NCAR/TN–464+STR

NCAR TECHNICAL NOTE

June 2010

1. 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

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

Hugh Morrison

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

Philip Cameron-Smith

Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, California

William D. Collins

UC Berkeley/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Michael J. Iacono

Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts

Richard C. Easter, Steven J. Ghan, Xiaohong Liu and Philip J. Rasch

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington

Mark A. Taylor

Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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