diff --git a/.buildkite/longruns_gpu/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/longruns_gpu/pipeline.yml
index c74884a925..cfce4daad6 100644
--- a/.buildkite/longruns_gpu/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/longruns_gpu/pipeline.yml
@@ -173,6 +173,16 @@ steps:
           slurm_time: 12:00:00
         env:
           JOB_NAME: "longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth"
+      
+      - label: ":computer: aquaplanet equilmoist clearsky radiation + 0M microphysics + earth topography (SLEVE)"
+        command:
+          - srun julia --project=examples examples/hybrid/driver.jl --config_file $CONFIG_PATH/$$JOB_NAME.yml
+        artifact_paths: "$$JOB_NAME/*"
+        agents:
+          slurm_gpus: 1
+          slurm_time: 6:00:00
+        env:
+          JOB_NAME: "longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth_sleve"
 
   - group: "DYAMOND"
 
diff --git a/config/default_configs/default_config.yml b/config/default_configs/default_config.yml
index b9fb3d40eb..b95ae3dc4d 100644
--- a/config/default_configs/default_config.yml
+++ b/config/default_configs/default_config.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ scalar_hyperdiffusion_coefficient:
 topography:
   help: "Define the surface elevation profile [`NoWarp`,`Earth`,`DCMIP200`,`Agnesi`]"
   value: "NoWarp"
+mesh_warp_type: 
+  help: "Sets the interior mesh warp method [`Linear`, `SLEVE`]"
+  value: "Linear"
+sleve_eta: 
+  help: "If SLEVE coordinates are chosen, sets the `ηₕ` parameter (if z/z_top > ηₕ, no warping is applied)" 
+  value: 0.7
+sleve_s: 
+  help: "If SLEVE coordinates are chosen, sets `s`, the warping decay scale parameter" 
+  value: 10.0
 topo_smoothing:
   help: "Choose whether to order-2 smoothing on the LGL mesh"
   value: false
diff --git a/config/longrun_configs/longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth_sleve.yml b/config/longrun_configs/longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth_sleve.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2b25af6a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/longrun_configs/longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth_sleve.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+dt_save_state_to_disk: "10days"
+dt: "100secs"
+rad: "clearsky"
+dt_rad: "6hours"
+t_end: "200days"
+dz_bottom: 30.0
+dz_top: 3000.0
+h_elem: 16
+z_elem: 63
+z_max: 55000.0
+job_id: "longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth_sleve"
+moist: "equil"
+precip_model: "0M"
+rayleigh_sponge: true
+vorticity_hyperdiffusion_coefficient: 3.0
+divergence_damping_factor: 1.0
+scalar_hyperdiffusion_coefficient: 3.0
+smoothing_order: 2
+topo_smoothing: true
+mesh_warp_type: "SLEVE"
+topography: "Earth"
+surface_setup: "DefaultMoninObukhov"
+vert_diff: "FriersonDiffusion"
+implicit_diffusion: true
+approximate_linear_solve_iters: 2
+toml: [toml/longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth_sleve.toml]
diff --git a/src/solver/type_getters.jl b/src/solver/type_getters.jl
index 3f4dcce3a2..5b103d442c 100644
--- a/src/solver/type_getters.jl
+++ b/src/solver/type_getters.jl
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ function get_spaces(parsed_args, params, comms_ctx)
                 z_max,
                 z_elem,
                 z_stretch;
+                parsed_args = parsed_args,
                 surface_warp = warp_function,
-                topo_smoothing = parsed_args["topo_smoothing"],
                 deep,
             )
         end
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ function get_spaces(parsed_args, params, comms_ctx)
         else
             Meshes.Uniform()
         end
-        make_hybrid_spaces(h_space, z_max, z_elem, z_stretch)
+        make_hybrid_spaces(h_space, z_max, z_elem, z_stretch; parsed_args)
     elseif parsed_args["config"] == "box"
         FT = eltype(params)
         nh_poly = parsed_args["nh_poly"]
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ function get_spaces(parsed_args, params, comms_ctx)
             z_max,
             z_elem,
             z_stretch;
+            parsed_args,
             surface_warp = warp_function,
             deep,
         )
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ function get_spaces(parsed_args, params, comms_ctx)
             z_max,
             z_elem,
             z_stretch;
+            parsed_args,
             surface_warp = warp_function,
             deep,
         )
diff --git a/src/utils/common_spaces.jl b/src/utils/common_spaces.jl
index b26d89babe..7279285b89 100644
--- a/src/utils/common_spaces.jl
+++ b/src/utils/common_spaces.jl
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ function make_hybrid_spaces(
     surface_warp = nothing,
     topo_smoothing = false,
     deep = false,
+    parsed_args = nothing,
 )
+    FT = eltype(z_max)
     # TODO: change this to make_hybrid_grid
     h_grid = Spaces.grid(h_space)
     z_domain = Domains.IntervalDomain(
@@ -101,11 +103,23 @@ function make_hybrid_spaces(
     if isnothing(surface_warp)
         hypsography = Hypsography.Flat()
     else
+        topo_smoothing = parsed_args["topo_smoothing"]
         z_surface = surface_warp(Fields.coordinate_field(h_space))
         if topo_smoothing
             Hypsography.diffuse_surface_elevation!(z_surface)
         end
-        hypsography = Hypsography.LinearAdaption(Geometry.ZPoint.(z_surface))
+        if parsed_args["mesh_warp_type"] == "SLEVE"
+            @info "SLEVE mesh warp"
+            hypsography = Hypsography.SLEVEAdaption(
+                z_surface,
+                parsed_args["sleve_eta"],
+                parsed_args["sleve_s"],
+            )
+        elseif parsed_args["mesh_warp_type"] == "Linear"
+            @info "Linear mesh warp"
+            hypsography =
+                Hypsography.LinearAdaption(Geometry.ZPoint.(z_surface))
+        end
     end
     grid = Grids.ExtrudedFiniteDifferenceGrid(h_grid, z_grid, hypsography; deep)
     # TODO: return the grid
diff --git a/test/gravity_wave/orographic_gravity_wave/ogwd_3d.jl b/test/gravity_wave/orographic_gravity_wave/ogwd_3d.jl
index f2abd2e11e..69185cd750 100644
--- a/test/gravity_wave/orographic_gravity_wave/ogwd_3d.jl
+++ b/test/gravity_wave/orographic_gravity_wave/ogwd_3d.jl
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ include("../../../post_processing/remap/remap_helpers.jl")
 include("../gw_plotutils.jl")
 
 comms_ctx = ClimaComms.SingletonCommsContext()
+test_args = ClimaAtmos.cli_defaults(CA.argparse_settings())
+config_dict = Dict("topo_smoothing" => false, "mesh_warp_type" => "Linear")
+parsed_args = CA.AtmosConfig(config_dict).parsed_args
 
 # load gfdl data
 include(joinpath(pkgdir(ClimaAtmos), "artifacts", "artifact_funcs.jl"))
@@ -100,12 +103,14 @@ quad = Quadratures.GLL{nh_poly + 1}()
 horizontal_mesh = CA.cubed_sphere_mesh(; radius, h_elem)
 h_space = CA.make_horizontal_space(horizontal_mesh, quad, comms_ctx, false)
 
+
 z_stretch = Meshes.GeneralizedExponentialStretching(dz_bottom, dz_top)
 center_space, face_space = CA.make_hybrid_spaces(
     h_space,
     z_max,
     z_elem,
     z_stretch;
+    parsed_args,
     surface_warp = warp_function,
 )
 
diff --git a/toml/longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth_sleve.toml b/toml/longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth_sleve.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdfb848a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toml/longrun_aquaplanet_rhoe_equil_55km_nz63_clearsky_0M_earth_sleve.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[alpha_rayleigh_w]
+value = 10.0
+type = "float"
+
+[zd_rayleigh]
+value = 35000.0
+
+[alpha_rayleigh_uh]
+alias = "alpha_rayleigh_uh"
+value = 0.0