<s>
The	O
Model	B-Application
for	I-Application
Prediction	I-Application
Across	I-Application
Scales	I-Application
(	O
MPAS	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
Earth	O
system	O
modeling	O
software	O
that	O
integrates	O
atmospheric	O
,	O
oceanographic	O
,	O
and	O
cryospheric	O
modeling	O
across	O
scales	O
from	O
regional	O
to	O
planetary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
climate	B-Application
and	O
weather	B-General_Concept
modeling	O
and	O
simulations	O
that	O
were	O
used	O
initially	O
by	O
researchers	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
atmospheric	O
models	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Earth	O
System	O
Laboratory	O
at	O
the	O
National	O
Center	O
for	O
Atmospheric	O
Research	O
and	O
the	O
oceanographic	O
models	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
Climate	B-Application
,	O
Ocean	O
,	O
and	O
Sea	O
Ice	O
Modeling	O
Group	O
at	O
Los	O
Alamos	O
National	O
Laboratory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
model	O
real-time	O
weather	B-General_Concept
as	O
well	O
as	O
seasonal	O
forecasting	O
of	O
convection	O
,	O
tornadoes	B-Language
and	O
tropical	O
cyclones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
atmospheric	O
modeling	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
other	O
atmospheric	O
modeling	O
software	O
including	O
the	O
Weather	B-Application
Research	I-Application
and	I-Application
Forecasting	I-Application
Model	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Global	O
Forecast	O
System	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Community	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
System	I-Application
Model	I-Application
.	O
</s>
