The Path Toward Vertical Grid Options for the Community Atmosphere Model Version 7: The Impact of Vertical Resolution on the QBO and Tropical Waves

Abstract The Community Earth System Model currently contains two primary atmospheric configurations: the Community Atmosphere Model 6 (CAM6, 32 levels, ∼40‐km top); and the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model 6 (WACCM6, 70 levels, ∼140‐km top). For CAM7, a number of factors motivate a raising o...

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Published in:	Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
Main Authors:	Isla R. Simpson, Rolando R. Garcia, Julio T. Bacmeister, Peter H. Lauritzen, Cecile Hannay, Brian Medeiros, Julie Caron, Gokhan Danabasoglu, Adam Herrington, Christiane Jablonowski, Dan Marsh, Richard B. Neale, Lorenzo M. Polvani, Jadwiga H. Richter, Nan Rosenbloom, Simone Tilmes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2025-09-01
Subjects:	atmospheric modeling vertical resolution quasi‐biennial oscillation stratospheric vortex tropical waves QBO‐MJO connection
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS004957