CLASSIC
Canadian Land Surface Scheme including Biogeochemical Cycles
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The Canadian Land Surface Scheme Including biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC)

The Canadian Land Surface Scheme Including biogeochemical Cycles (CLASSIC) simulates the exchanges of energy, water, carbon, and momentum at the earth's surface. CLASSIC is formed by the coupling of the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS) and the Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (CTEM). CLASS handles the model physics including fluxes of energy, water and momentum. CTEM simulates biogeochemical cycles including fluxes of carbon.

Link to the CLASSIC webpage

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CLASSIC code structure
  1. Overview of the Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS)
  2. Overview of the Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystem Model (CTEM)
  3. Plant Functional Types (PFTs) in CLASSIC
  4. Composite vs. mosaic representation
  5. The five basic types of data that are required to run CLASSIC
  6. Additional inputs depending on model configuration
  7. Creation and formatting of model input files
  8. Preparing a CLASSIC run
  9. Running CLASSIC
  10. Benchmarking with AMBER
  11. Tools available
  12. How do I ... / Something has gone wrong!
  13. Legacy Filename Reference Table
  14. CLASSIC Code Conventions