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The performance of FLake in the Met Office Unified Model by Gabriel Gerard Rooney, Francisco Jorge Bornemann

“…We present results from the coupling of FLake to the Met Office Unified Model (MetUM). The coupling and initialisation are first described, and the results of testing the coupled model in local and global model configurations are presented. …”
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The Met Office Operational Soil Moisture Analysis System by Breogán Gómez, Cristina L. Charlton-Pérez, Huw Lewis, Brett Candy

“…In this study, the current Met Office operational land surface data assimilation system used to produce soil moisture analyses is presented. …”
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Operational assimilation of ASCAT surface soil wetness at the Met Office by I. Dharssi, K. J. Bovis, B. Macpherson, C. P. Jones

“…Currently, no extensive, near real time, global soil moisture observation network exists. Therefore, the Met Office global soil moisture analysis scheme has instead used observations of screen temperature and humidity. …”
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ENSO Amplitude Asymmetry in Met Office Hadley Centre Climate Models by Sarah Ineson, Nick J. Dunstone, Hong-Li Ren, Richard Renshaw, Malcolm J. Roberts, Adam A. Scaife, Adam A. Scaife, Kuniko Yamazaki

“…Long climate simulations with the Met Office Hadley Centre General Circulation Model show weak El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) amplitude asymmetry between El Niño and La Niña phases compared with observations. …”
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Confronting the Convective Gray Zone in the Global Configuration of the Met Office Unified Model by Lorenzo Tomassini, Martin Willett, Alistair Sellar, Adrian Lock, David Walters, Michael Whitall, Claudio Sanchez, Julian Heming, Paul Earnshaw, José M. Rodriguez, Duncan Ackerley, Prince Xavier, Charmaine Franklin, Catherine A. Senior

“…Here we explore the convective gray zone starting from a defined global configuration of the Met Office Unified Model using initialized forecasts and comparing different model formulations to observations. …”
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The Met Office operational wave forecasting system: the evolution of the regional and global models by N. G. Valiente, A. Saulter, B. Gomez, C. Bunney, J.-G. Li, T. Palmer, C. Pequignet

“…<p>The Met Office operational wave forecasting modelling system runs four times a day to provide global and regional forecasts up to 7 d ahead. …”
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The Met Office Global Coupled model 2.0 (GC2) configuration by K. D. Williams, C. M. Harris, A. Bodas-Salcedo, J. Camp, R. E. Comer, D. Copsey, D. Fereday, T. Graham, R. Hill, T. Hinton, P. Hyder, S. Ineson, G. Masato, S. F. Milton, M. J. Roberts, D. P. Rowell, C. Sanchez, A. Shelly, B. Sinha, D. N. Walters, A. West, T. Woollings, P. K. Xavier

“…The latest coupled configuration of the Met Office Unified Model (Global Coupled configuration 2, GC2) is presented. …”
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The SAO and Kelvin waves in the EuroGRIPS GCMS and the UK Met. Office analyses by M. Amodei, M. Amodei, S. Pawson, S. Pawson, A. A. Scaife, U. Langematz, W. Lahoz, D. M. Li, P. Simon

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INFERNO: a fire and emissions scheme for the UK Met Office's Unified Model by S. Mangeon, A. Voulgarakis, R. Gilham, A. Harper, S. Sitch, G. Folberth

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The HadGEM2 family of Met Office Unified Model climate configurations by The HadGEM2 Development Team: G. M. Martin, N. Bellouin, W. J. Collins, I. D. Culverwell, P. R. Halloran, S. C. Hardiman, T. J. Hinton, C. D. Jones, R. E. McDonald, A. J. McLaren, F. M. O'Connor, M. J. Roberts, J. M. Rodriguez, S. Woodward, M. J. Best, M. E. Brooks, A. R. Brown, N. Butchart, C. Dearden, S. H. Derbyshire, I. Dharssi, M. Doutriaux-Boucher, J. M. Edwards, P. D. Falloon, N. Gedney, L. J. Gray, H. T. Hewitt, M. Hobson, M. R. Huddleston, J. Hughes, S. Ineson, W. J. Ingram, P. M. James, T. C. Johns, C. E. Johnson, A. Jones, C. P. Jones, M. M. Joshi, A. B. Keen, S. Liddicoat, A. P. Lock, A. V. Maidens, J. C. Manners, S. F. Milton, J. G. L. Rae, J. K. Ridley, A. Sellar, C. A. Senior, I. J. Totterdell, A. Verhoef, P. L. Vidale, A. Wiltshire

“…We describe the HadGEM2 family of climate configurations of the Met Office Unified Model, MetUM. The concept of a model "family" comprises a range of specific model configurations incorporating different levels of complexity but with a common physical framework. …”
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The HadGEM2 family of Met Office Unified Model climate configurations by Martin, G, Bellouin, N, Collins, W, Culverwell, I, Halloran, P, Hardiman, S, Hinton, T, Jones, C, McDonald, R, McLaren, A, O'Connor, F, Roberts, M, Rodriguez, J, Woodward, S, Best, M, Brooks, M, Brown, A, Butchart, N, Dearden, C, Derbyshire, S, Dharssi, I, Doutriaux-Boucher, M, Edwards, J, Falloon, P, Gedney, N

“…We describe the HadGEM2 family of climate configurations of the Met Office Unified Model, MetUM. The concept of a model "family" comprises a range of specific model configurations incorporating different levels of complexity but with a common physical framework. …”

Impact of assimilating Mode‐S EHS winds in the Met Office's high‐resolution NWP model by Zhihong Li

“…More recently, the Met Office has installed a network of six receivers to collect Mode‐Select Enhanced Surveillance (Mode‐S EHS) broadcasts and derive wind and temperature information. …”
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Evaluation of stratocumulus cloud prediction in the Met Office forecast model during VOCALS-REx by S. J. Abel, D. N. Walters, G. Allen

“…Observations in the subtropical southeast Pacific obtained during the VOCALS-REx field experiment are used to evaluate the representation of stratocumulus cloud in the Met Office forecast model and to identify key areas where model biases exist. …”
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A modern-day Mars climate in the Met Office Unified Model: dry simulations by D. McCulloch, D. E. Sergeev, N. Mayne, M. Bate, J. Manners, I. Boutle, I. Boutle, B. Drummond, K. Kohary

“…<p>We present results from the Met Office Unified Model (UM), a world-leading climate and weather model, adapted to simulate a dry Martian climate. …”
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Modification of the thermodynamic variability closure in the Met Office Unified Model prognostic cloud scheme by Cyril J. Morcrette

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Impacts of increasing the aerosol complexity in the Met Office global numerical weather prediction model by J. P. Mulcahy, D. N. Walters, N. Bellouin, S. F. Milton

“…In this study the impacts of increasing the aerosol complexity in the global NWP configuration of the Met Office Unified Model (MetUM) are investigated. A hierarchy of aerosol representations are evaluated including three-dimensional monthly mean speciated aerosol climatologies, fully prognostic aerosols modelled using the CLASSIC aerosol scheme and finally, initialised aerosols using assimilated aerosol fields from the GEMS project. …”
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The first Met Office Unified Model–JULES Regional Atmosphere and Land configuration, RAL1 by M. Bush, T. Allen, C. Bain, I. Boutle, J. Edwards, A. Finnenkoetter, C. Franklin, K. Hanley, H. Lean, A. Lock, J. Manners, M. Mittermaier, C. Morcrette, R. North, J. Petch, C. Short, S. Vosper, D. Walters, S. Webster, M. Weeks, J. Wilkinson, N. Wood, M. Zerroukat

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The second Met Office Unified Model–JULES Regional Atmosphere and Land configuration, RAL2 by M. Bush, I. Boutle, J. Edwards, A. Finnenkoetter, C. Franklin, K. Hanley, A. Jayakumar, H. Lewis, A. Lock, M. Mittermaier, S. Mohandas, R. North, A. Porson, B. Roux, S. Webster, M. Weeks

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Development of the Global Sea Ice 6.0 CICE configuration for the Met Office Global Coupled model by J. G. L. Rae, H. T. Hewitt, A. B. Keen, J. K. Ridley, A. E. West, C. M. Harris, E. C. Hunke, D. N. Walters

“…The new sea ice configuration GSI6.0, used in the Met Office global coupled configuration GC2.0, is described and the sea ice extent, thickness and volume are compared with the previous configuration and with observationally based data sets. …”
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