EGU22-13128
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13128
EGU General Assembly 2022
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Facilitating the development of complex models with the Common Community Physics Package and its Single-Column Model

Ligia Bernardet1,2, Grant Firl1,2,3, Dom Heinzeller1,2,4, Man Zhang1,2,4, Sam Trahan1,2,4, Jimy Dudhia3,5, Mike Kavulich3,5, and Mike Ek3,5
Ligia Bernardet et al.
  • 1NOAA, GSL, Boulder, CO, USA
  • 2Developmental Testbed Center (DTC), Boulder, CO, USA
  • 3Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO, USA
  • 4University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, USA
  • 5NCAR, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA

The Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) is a collection of atmospheric physical
parameterizations and a framework that couples the physics for use in Earth system models.
The CCPP Framework was developed by the U.S. Developmental Testbed Center (DTC) and is
now an integral part of the Unified Forecast System (UFS), a community-based, coupled,
comprehensive Earth modeling system designed to support research and be the source system
for NOAA‘s multi-scale operational numerical weather prediction applications.

A primary goal for this effort is to facilitate research and development of physical
parameterizations, while simultaneously offering capabilities for use in operational models. The
CCPP Framework supports configurations ranging from process studies to operational
numerical weather prediction as it enables host models to assemble the parameterizations in
flexible suites. Framework capabilities include flexibility with respect to the order in which
schemes are called, ability to group parameterizations for calls in different parts of the host
model, and ability to call some parameterizations more often than others. Furthermore, the
CCPP is distributed with a single-column model that can be used to test innovations and to
conduct hierarchical studies in which physics and dynamics are decoupled.

There are today more than 30 primary parameterizations in the CCPP, representing a wide
range of meteorological and land-surface processes. Experimental versions of the CCPP also
contain chemical schemes, making it possible to create suites that tightly couple chemistry and
meteorology.

The CCPP is developed as open-source code and has received contributions from the wide
community in the form of new schemes and innovations within existing schemes. In this poster,
we will provide an update on CCPP development and plans, as well as review existing
resources for users and developers, such as the public releases, documentation, tutorial, and
forum

How to cite: Bernardet, L., Firl, G., Heinzeller, D., Zhang, M., Trahan, S., Dudhia, J., Kavulich, M., and Ek, M.: Facilitating the development of complex models with the Common Community Physics Package and its Single-Column Model, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-13128, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-13128, 2022.