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Atmosphere

• 28 June 2023
• Roland Potthast (DWD) , Corinna Hoose (KIT) , Ina Tegen (TROPOS)
• Core Components , Atmosphere
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ICON-A: Roland Potthast

For the representation of the atmosphere, ICON includes a non-hydrostatic dynamical core operating on a icosahedral-triangular Arakawa C grid. Physics parameterizations for radiation, cloud microphysics (1- or 2-moment) and turbulence are always used, while orographic drag, subgrid cloud cover, and deep and shallow convection are parameterized or not depending on the configuration.

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