Contact Information: Name: Jae-Kyung E. Schemm E-mail: jae.schemm@noaa.gov Telephone: 1-301-763-8000, x7565 Fax: 1-301-763-8125 Affiliation: CPC/NCEP/NWS/NOAA Mailing Address: W/NP51, WWB Rm. 806 5200 Auth Road Camp Springs, MD 20746-4304 Model Information: Model Name: NCEP SFM Model Web Page: www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/cmb/atm_forecast Primary Citation for Model: Kanamitsu, M. and Others, 2002: NCEP Dynamical Seasonal Forecast System 2000. Bulletin of the Amer. Meteor. Soc., In press. Model Dynamics-Numerics Answer Specifications: Model Equations: Hydrostatic Horizontal Domain and Map Projection: Polar Stereographic true at: Lat-Lon window, pole of coordinate system coincident with geographic pole: on Global Lat-Lon window of a rotated lat-lon coordinate system, pole rotated by: Other: Horizontal Resolution: Spectral T62 Vertical Coordinate: Sigma Vertical Levels: 28 Treatment of Gravity Wave Terms: Semi-Implicit Specification of lateral boundary conditions: N/A Model Physics Answer Specifications: Ocean Surface Temperature: Prescribed Land Surface Temperature: Computed via surface heat budget Land Surface Moisture: Computed via surface moisture budget Vegetation: SIB climatology Runoff Scheme Included?: on Surface Layer Scheme: Bulk Type: Value of CD is: Similarity Theory: on Monin-Obukov profile Other: Planetary Boundary Layer Scheme: Bulk Type: K-Type: Form of K: on Non-local Turbulent Kinetic Energy Scheme: Other: Convection Scheme (Deep): Arakawa-Schubert Non-Convective Condensation: According to What % Saturation Criterion?: on 100% Sundqvist Scheme: Explicit Scheme: Please List Prognostic Variables: Other: Infrared Radiation (Free Atmosphere) Code: M-D. Chou's long and short wave rediation schemes Data Output Answer: Size of Output: 3.8 MB/time step Format of Output: GRIB