Brief Description

Climate Models used by UKCA

The UKCA model runs within the Hadley Centre version of the Unified Model. There are a number of different versions of this climate model at a number of resolutions which are used for UKCA development.

UM Version	Model	Horizontal Resolution	Vertical Levels	Model Top	Scheme Used
6.1	HadGAM1a	N48 (2.5°×3.75°)	L60	~84km	Tropospheric Chemistry
6.1	HadGAM2	N48	L60	~84km	Stratospheric Chemistry
6.6.4	HadGEM2-ES	N96	L38	~40km	Hadley Centre Earth System Model
7.1	HadGEM3-A	N96 (1.25°×1.875°)	L38	~40km	Tropospheric Chemistry
7.3	HadGEM3-A r2.0	N96	L38	~40km	Tropospheric Chemistry
7.3	HadGEM3-A r2.0	N96	L63	~40km	Tropospheric Chemistry
7.3	HadGEM3-A r2.0	N96	L85	85km	Stratospheric Chemistry
7.3	HadGEM3-A r2.0	N48	L60	~84km	Stratospheric Chemistry
7.3	HadGEM3-AO r2.0	N48	L60	~84km	QUEST Earth System Model

UKCA: Currently Available Chemistry Schemes

• Standard Tropospheric Chemistry
• Tropospheric Chemistry with Isoprene
• Extended Tropospheric Chemistry (ExtTC)
• Regional Air Quality (RAQ) Chemistry
• Standard Stratospheric Chemistry
• Chemistry of the Stratosphere and Troposphere

UKCA Aerosol Scheme: GLOMAP-mode

• GLOMAP-mode

UKCA Development Timeline

If you are interested in using UKCA, and there is a particular piece of functionality that you would like or need, but are not sure if it is available, please contact Luke Abraham for further information.

Short-Term Development

• Stratospheric Chemistry at UM7.3 HadGEM3-A (N96L85 and N48L60) - Luke Abraham
• ASAD Flux Diagnostics at UM7.3 - Luke Abraham
• Improved representation of isoprene oxidation at UM6.1 - Alex Archibald
• Chemistry of Stratosphere and Troposphere - CheST at UM7.3 - Alex Archibald
• Flight track emulator to compare to campaign data at UM7.3 - Paul Telford
• Fast-JX photolysis code validation at UM7.3 - Paul Telford

Medium-Term Development

• HadGEM3-AO UKCA - Luke Abraham
• Satellite emulator, including averaging kernels, to improve validation at UM7.3 - Paul Telford
• Couple mode aerosols and fast-jx code at UM7.3 - Paul Telford and ?
• Shift UKCA emissions from Section 0 (user-defined) to Section 34 - Mohit Dalvi Sec34 emissions

Long-Term Development

• Coupled UKCA Stratosphere-Troposphere Chemistry with MODE

UKCA: Model Outline

Development of UKCA consists of the following subprojects:

Tropospheric model development

• HadGEM3 at N96L63 and HadGEM2-ES at N96L38
• Tropospheric Configuration of UKCA (Fiona M. O’Connor)

Stratospheric model development

• HadGEM3 at N96L85/N48L60
• Coupled stratospheric chemistry

Aerosols

• New aerosol species and microphysics
• Aerosol chemistry

New features

• Coupled chemistry, aerosols and climate model
• Based on new dynamics
• Combined troposphere-stratosphere chemistry
• Improved aerosol microphysics and chemistry
• Capability to interact with surface, radiation and biosphere
• Modular structure