CAM: The Community Atmosphere Model

CAM code is stored in this repository on branches other than master. The details are explained below.

Please see the wiki for complete documentation on CAM, getting started with git and how to contribute to CAM's development.

How to checkout and use CAM:

The instructions below assume you have cloned this repository and are in the repository directory. For example:

git clone https://github.com/ESCOMP/CAM
cd CAM

To run CAM compatible with the CESM2.1 release:

git checkout cam_cesm2_1_rel_33
./manage_externals/checkout_externals

To view the release branch in github, go to the "Branch:master" pulldown menu and select cam_cesm2_1_rel

To use unsupported CAM development code:

NOTE: This is unsupported development code and is subject to the CESM developer's agreement.

git checkout cam6_2_000
./manage_externals/checkout_externals

CAM Documentation - https://ncar.github.io/CAM/doc/build/html/index.html

CAM6 namelist settings - http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/models/cesm2/settings/current/cam_nml.html