ACCESS-CM2 (ACCESS Coupled Model 2) is a global fully-coupled climate model that includes the atmosphere, ocean and sea-ice components, and produces physical climate simulations. ACCESS-CM2 is one of the two models run by the Australian climate community for the
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ACCESS-CM2 (ACCESS Coupled Model 2) is a global fully-coupled climate model that
ACCESS-NRI will release an ACCESS-CM model configuration. The first release of ACCESS-CM will be derived from the [CSIRO ACCESS-CM2 configuration](#access-cm2) and will include [atmosphere], [land], [ocean] and [sea ice] components.
-##
[ACCESS-CM2] {{ recommended }}
+##
[ACCESS-CM2]
[**Citation** [@Bi2020-vj]][ACCESS-CM2-cite] |
[**Tutorial**][ACCESS-CM2-tute]
diff --git a/docs/models/configurations/access-esm.md b/docs/models/configurations/access-esm.md
index 762cc1916..0df7c11a8 100644
--- a/docs/models/configurations/access-esm.md
+++ b/docs/models/configurations/access-esm.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#
ACCESS-ESM {{ supported }}
+#
ACCESS-ESM
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ACCESS-ESM stands for ACCESS **E**arth **S**ystem **M**odel. Earth system model
ACCESS-NRI will release an ACCESS-ESM model configuration. The first release of ACCESS-ESM will be derived from the [CSIRO ACCESS-ESM1.5 configuration](#access-esm15) and will include [atmosphere], [land] and [land biogeochemistry], [ocean] and [ocean biogeochemistry], and [sea ice] components.
-##
[ACCESS-ESM1.5] {{ recommended }}
+##
[ACCESS-ESM1.5]
[**Citation** [@Ziehn2020-fq]][ACCESS-ESM1.5-cite]
diff --git a/docs/models/configurations/access-om.md b/docs/models/configurations/access-om.md
index 9fb1c4d33..38b0ded94 100644
--- a/docs/models/configurations/access-om.md
+++ b/docs/models/configurations/access-om.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-#
ACCESS-OM {{ supported }}
+#
ACCESS-OM
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The ACCESS **O**cean **M**odel, ACCESS-OM, is a global coupled ocean and sea ice
ACCESS-NRI will release supported ACCESS-OM configurations. The first release will be derived from the COSIMA [ACCESS-OM2][COSIMA-models] suite and will include [ocean] and [sea ice] components.
-##
[ACCESS-OM2][COSIMA-models] {{ recommended }}
+##
[ACCESS-OM2][COSIMA-models]
[**Citation** [@Kiss2020-gmd]][ACCESS-OM2-cite] |
[**Documentation**][ACCESS-OM2-docs]
diff --git a/docs/models/configurations/access-s.md b/docs/models/configurations/access-s.md
index ff31c0733..c4590e53c 100644
--- a/docs/models/configurations/access-s.md
+++ b/docs/models/configurations/access-s.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#
[ACCESS-S][ACCESS-S] {{ community }}
+#
[ACCESS-S][ACCESS-S]
diff --git a/docs/models/model_components/aerosols_atmospheric_chemistry.md b/docs/models/model_components/aerosols_atmospheric_chemistry.md
index d7066130f..8479d6b8e 100644
--- a/docs/models/model_components/aerosols_atmospheric_chemistry.md
+++ b/docs/models/model_components/aerosols_atmospheric_chemistry.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
-##
[UKCA][ukca-wiki] {{ supported }}
+##
[UKCA][ukca-wiki]
The [UK Chemistry-Aerosol model (UKCA)][ukca-wiki] is a community atmospheric chemistry-aerosol global model developed in the United Kingdom. It is suitable for a range of topics in climate and environmental change research.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ UKCA chemistry model is enabled in ACCESS-CM2-Chem.
-##
[GLOMAP][glomap-wiki] {{ supported }}
+##
[GLOMAP][glomap-wiki]
UKCA contains an aerosol scheme [GLObal Model of Aerosol Processes (GLOMAP)][glomap-wiki] that can be used independently. The multi-component, multi-modal GLOMAP model allows simulation of aerosol number, size and concentrations of individual components such as sulphate,sea salt and different types of carbon.
diff --git a/docs/models/model_components/atmosphere.md b/docs/models/model_components/atmosphere.md
index 0cdb3bd87..3ccb7c25d 100644
--- a/docs/models/model_components/atmosphere.md
+++ b/docs/models/model_components/atmosphere.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
-##
The Unified Model (UM) {{ supported }}
+##
The Unified Model (UM)
[The Unified Model (UM)][um-web] is a numerical model of the atmosphere used for both weather and climate applications, developed by the [Met Office][metoffice-web] in the United Kingdom (UK). It includes solutions of the equations of atmospheric fluid dynamics with advanced parameterizations of subgrid-scale physical processes like convection, cloud formation and atmospheric radiation.
diff --git a/docs/models/model_components/bgc_land.md b/docs/models/model_components/bgc_land.md
index 3b0b96130..86ee66a21 100644
--- a/docs/models/model_components/bgc_land.md
+++ b/docs/models/model_components/bgc_land.md
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
-##
[CASA-CNP][casa-web] {{ supported }}
+##
[CASA-CNP][casa-web]
-CASA (Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach)-CNP (Carbon-Nitrogen-Phosphorous) is the land biogeochemistry model developed in CABLE.
-
-CASA-CNP models the dynamics of carbon pools and nitrogen and phosphorous limitations. It is directly coupled with the CABLE land surface model.
+[CASA-CNP][casa-web], the Carnegie-Ames-Stanford Approach with Carbon-Nitrogen-Phosphorus, is the biogeochemical module implemented in the ACCESS land surface model [CABLE][cable-wiki]. It models the dynamics of carbon pools and the dependance of carbon uptake due to nitrogen and phosphorous limitations.
+
### How is CASA-CNP used?
-CASA-CNP is switched on for carbon-cycle to use in the ACCESS-ESM1.5 model.
+In the ACCESS-ESM1.5 model, CASA-CNP is enabled within CABLE for the simulation of the carbon cycle.
-[casa-web]: https://carbonwaterobservatory.csiro.au/casa.html
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+[casa-web]: https://carbonwaterobservatory.csiro.au/casa.html
+[cable-wiki]: https://trac.nci.org.au/trac/cable/wiki
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/models/model_components/bgc_ocean.md b/docs/models/model_components/bgc_ocean.md
index b5277feb9..638902b65 100644
--- a/docs/models/model_components/bgc_ocean.md
+++ b/docs/models/model_components/bgc_ocean.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
-##
WOMBAT {{ supported }}
+##
WOMBAT
WOMBAT is the ocean carbon model (World Ocean Model of Biogeochemistry And Trophic-dynamics), developed in Australia. It calculates the carbon fluxes of the ocean, by simulating the evolution of phosphate, oxygen, dissolved inorganic carbon, alkalinity and iron with one class of phytoplankton and zooplankton.
WOMBAT is a Nutrient, Phytoplankton, Zooplankton and Detritus (NPZD) model, with one zooplankton and one phytoplankton class.
diff --git a/docs/models/model_components/coupler.md b/docs/models/model_components/coupler.md
index fa0ce2f9a..f36a6d52d 100644
--- a/docs/models/model_components/coupler.md
+++ b/docs/models/model_components/coupler.md
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
-#
Coupler {{ supported }}
+#
Coupler
-A coupler is a software used to perform simulations with different model components at the same time. The coupler enables the different model components to exchange information during the simulation.
+A coupler is a software package that allows synchronised exchanges of coupling information between numerical codes representing different components of the climate system.
-##
[OASIS3-MCT][OASIS3-MCT] {{ supported }}
+##
[OASIS3-MCT][OASIS3-MCT]
-OASIS3-MCT consists of the OASIS coupler interfaced with the Model Coupling Toolkit (MCT) from the Argonne National Laboratory. OASIS3-MCT is the coupler used for:
+[OASIS3-MCT][OASIS3-MCT] is the version of the Ocean Atmosphere Sea Ice Soil (OASIS) coupler interfaced with the Model Coupling Toolkit (MCT) from the Argonne National Laboratory. OASIS3-MCT is the coupler used in the configurations:
- ACCESS-ESM1.5
-- ACCESS-CM2
+- ACCESS-CM2
- ACCESS-OM2
-- ACCESS-S1
+- ACCESS-S
-##
[NUOPC interoperability layer][NUOPC] {{ recommended }}
+##
[NUOPC interoperability layer][NUOPC]
-The NUOPC interoperability layer is distributed via the Earth System Modelling Framework (ESMF). It is a coupler developed by the National Unified Operational Prediction Capability (NUOPC), a consortium of Navy (USA), NOAA and Air Force (USA) modelers.
+[NUOPC][NUOPC-int-layer] (National Unified Operational Prediction Capability) Interoperability Layer defines conventions and a set of generic components for building coupled models using the Earth System Modeling Framework (ESMF).
+
+ACCESS-OM3, a configuration currently under development, uses [NUOPC to couple its MOM6 and CICE6 model components][coupler-choice] as there are no respective OASIS coupling interfaces for these components.
[OASIS3-MCT]: https://oasis.cerfacs.fr/en/
-[NUOPC]: https://earthsystemmodeling.org/nuopc/
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+[NUOPC-int-layer]: https://earthsystemmodeling.org/nuopc/
+[coupler-choice]: https://github.com/COSIMA/access-om3/discussions/7
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diff --git a/docs/models/model_components/land.md b/docs/models/model_components/land.md
index d6937599c..9406427c7 100644
--- a/docs/models/model_components/land.md
+++ b/docs/models/model_components/land.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
-##
[CABLE][cable-wiki] {{ supported }}
+##
[CABLE][cable-wiki]
[Community Atmosphere Biosphere Land Exchange (CABLE)][cable-web] is a land surface model, used to calculate the fluxes of momentum, energy, water and carbon between the land surface and the atmosphere. It also models the main biogeochemical cycles of the land ecosystem when used in conjunction with [the CASA-CNP module][casa-cnp].
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ CABLE is an open source model developed by a community of Australian climate sci
[um-web]: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/modelling-systems/unified-model
-##
[JULES][jules-web] {{ supported }}
+##
[JULES][jules-web]
The [Joint UK Land Environment System (JULES)](jules-web) is a community land surface model that can be used both as a standalone model and as the land surface component in the UM model. By modelling different land surface processes (surface energy balance, hydrological cycle, carbon cycle, dynamic vegetation, etc.) and their interaction with each other, JULES provides a framework to assess the impact of modifying a particular process on the ecosystem as a whole, e.g., the impact of climate change on hydrology.
diff --git a/docs/models/model_components/ocean.md b/docs/models/model_components/ocean.md
index 2b5524b5c..292b9dd24 100644
--- a/docs/models/model_components/ocean.md
+++ b/docs/models/model_components/ocean.md
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@
-##
[Modular Ocean Model (MOM)][mom-wiki] {{ supported }}
+##
[Modular Ocean Model (MOM)][mom-wiki]
The [Modular Ocean Model (MOM)][mom-wiki] is one of the ocean components of the ACCESS climate model system. Used to simulate ocean currents at both regional and global scales, MOM is an invaluable tool for studying the global ocean climate system, as well as capabilities for regional and coastal applications.
-###
MOM5 {{ supported }}
+###
MOM5
[**Source Code**][mom5-github]
MOM5 is used in supported climate ACCESS configurations.
-###
MOM6 {{ recommended }}
+###
MOM6
[**Source Code**][mom6-github] |
[**Tutorials**][mom6-tutes]
diff --git a/docs/models/model_components/sea-ice.md b/docs/models/model_components/sea-ice.md
index f68373569..c7f39993e 100644
--- a/docs/models/model_components/sea-ice.md
+++ b/docs/models/model_components/sea-ice.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
-##
CICE {{ supported }}
+##
CICE
CICE is a numerical model for simulating the growth, melting and movement of polar sea ice. This software package was developed by researchers at [Los Alamos National Laboratory team][lanl-web] and is currently managed by the [CICE Consortium][cice-web], an international group of institutions formed to maintain and develop CICE in the public domain.
[CICE5][cice5-wiki] is the current version used in ACCESS model configurations.
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 443f599c8..2f395423d 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ nav:
- Home:
- index.md
- Contact: about/contact.md
- - Support: about/support.md
+ - User support: about/user_support.md
- Contribute:
- Contribute: contribute/index.md
- Edit on Github: contribute/edit-on-github.md