AR4 : 2005-2013 - used for CMIP3 (IPSL-CM4 [1]) and CMIP5 (IPSL-CM5A, [2]) NPv0.0 : first "new physics" version ~ 2005 NPv1.0 NPv2.0 NPv3.0 NPv3.1 : 2012 - "new physics" used for CMIP5 (IPSL-CM5B, [3]) NPv3.2 : 2014 - more stable numerical schemes in the boundary layer NPv4.12 : 2014 - first version for CMIP6 = new physics + stoch. trig. + stratocu NPv5.17h : Jul 2015 - first long coupled simulations NPv5.4 : Fev 2016 - new convective mixing (iflag_mix=1) -> ranifall variability NPv5.5 : Apr 2016 - RRTM + Bergeron + increased turb. mix. length -> reduced call biases NPv5.65 : Jun 2016 : (=6.0.4) tuning NPv5.67 : alternative tuning NPv5.70 : Jul 2016 : (=6.0.5) vert. cloud PDF, tuning NPv5.80b : NPv5.80bz0 : NPv6.0.7 : Sep 2016 NPv6.0.8 : NPv6.0.9 : Jan 2017 : tuning sub-grid orog. + physical timestep = 15 min (10 before) NPv6.0.10 : Apr 2017 : convection conditioned by Ttop NPv6.0.10fallv : new boundary layer tuning (Vignon) NPv6.0.12 : Jul 2017 tune of the final tuning for CMIP6 NPv6.0.12split : Jul 2017 - IPSL-CM6 - thermals outside cold pools only (splitting) NPv6.0.12ttop : Jul 2017 - IPSL-CM6 - convection conditioned by ttop, close to NPv6.0.12 NPv6.0.11trigB : Jul 2017 - alterantive tuning with different threshold on cumulus size for trig. [1] F. Hourdin, I. Musat, S. Bony, P. Braconnot, F. Codron, J.-L. Dufresne, L. Fairhead, M.-A. Filiberti, P. Friedlingstein, J.-Y. Grandpeix, G. Krinner, P. LeVan, Z.-X. Li et F. Lott, 2006, The LMDZ4 general circulatiuon model : climate performance and sensitivity to parametrized physics with emphasis on tropical convection, Climate Dynamics, 27 : 787-813 [2] Hourdin, F., M.-A. Foujols, F. Codron, V. Guemas, J.-L. Dufresne, S. Bony, S. Denvil, L. Guez, F. Lott, J. Ghattas, P. Braconnot, O. Marti, Y. Meurdesoif, and L. Bopp, 2013a, Impact of the LMDZ atmospheric grid configuration on the climate and sensitivity of the IPSL-CM5A coupled model, Clim. Dyn., 40, 2167–2192, 2013a. [3] Hourdin, F., J.-Y. Grandpeix, C. Rio, S. Bony, A. Jam, F. Cheruy, N. Rochetin, L. Fairhead, A. Idelkadi, I. Musat, J.-L. Dufresne, A. Lahellec, M.-P. Lefebvre, and R. Roehrig, 2013b, LMDZ5B: the atmospheric component of the IPSL climate model with revisited parameterizations for clouds and convection, Clim. Dyn., 40, 2193–2222, 2013b.