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Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis

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TheCanadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis(CCCma) is part of the Climate Research Division ofEnvironment Canadaand is located at theUniversity of Victoria,Victoria, British Columbia.Its purpose is to develop and applyclimate modelsto improve understanding ofclimate changeand make quantitative projections of future climate in Canada and globally. Its seasonal forecasting system provides climate forecasts over Canada on timescales of months to years.

Current models

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  • CGCM3 The third generation coupled global climate model
  • CGCM4 The fourth generation coupled global climate model
  • CanESM2 The second generation Canadian Earth System Model
  • CanESM5 The Canadian Earth System Model version 5[1]
  • CanRCM The Canadian Regional Climate Model[2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Swart et al. (2019)
  2. ^Scinocca et al. (2016)

References

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  • Flato, G. M.; Boer, G. J.; Lee, W. G.; McFarlane, N. A.; Ramsden, D.; Reader, M. C.; Weaver, A. J. (2000). "The Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis global coupled model and its climate".Climate Dynamics.16(6): 451–467.Bibcode:2000ClDy...16..451F.doi:10.1007/s003820050339.S2CID128396754.
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