United Kingdom Met Office, Hadley Centre, Climate Model Version 3

Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research

HadCM3 is a coupled climate model that has been used extensively for climate prediction, detection and attribution, and other climate sensitivity studies. HadCM3 stands for the Hadley Centre Coupled Model version 3. It was developed in 1999 and was the first unified model climate configuration not to require flux adjustments (artificial adjustments applied to climate model simulations to prevent them drifting into unrealistic climate states).

www.metoffice.gov.uk

Website : http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/modelling-systems/unified-model/climate-models/hadcm3

Reference : http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/model_documentation/HadCM3.htm

Project : cmip3

Model runs : 0

Also known as :

• model UKMO-HadCM3 (cmip3 lexicon)
• model ukmo_hadcm3 (esg lexicon)