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<h1>Report 18:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Summary Documentation

of the AMIP Models</h1>

<ul><b>Phillips, </b>Thomas J.

<br>April 1994, 346 pp.&nbsp;

This report summarizes essential features of the global atmospheric

models of some 30 groups that are participating in the Atmospheric Model

Intercomparison Project (AMIP), an international effort to simulate the

climate of the period 1979-1988 with common ocean boundary conditions and

radiative forcings. Salient features of the AMIP models are summarized

in tabular form, and the principal numerical, dynamical, and physical properties

of each model are described in greater detail as well. An extensive bibliography

of references on the algorithms and parametrizations used in the AMIP models

is also provided.<a href="https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/mips/amip/home/Documentation/amip.html">HTML</a>, (<a href="pdf/18.pdf"><i>pdf</i></a>).

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