DYNAMICO, an icosahedral hydrostatic dynamical core designed for consistency and versatility

DYNAMICO-1.0, an icosahedral hydrostatic dynamical core designed for consistency and versatility Thomas Dubos1, Sarvesh Dubey2, Marine Tort1, Rashmi Mittal3, Yann Meurdesoif4, and Frédéric Hourdin5 1IPSL/Lab. de Météorologie Dynamique, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France 2Dept. of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India 3IBM India Research Laboratory, New Delhi, India 4IPSL/Lab. de Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement, CEA-CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France 5IPSL/Lab. de Météorologie Dynamique, CNRS UPMC, Paris, France

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