Sea-Surface Salinity (ACCESS-OM2)
This animation shows the Sea-Surface Salinity using data from the ACCESS-OM2 0.1-degree model.
Watch VideoRegional Model Suite (rAM3)
ACCESS-rAM3, a fully supported regional model, created to understand and project weather with a unique Australian focus. This model includes atmosphere and land components, and it is an implementation of the UK Met Office (UKMO) regional nesting suite.
ACCESS-rAM3 allows Australian researchers to choose the time and location they wish to simulate. It also enables users to seamlessly use land-surface initial conditions from other available sources rather than relying on operational data, which are not readily available to the public.
This model enables the vital research undertaken by the ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, aiming to understand how Australia’s weather will transform as our climate changes.
The rAM3 model is specially designed to run on the National Computing Infrastructure (NCI) platform available to the Australian research community.
The Australian focus of this release has been enhanced by a new functionality introduced by ACCESS-NRI, an improvement of the soil moisture initialisation using ERA5-Land from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the BARRA reanalysis from the Bureau of Meteorology.
The future for the next versions of the ACCESS regional model will be to connect the Australian developed land-surface model, CABLE, as it better represents Australian vegetation and soil. Currently, ACCESS-rAM3 uses the UKMO land-surface model JULES.
ACCESS-NRI modelling relies on computational and data resources operated by Australia’s National Computational Infrastructure (NCI). ACCESS-NRI and NCI are enabled by the Australian Government, Department of Education, through the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS).
Want to get started with ACCESS-rAM3?
Would you like to use this model? See its release information:
https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/access-ram3-release-information/4308
https://access-hive.org.au/models/configurations/access-ram/
How is ACCESS-OM2 used?
ACCESS OM2 is used as the ocean- sea ice component for the OMIP component of the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP). ACCESS-OM2 is designed to be consistent with the fully coupled version of ACCESS (CM2).