Introduction

Welcome to the GMTB Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) V1.0 scientific documentation. This version contains all parameterizations of the 2017 Operational GFS physics suite. In this website you will find documentation on various aspects of the parameterizations, including basic description, input/output argument list and general/detailed algorithm.

Author

Global Model Test Bed (GMTB) at NCAR and NOAA/GSD

Documentation for the individual physics scheme can be accessed through the following links:

• GFS RRTMG Shortwave/Longwave Radiation Scheme
• GFS Surface Layer Scheme
• GFS Near Sea Surface Temperature Scheme
• GFS Noah Land Surface Model
• GFS Sea Ice Scheme
• GFS Hybrid Eddy-Diffusivity Mass-Flux PBL and Free Atmospheric Turbulence Scheme
• GFS Orographic Gravity Wave Drag Scheme
• GFS Ozone Physics Scheme
• GFS Scale-Aware Mass-Flux Deep Convection Scheme
• GFS Convective Gravity Wave Drag Scheme
• GFS Scale-Aware Mass-Flux Shallow Convection Scheme
• GFS Zhao-Carr Microphysics Scheme

You can find more information about the GMTB Common Community Physics Package (CCPP) on the DTC website.