Beta-release of ACCESS-rAM3 now available!

:drum: Rollout: ACCESS-rAM3 beta release

The first ACCESS-NRI supported release of ACCESS-rAM3, an implementation of the UKMO Regional Nesting Suite, is now available for you to use and test!

ACCESS-rAM3 is configured to derive its initial and lateral boundary conditions from ERA5. For its land-surface initial conditions, ACCESS-rAM3 offers flexibility by allowing the use of alternative datasets, such as ERA5-Land and BARRA-R2.

:white_check_mark: What can you expect to be able to do with this?

A user should be able to:

  • take this suite and run it as-is, which will run a simulation of the Lismore storm event
  • modify the location of the whole simulation and the offset of the inner nest within the simulation
  • modify the simulation start time

:construction: Future developments (not in this release)

  • Varying SST capability (OSTIA) is not supported in this release, but is in progress for a later release
  • GCM driven data is not supported in this release. This is being scoped for a possible future release

For more information about ACCESS-rAM3 and what you can expect to do with it, refer to the Release Information on the ACCESS-Hive Forum.
You can also visit the ACCESS-Hive Docs for more information about the model configuration and how to run ACCESS-rAM3.