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Experiments planned:

CLASS CONFIGURATIONS WP
Forced Ocean Regional WP5
Forced Atmosphere Global, Regional WPs 6-9
Coupled s2d hindcasts Global ensemble WPs 6-8, WP11
Coupled control or historical Global WPs 7-9
Coupled scenario Global WP11
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Models to be used:

NAME PARTNER WP RESOLUTIONS REFERENCES
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COUPLED MODELS
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NorESM UiB, UniRes WP6-8, WP11 Ocean: 2°;
Atmos: 2°
(Higher resolution versions will be tested in PREFACE) 		Bentsen et al., 2012;
Counillon et al., 2014
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EC-EARTH (IFS-NEMO) WU, IC3 WP6-8, WP11 Ocean: 1° and 0.25°;
Atmos: T255(~0.7°)
(Vertical resolution can be modified in PREFACE) 		Hazeleger et al., 2010
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CNRM-CM (ARPEGE-NEMO) MF- CNRM WP6-8, WP11 Ocean: 1°L42;
Atmos: T127(~1.8°) 		Voldoire et al., 2013
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HadGEM3 (HadGA3-NEMO) UREAD WP6, WP8 Ocean: 1°-1/3°L75(GloSea4) or 1/4°L75(GloSea5);
Atmos: N96L85(85km lid) 		Arribas et al., 2011
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ARPEGE-NEMO (HighRes) CERFACS WP6-7, WP11 Ocean: 0.25°L75;
Atmos: T359(~0.5°) 		.
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IPSL-CM5 (LMDZ-NEMO) UPMC WP6-8 Ocean: 0.25°L75;
Atmos: N130L39
(In zoomed config. 50km X 50km over 30S-30N, 60W-40E) 		Dufresne et al., 2013
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OCATA (WRF-NEMO) UPMC WP6-7 Regional 60W-50E 30S-30N:
Ocean: 0.25°L75;
Atmos: ~25 km,L35 		.
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UCLA AGCM+MIT OGCM UCM/IGEO WP8-9 Ocean: 0.3°-1°;
Atmos: 2.5° X 2° X L29+SsIB 		Cazes-Boezio et al., 2008;
Stammer et al., 2011
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SPEEDO UCM/IGEO WP8-9 Ocean: 1.5-layer reduced-gravity model (2° X 1°);
Atmos: T31(~3.75°)		 Rodriguez-Fonseca et al., 2009
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KCM GEOMAR WP6-8 Ocean: Low 2°, High: 0.5°;
Atmos: Low T31(~3.75°),
High T213(~0.56°)		 Park et al., 2009
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OCEAN MODELS
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NEMO/ORCA25 UCT, IRD, UPMC, GEOMAR, UCM WP3-5, WP9 0.25° X 0.25° Barnier et al., 2006
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ROMS UCT, IRD, UPMC, CRO WP3-5 0.2° X 0.2° to 1km X 1km Debreu et al., 2012
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MOM-4/CFSR UCT WP3-5 0.33° X 0.33° Saha et al., 2010
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NEMO “MERCATOR” UCT, IRD, UPMC WP3-5 0.08° X 0.08° Drévillon et al., 2008
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NEMO/ORCA12 “DRAKKAR” UCT, UPMC WP3-5 0.125° X 0.125° Barnier et al., 2006
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MOM-4 IOW WP3-5 0.075° X 0.075° Herzfeld et al., 2011
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Analytical upwelling model IOW WP4-5 . Fennel et al., 2012
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ATMOSPHERE MODELS
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ECHAM5 UiB WP9 T63(~1.9°) L47 (stratosphere resolving version) Roeckner et al., 2003
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ICTP-AGCM UNN, UCM/IGEO WP9 T30(~3.75°) Molteni, 2003
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HadGA3 UREAD WP6, WP8 N96L85(85km lid) Arribas et al. 2011
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WRF 3.3.1 GEOMAR WP7-8 10km horizontal, 51 vertical level Skamarock et al., 2008
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UCLA UCM/IGEO WP9 2.5° X 2° X L29 Mechoso et al., 1990
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FISHERIES/ECONOMIC MODEL
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Bioclimate envelope model TI WP12 0.5° X 0.5° Cheung et al., 2008
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References

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