Earth System Model Family

HadCM2

HadCM2 is an early family of Met Office Hadley Centre coupled climate models that established foundational approaches for UK climate modeling.

Primary Institution Met Office
Scientific Domains Atmosphere, Ocean
Established 1995
Representative Member HadCM2
Website www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/modelling-systems/unified-model/climate-models
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What is this? HadCM2 is an earth system model family developed by Met Office , first established in 1995. It covers the Atmosphere, Ocean domains of Earth system science. The best-known member of this family is HadCM2.

Scientific Domains (2)

Atmosphere atmosphere
Ocean ocean

Description

HadCM2 is an early family of Met Office Hadley Centre coupled climate models that established foundational approaches for UK climate modeling.

Evolution & History
HadCM2 developed in the mid-1990s, served as foundation for HadCM3 and HadGEM families.
Scientific Basis
Common scientific approach based on primitive equation atmospheric and oceanic dynamics.

Institutions

Met Office Primary

Est. 1854 ROR ↗

Scientific & Technical Characteristics

⚙️ Computational Requirements
10s to 100s of processors for climate simulations
📐 Variation Dimensions
Resolution configurations, parameter tuning, physics parameterization choices, domain configurations.
📦 Software Dependencies
Standard numerical libraries, basic I/O libraries, message passing libraries
📄 Documentation
www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/modelling-systems/unified-model

Code & Development

Source Code Repository
none
Shared Code Base
HadCM2 family members share common atmospheric and oceanic model components developed at the Met Office.
Programming Languages
Fortran 77Fortran 90
License
Proprietary

References (1)

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Technical Details

Resource Identifier (@id)
hadcm2
Validation Key
HadCM2
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Resource Types
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