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{{Short description|Climatological research institute}}
The '''Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis''' ('''CCCma''') is part of the Climate Research Division of [[Environment Canada]] and is located at the [[University of Victoria]], [[Victoria, British Columbia]]. Its purpose is to develop and apply [[climate models]] to improve understanding of [[climate change]] and make quantitative projections of future climate in Canada and globally. Its seasonal forecasting system provides climate forecasts over Canada on timescales of months to years.
== Current models ==
* CGCM3 The third generation coupled global climate model
* CGCM4 The fourth generation coupled global climate model
* CanESM2 The second generation Canadian Earth System Model
* CanESM5 The Canadian Earth System Model version 5<ref name="Swart et al. (2019)">Swart et al. (2019)</ref>
* CanRCM The Canadian Regional Climate Model<ref name="Scinocca et al. (2016)">Scinocca et al. (2016)</ref>
== See also ==
* [[National Center for Atmospheric Research]]
* [[Earth Simulator]]
* [[HadCM3]] - explanation of an AOGCM
* [[EdGCM]] - an educational version of a GCM
== Notes ==
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== References ==
*{{cite journal |last=Flato |first=G. M. |author2=Boer, G. J. |author3=Lee, W. G. |author4=McFarlane, N. A. |author5=Ramsden, D. |author6=Reader, M. C. |author7= Weaver, A. J.  |year=2000 |title=The Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis global coupled model and its climate |journal=Climate Dynamics |volume=16 |issue=6 |pages=451–467 |doi=10.1007/s003820050339 |bibcode=2000ClDy...16..451F |s2cid=128396754 }}
*{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0161.1|title = Coordinated Global and Regional Climate Modeling|year = 2016|last1 = Scinocca|first1 = J. F.|last2 = Kharin|first2 = V. V.|last3 = Jiao|first3 = Y.|last4 = Qian|first4 = M. W.|last5 = Lazare|first5 = M.|last6 = Solheim|first6 = L.|last7 = Flato|first7 = G. M.|last8 = Biner|first8 = S.|last9 = Desgagne|first9 = M.|last10 = Dugas|first10 = B.|journal = Journal of Climate|volume = 29|issue = 1|pages = 17–35|bibcode = 2016JCli...29...17S| s2cid=129619828 }}
*{{Cite journal |doi = 10.5194/gmd-12-4823-2019|title = The Canadian Earth System Model version 5 (CanESM5.0.3)|year = 2019|last1 = Swart|first1 = Neil C.|last2 = Cole|first2 = Jason N. S.|last3 = Kharin|first3 = Viatcheslav V.|last4 = Lazare|first4 = Mike|last5 = Scinocca|first5 = John F.|last6 = Gillett|first6 = Nathan P.|last7 = Anstey|first7 = James|last8 = Arora|first8 = Vivek|last9 = Christian|first9 = James R.|last10 = Hanna|first10 = Sarah|last11 = Jiao|first11 = Yanjun|last12 = Lee|first12 = Warren G.|last13 = Majaess|first13 = Fouad|last14 = Saenko|first14 = Oleg A.|last15 = Seiler|first15 = Christian|last16 = Seinen|first16 = Clint|last17 = Shao|first17 = Andrew|last18 = Sigmond|first18 = Michael|last19 = Solheim|first19 = Larry|last20 = von Salzen|first20 = Knut|last21 = Yang|first21 = Duo|last22 = Winter|first22 = Barbara|journal = Geoscientific Model Development|volume = 12|issue = 11|pages = 4823–4873|bibcode = 2019GMD....12.4823S|doi-access = free}}
== External links ==
*[https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/science-research-data/modeling-projections-analysis/centre-modelling-analysis.html Official website]
* Dimitri Lascaris. (December 10, 2019) [https://therealnews.com/stories/new-climate-model-predicts-alarming-level-of-global-heating New Climate Model Predicts Alarming Levels of Global Heating]. Retrieved December 10, 2019
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