FAMOUS

[A: FAMOUS is a low-resolution version of the [=HadCM3=] climate model. It is intended to be used for projects where long periods of simulated time are needed, because it runs about ten times faster than [=HadCM3=], which it was originally tuned to emulate. For more details, see the [[About| About FAMOUS]] page

[A: The[=UK Met. Office Unified Model=] :]

[A: FAMOUS is a low-resolution version of the [=HadCM3=] climate model. It is intended to be used for projects where long periods of simulated time are needed, because it runs about ten times faster than [=HadCM3=], which it was originally tuned to emulate. For more details, see the [[About| About FAMOUS]]

[A: The UK Met. Office Unified Model :]

[A: FAMOUS is a low-resolution version of the [=HadCM3=] AOGCM. It is intended to be used for projects where long periods of simulated time are needed, because it runs about ten times faster than [=HadCM3=], which it has been tuned to emulate. FAMOUS runs at UM version 4.5. The atmosphere component is 48x36 (7.5deg longitude x 5deg latitude) with 11 levels in the vertical. The ocean component is 98x72 (3.75deg longitude x 2.5deg latitude with 20 levels, the same as [=HadCM3L=]). FAMOUS does not use flux adjustment; in order to achieve this the ocean component of FAMOUS was developed with a few changes to the bathymetry of the North Atlantic to allow a more realistic representation of the ocean circulation, as described by [[Jones et al. (2003)->http://www.famous.ac.uk/Papers/jones03famousocean.pdf]]. Owing to its lower resolution, the climate of FAMOUS is not as realistic as that of [=HadCM3=], but the speed of FAMOUS made it possible to tune it using an iterative objective approach, which cannot be afforded with higher-resolution models. The tuning process and the resulting climate simulation are described by [[Jones et al. (2003)->http://www.famous.ac.uk/Papers/jones05famoustuning.pdf]].:]

[A: Unified Model :]