CAM6.3 User's Guide

The Community Atmosphere Model version 6.3 (CAM6.3) is released as the active atmosphere component of the Community Earth System Model version CESM-2.2. It is the latest in a series of global atmosphere models whose development is guided by the Atmosphere Model Working Group (AMWG) of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) project. CAM can be run in many configurations within the CESM; it is the atmosphere component in the B, E, F, Q, and P compsets. The term "standalone CAM" is often used to refer to a compset which does not include prognostic ocean and sea ice models. When one speaks of "doing CAM simulations" the implication is that it's a standalone configuration that is being used. When CAM is coupled to prognostic land, ocean, and sea ice models then we refer to it as a "fully coupled CESM simulation" which are implemented in the B compsets.

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Author Craig, Cheryl A.
Bacmeister, Julio ORCID icon
Callaghan, Patrick ORCID icon
Eaton, Brian E. ORCID icon
Gettelman, Andrew ORCID icon
Goldhaber, Steve ORCID icon
Hannay, Cecile E. ORCID icon
Herrington, Adam R. ORCID icon
Lauritzen, Peter H. ORCID icon
McInerney, Joseph ORCID icon
Medeiros, Brian ORCID icon
Mills, Michael J. ORCID icon
Neale, Richard ORCID icon
Tilmes, Simone ORCID icon
Truesdale, John E.
Vertenstein, Mariana ORCID icon
Vitt, Francis M. ORCID icon
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2021-11-10T00:00:00
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Suggested Citation Craig, Cheryl A., Bacmeister, Julio, Callaghan, Patrick, Eaton, Brian E., Gettelman, Andrew, Goldhaber, Steve, Hannay, Cecile E., Herrington, Adam R., Lauritzen, Peter H., McInerney, Joseph, Medeiros, Brian, Mills, Michael J., Neale, Richard, Tilmes, Simone, Truesdale, John E., Vertenstein, Mariana, Vitt, Francis M.. (2021). CAM6.3 User's Guide. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7s75ksx. Accessed 08 February 2026.

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