Table 1 Main components and literature references for the atmosphere/land model IFS, the wave model WAM and ocean and sea-ice models NEMO and LIM.

From: ECMWF global coupled atmosphere, ocean and sea-ice dataset for the Year of Polar Prediction 2017–2020

Model component

References

Dynamical core

18,34

Shallow, mid-level and deep convection

19,20,21

Cloud microphysics

22,23

Planetary boundary layer and turbulence

24,25

Orographic gravity wave drag

26,27

Non-orographic gravity wave drag

28

Land surface

29,35

Radiation

30

Ocean waves

31

Ocean dynamics, physics, and sea ice

32,33

  1. The code documentation can be found at https://www.ecmwf.int/en/publications/ifs-documentation.
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