Quick start with ICON
Information on how to configure and build the model, as well as the description of basic steps required to run the model is provided in Quick_Start.
Tutorials, documentation, and discussion
The ICON tutorial summarizes the mathematical and physical foundations as well as the most important aspects for using the ICON model.
Further documentation will be added on an ongoing basis and can be found on the official docs page: https://docs.icon-model.org/
If you have any questions about installing or using ICON, we encourage users to help one another and to use the following platform:
https://exchange.icon-model.org/
License
ICON is available under a BSD 3-clause license. See LICENSES/ for license information and AUTHORS.TXT for a list of authors in the ICON release package on gitlab.
How to cite
To cite the code directly, please use:
ICON partnership (MPI-M; DWD; DKRZ; KIT; C2SM), 2024. ICON release <release-tag>. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. DOI: <doi.org url>
List of ICON releases
| date | release-tag | DOI |
| 2025-10 | 2025.10 | https://doi.org/10.35089/WDCC/IconRelease2025.10 |
| 2025-04 | 2025.04 | https://doi.org/10.35089/WDCC/IconRelease2025.04 |
| 2024-10 | 2024.10 | https://doi.org/10.35089/WDCC/IconRelease2024.10 |
| 2024-07 | 2024.07 | https://doi.org/10.35089/WDCC/IconRelease2024.07 |
| 2024-01 | 2024.01 | https://doi.org/10.35089/WDCC/IconRelease01 |