UKCA & UMUI Tutorial 0
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Back to UKCA & UMUI Tutorials This provides some background on UKCA to complement the hands-on part of the tutorial.
Outline
- What is UKCA?
- Chemical mechanisms
- GLOMAP-mode Aerosol scheme
- Applications
- Code management
What is UKCA?
- United Kingdom Chemistry and Aerosols
- A Chemistry and Aerosol scheme for the Met Office Unified Model
- Funding from National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) and the Met Office
Participants
- Met Office: Tropospheric Chemistry, direct radiative forcing, system management
- University of Cambridge : Stratospheric Chemistry
- Leeds University: Aerosol Scheme
- Oxford: indirect effects of aerosols and aerosol washout
