Table 8: Comparison of parametrisations between AMIP and PMIP.

The table lists the parametrisations which have changed between AMIP and PMIP experiments (x represents a minor correction between the two versions and xx represents a major correction between the two versions).
 
 
 

Acronym	PMIP Model Designation	Compared to AMIP Model Designation
bmrc	BMRC Version 3.2 (R21 L9) 1993	BMRC BMRC2.3 (R31 L9) 1990
ccc2.0	CCCMA Version 2 (T32 L10) 1992	CCC GCMII (T32 L10) 1990
ccm1	NCAR CCM1 (R15 L12) 1992	SUNYA CCM1 (R15L12) 1990
ccm3	NCAR CCM3 (T42 L18) 1992	NCAR CCM2 (T42 L18) 1992
ccsr1	CCSR1/NIES 5.4 02 (T21 L20) 1995	CCSR/NIES AGCM (T21 L20) 1995
climber2	PIK CLIMBER-2 (7x18) 1998	no AMIP simulation
cnrm-2	CNRM ARPEGE Cy14c (T31 L19) 1996	CNRM ARPEGE Cy14c (T31L19) 1996
csiro	CSIRO V4-7 (R21 L9) 1992	CSIRO CSIRO9 Mark1 (R21 L9) 1992
echam3	MPI ECHAM3 (T42 L19) 1994	MPI ECHAM3 (T42 L19) 1992
gen1	GENESIS1 (R15 L12) 1992	SUNYA/NCAR GENESIS1.5 (T31 L18) 1994
gen2	GENESIS2 (T31 L18) 1995	SUNYA/NCAR GENESIS1.5 (T31 L18) 1994
gfdl	GFDL CDG (R30 L20) 1997	GFDL CDG1 (R30 L14) 1992
giss-iip	GISS Model II Prime (4x5 L9) 1997	GISS Model II Prime (4x5 L9) 1994
lln_nh_1	LLN 2-D NH (7 sectors) 1995	no AMIP simulation
lmcelmd4	LMCE LMD4.3 (sin(lat)x7.5 L11) 1991	LMD5.2 (sin(lat)x5.6 L11) 1991
lmcelmd5	LMCE LMD5.3 (sin(lat)x5.6 L11) 1994	LMD5.2 (sin(lat)x5.6 L11) 1991
mri2	MRI GCM-IIb (4x5 L15) 1995	MRI GCM-II (4x5 L15) 1993
msu	MSU (10x15L3) 1989	no AMIP simulation
ugamp	UGAMP UGCM Version2 (T42 L19) 1994	UGAMP UGCM1.3 (T42 L19) 1993
uiuc11	UIUC MLAM-PMIP (4x5 L11) 1996	UIUC MLAM-AMIP (4x5 L7) 1993
ukmo	UKMO HADAM2 (2.5x3.75 L19) 1997	UKMO HADAM1 (2.5x3.75) 1993
yonu	YONU Tr7 (4x5 L7) 1997	YONU Tr5.1 (4x5 L5) 1994

 
 

Acronym

Horizontal Resolution

Vertical Resolution

Computer/Operating System

Computational Performance

Time Integration Scheme(s)

Smoothing/Filling

Sampling Frequency

Diffusion

Gravity-wave Drag

Radiation

Convection

Cloud Formation

Precipitation

Planetary Boundary Layer

Snow Cover

Surface Characteristics

Surface Fluxes

Land Surface Processes

bmrc

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ccc2.0

-

-

xx

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ccm1

-

-

-

-

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ccm3

-

-

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

x

-

xx

xx

xx

xx

ccsr1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

cnrm-2

xx

xx

xx

xx

xx

xx

-

xx

xx

xx

x

xx

xx

x

xx

xx

xx

xx

csiro

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

xx

-

-

xx

xx

-

xx

echam3

-

-

xx

xx

-

-

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

-

-

gen1

xx

xx

-

xx

-

-

xx

-

xx

-

x

-

x

-

-

xx

-

-

gen2

-

-

xx

-

-

-

xx

-

-

xx

-

xx

xx

-

-

xx

-

xx

gfdl

-

-

-

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

-

x

-

xx

xx

-

giss-iip

-

-

xx

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

-

-

-

lmcelmd4

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

xx

-

-

xx

xx

-

-

-

-

-

lmcelmd5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

xx

xx

xx

-

xx

xx

xx

mri2

-

-

xx

xx

-

-

-

-

x

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

ugamp

-

-

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

-

-

x

uiuc11

-

xx

xx

xx

-

-

-

-

-

x

x

xx

xx

x

-

xx

-

-

ukmo

-

-

xx

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

-

-

yonu

-

xx

-

xx

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

x

-