Merge pull request #454 from ACCESS-Hive/dev/heidi/issue344

Edited UM content in atmosphere.md

docs/models/model_components/atmosphere.md

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 ## 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.
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-The Unified Model gets its name because a single model is used across a wide range of both timescales (nowcasting to centennial) and spatial scales (sub km convective scale to global climate modelling).
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-The UM is used by several international operational meteorology and research organizations and these contribute towards its development through the UM partnership.
+The UK Met Office [Unified Model (UM)][um-web] is a numerical model of the atmosphere used for both weather and climate applications across a wide range of time scales (nowcasting to centennial) and spatial scales (sub km convective scale to global). The UM includes solutions of the equations of atmospheric fluid dynamics with advanced parameterisations of physical processes like convection, cloud formation and atmospheric radiation. 
 
 ## How is the UM used?
 
-The UM Model component represents the atmosphere in many of the ACCESS Models used at regional and global scales.
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-The ACCESS-CM2 climate model and ACCESS-ESM1-5 earth system model use versions of the UM as their atmospheric components.
+The UM is the atmospheric component in many of the ACCESS models used at regional and global scales, e.g. the [ACCESS-CM](../configurations/access-cm.md) and [ACCESS-ESM](../configurations/access-esm.md) global climate models. 
 
-[The Australian Bureau of Meteorology][bom-web] operational 12 km spatial resolution global forecasting system uses the Unified Model, as part of ACCESS for:
+The Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) uses the UM in its suite of ACCESS forecast systems for [daily and seasonal weather][bom-forecasts] as well as extreme events and emergencies (e.g., bushfires, cyclones, floods, coral bleaching, coastal inundation, etc.).
 
-- Forecasting of extreme events and emergencies such as heatwaves, bushfires, cyclones, floods, coral bleaching, sea-level rise, coastal inundation and more.
-- Daily and seasonal weather forecasts
+The UM is used by several international operational meteorology and research organisations, and these contribute towards its development through the [UM partnership][metoffice-web].
 
-## Useful links
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-[STASH register](metoffice-stash-register): Metadata reference for the outputs variables.
+<!--### Useful links
+[STASH register](metoffice-stash-register): Metadata reference for the outputs variables. 
+[metoffice-stash-register]: https://reference.metoffice.gov.uk/um/_stash
+-->
 
 [um-web]: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/modelling-systems/unified-model
-[bom-web]: http://www.bom.gov.au/
 [metoffice-web]: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/unified-model/partnership
-[metoffice-stash-register]: https://reference.metoffice.gov.uk/um/_stash
+[bom-forecasts]: http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/viewer/