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The '''Reading Intermediate General Circulation Model''' ('''IGCM'''), is a simplified or "intermediate" [[Global climate model]], which is developed by members of the [http://www.met.rdgreading.ac.uk/meterology Department of Meteorology] at the [[University of Reading]], and by members of the [http://www.meteo.mcgill.ca/bourqui/ Stratospheric Dynamics and Chemistry Group] of the [[McGill_Atmospheric_and_Oceanic_Sciences|Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences]] at [[McGill University]]

The IGCM is a fast [[Global climate model|GCM]] based on the primitive-equations baroclinic model of Hoskins and Simmons, which has been converted to run on workstations. Several versions have been developed with representations of the physics.