Challenges and prospects in ocean circulation models

B Fox-Kemper, A Adcroft, CW Böning… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We revisit the challenges and prospects for ocean circulation models following Griffies et al..
Over the past decade, ocean circulation models evolved through improved understanding …

Resolving and parameterising the ocean mesoscale in earth system models

HT Hewitt, M Roberts, P Mathiot, A Biastoch… - Current Climate Change …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Assessment of the impact of ocean resolution in Earth System
models on the mean state, variability, and future projections and discussion of prospects for …

The PMIP4-CMIP6 Last Glacial Maximum experiments: preliminary results and comparison with the PMIP3-CMIP5 simulations

M Kageyama, SP Harrison, ML Kapsch… - Climate of the Past …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM,~ 21,000 years ago) has been a major focus for evaluating
how well state-of-the-art climate models simulate climate changes as large as those …

Consistency and challenges in the ocean carbon sink estimate for the global carbon budget

J Hauck, M Zeising, C Le Quéré, N Gruber… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Based on the 2019 assessment of the Global Carbon Project, the ocean took up on average,
2.5±0.6 PgC yr− 1 or 23±5% of the total anthropogenic CO2 emissions over the decade …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)

H Tsujino, LS Urakawa, SM Griffies… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
We present a new framework for global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on phase 2
of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP-2), making use of the surface dataset …

Poleward shift of the major ocean gyres detected in a warming climate

H Yang, G Lohmann, U Krebs‐Kanzow… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent evidence shows that wind‐driven ocean currents, like the western boundary
currents, are strongly affected by global warming. However, due to insufficient observations …

Large-scale features and evaluation of the PMIP4-CMIP6 midHolocene simulations

CM Brierley, A Zhao, SP Harrison, P Braconnot… - Climate of the …, 2020 - cp.copernicus.org
The mid-Holocene (6000 years ago) is a standard experiment for the evaluation of the
simulated response of global climate models using paleoclimate reconstructions. The latest …

Quantifying progress across different CMIP phases with the ESMValTool

L Bock, A Lauer, M Schlund, M Barreiro… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
More than 40 model groups worldwide are participating in the Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6), providing a new and rich source of information to …

[HTML][HTML] Emergent constraints on equilibrium climate sensitivity in CMIP5: do they hold for CMIP6?

M Schlund, A Lauer, P Gentine… - Earth System …, 2020 - esd.copernicus.org
An important metric for temperature projections is the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS),
which is defined as the global mean surface air temperature change caused by a doubling …

Simulations for CMIP6 with the AWI climate model AWI‐CM‐1‐1

T Semmler, S Danilov, P Gierz… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Alfred Wegener Institute Climate Model (AWI‐CM) participates for the first time
in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP), CMIP6. The sea ice‐ocean …