCM5CHS_v5: reference coupled model including stratospheric chemistry

8. NEMO

NEMO: ocean-only version including sea ice and marine biogeochemistry

9. ORCHIDEE_OL

Two configurations ORCHIDEE_OL are available:

• ORCHIDEE_SVN_AR5: the land version
• ORCHIDEE_TAG: the land version using the latest Orchidee reference version