Tutorial on the use of the

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Tutorial on the use of the RegCM3 ICTP Workshop
on the Theory and Use of Regional Climate
Models Trieste, Italy May 2003
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Arakawa B-staggered grid
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Sigma Levels
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data are available at http//www.ictp.trieste.i
t/pubregcm/RegCM3
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RegCM/PreProc/Terrain

• domain.param
• terrain.f
• Makefile
• terrain.x

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domain.param (Table 3)
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Variables in DOMAIN file (Table4)
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RegCM/PreProc/ICBC

• icbc.param
• ICBC.f
• SST_1DEG.f
• Makefile
• icbc.x

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RegCM/Commons

• regcm.in
• regcm.x
• postproc.x
• /tools

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regcm.in (Table 6)
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regcm.in (Table 7)
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Model Output
ATMYYYYMMDDHH (Table 8)
SRFYYYYMMDDHH (Table 9)
RADYYYYMMDDHH(Table 10)
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Practice Run

• centered over Trieste
• iy 34, jx 51, ds 60 km
• July 1994
• ECMWF Reanalysis
• CCM3 Radiative transfer package
• Grell Cumulus parameterization
• SUBEX large-scale precip
• BATS
• Zeng Ocean flux scheme