European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Hamburg Generation 5 / Max Planck Institute

Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie

ECHAM5 is the 5th generation of the ECHAM general circulation model. Depending on the configuration the model resolves the atmosphere up to 10 hPa for tropospheric studies, or up to 0.01 hPa for middle atmosphere studies (often referred to as MAECHAM5).

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Reference : http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/model_documentation/ECHAM5_MPI-OM.htm

Project : cmip3

Model runs : 0

Also known as :

• model ECHAM5/MPI-OM (cmip3 lexicon)
• model mpi_echam5 (esg lexicon)