Closed durack1 closed 7 years ago
Here's my suggestions:
source_type = {
+ 'AER':'aerosol treatment in an atmospheric model where concentrations are calculated based on emissions, transformation, and removal processes (rather than being prescribed or omitted entirely)'
+ 'AGCM':'atmospheric general circulation model run with prescribed ocean surface conditions and usually a model of the land surface',
+ 'AOGCM':'coupled atmosphere-ocean global climate model, additionally including explicit representation of at least the land and sea ice',
+ 'BGC':'biogeochemistry model component that at the very least accounts for carbon reservoirs and fluxes in the atmosphere, terrestrial biosphere, and ocean',
+ 'CHEM':'chemistry treatment in an atmospheric model that calculates atmospheric oxidant concentrations (including at least ozone), rather than prescribing them',
+ 'ISM':'ice-sheet model that includes ice-flow',
+ 'LAND':'land model run uncoupled from the atmosphere',
+ 'OGCM':'ocean general circulation model run uncoupled from an AGCM but, usually including a sea-ice model',
+ 'RAD':'radiation component of an atmospheric model run \'offline\'',
+ 'SLAB':'slab-ocean used with an AGCM in representing the atmosphere-ocean coupled system'
+}
Hope they're correct and much clearer/cleaner. Do you see any mistakes? In particular, does an OGCM run uncoupled to the atmosphere usually include a sea-ice model?
Augment
source_type
to be self-describing, following Note 14 in http://goo.gl/v1drZl e.g.