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IntroductionQuasi-equilibrium Tropical Circulation Models (QTCMs) are part of the research effort of the Climate Systems Interaction (CSI) group, in the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences at UCLA.QTCMs are models of intermediate complexity suitable for the modeling of tropical climate and its variability. It occupies a niche among climate models between complex general circulation models and simple models. |
QTCM1 (version 2.2):
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The primitive-equation-based dynamical framework
is constructed using analytical solutions from the quasi-equilibrium
convective parameterization as the first basis function in a
Galerkin representation of vertical structure.
A uniqueness of the QTCM is its balanced treatment of
dynamics and physical parameterizations. It includes a
linearized longwave radiation scheme,
simple cloud prediction and shortwave radiation schemes, and the
Simple-Land (SLand)
land model.
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For technical questions, please contact:
  Hui Su: hui@atmos.ucla.edu , (310) 825-4432 (o)