# Experiment: runs for AM3 hi-res development

**URL:** <https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/experiment-runs-for-am3-hi-res-development/5232>\
**Category:** Experiments\
**Created:** [15 September 2025 04:48 UTC](https://forum.access-hive.org.au/t/experiment-runs-for-am3-hi-res-development/5232 "2025-09-15T04:48:24Z")\
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**Experiment title 🔔:** AM3 hi-res development

**Summary 🔔:**

This experiment aims to develop and test high-resolution configurations of the ACCESS-AM3 atmospheric model at N512 and N640 horizontal resolution. The focus is on evaluating numerical stability, computational performance, and scientific fidelity over extended multi-month integrations.

**Scientific motivation:**

Successful development will enable community access to high-resolution AM3 datasets for climate variability and extremes research.

**Experiment Name 🔔:** AM3\_dev  
**People 🔔:** sl5165  
**Model:** AM3  
**Configuration:** AM3-n512; AM3-n640  
**Initial conditions:** varied  
**Run plan:** Conduct integrations of at least 3 months for both N512/N640 configuration and assess stability and computational performance  
**Simulation details:**  
**Total KSUs required 🔔:** 150 kSU  
**Total storage required 🔔:**  
**Outputs:** ~3TB  
**Restarts:**  
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**Analysis:**

**Conclusion:**