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| NCAR/TN–464+STR
| NCAR TECHNICAL NOTE
| June 2010

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Description of the NCAR Community Atmosphere Model (CAM5)
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| **Richard B. Neale, Chih-Chieh Chen, Andrew Gettelman,** 
| **Peter H. Lauritzen, Sungsu Park and David L. Williamson**

   *Climate And Global Dynamics Division
   National Center For Atmospheric Research
   Boulder, Colorado, USA*

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| **Andrew J. Conley, Rolando Garcia, Doug Kinnison, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Dan Marsh,**
| **Mike Mills, Anne K. Smith and Simone Tilmes, Francis Vitt**

   *Atmospheric Chemistry Division
   National Center For Atmospheric Research
   Boulder, Colorado, USA*

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**Hugh Morrison**

   *Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology
   National Center For Atmospheric Research
   Boulder, Colorado, USA*

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**Philip Cameron-Smith** 

   Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, California
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**William D. Collins**

   UC Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
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**Michael J. Iacono** 

   Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts
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**Richard C. Easter, Steven J. Ghan, Xiaohong Liu and Philip J. Rasch**

   Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington
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**Mark A. Taylor**

   Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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