UMSLIMCAT

UMSLIMCAT is a coupled chemistry-climate model (CCM) which combined the Met Office Unified Model (v4.5) with the TOMCAT/SLIMCAT stratospheric chemistry scheme. The model was used for many studies of ozone layer recovery as part of the CCMVal projects and WMO/UNEP Assessment studies.

Although the model performed well it is no longer used. The very old UM v4.5 is no longer supported and UK CCM efforts now focus on the United Kingdom Earth System Model (UKESM).

Example UMSLIMCAT References

Dhomse, S.S., D. Kinnison, M.P. Chipperfield, R.J. Salawitch, I. Cionni, M. Hegglin, N.L. Abraham, H. Akiyoshi, A.T. Archibald, E.M. Bednarz, S. Bekki, P. Braesicke, N. Butchart, M. Dameris, M. Deushi, S. Frith, S.C. Hardiman, B. Hassler, L.W. Horowitz, R.-M. Hu, P. Joeckel, B. Josse, O. Kirner, S. Kremser, U. Langematz, J. Lewis, M. Marchand, M. Lin, E. Mancini, V. Marecal, M. Michou, O. Morgenstern, F. O'Connor, L. Oman, G. Pitari, D.A. Plummer, J.A. Pyle, L.E. Revell, E. Rozanov, R. Schofield, A. Stenke, K. Stone, K. Sudo, S. Tilmes, D. Visioni, Y. Yamashita and G. Zeng,
Estimates of ozone return dates from Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative simulations,
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 8409-8438, doi:10.5194/acp-18-8409-2018, 2018.

Hossaini, R., M.P. Chipperfield, S.A. Montzka, A.A. Leeson, S.S. Dhomse and J.A. Pyle,
The increasing threat to stratospheric ozone from dichloromethane,
Nature Communications, 8, 15962, doi:10.1038/ncomms15962, 2017.