North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states.

Danabasoglu, Gokhan, Yeager, Steve G., Bailey, David, Behrens, Erik, Bentsen, Mats, Bi, Daohua, Biastoch, Arne , Böning, Claus W. , Bozec, Alexandra, Canuto, Vittorio M., Cassou, Christophe, Chassignet, Eric, Coward, Andrew C., Danilov, Sergey, Diansky, Nikolay, Drange, Helge, Farneti, Riccardo, Fernandez, Elodie, Fogli, Pier Giuseppe, Forget, Gael, Fujii, Yosuke, Griffies, Stephen M., Gusev, Anatoly, Heimbach, Patrick, Howard, Armando, Jung, Thomas, Kelley, Maxwell, Large, William G., Leboissetier, Anthony, Lu, Jianhua, Madec, Gurvan, Marsland, Simon J., Masina, Simona, Navarra, Antonio, George Nurser, A.J., Pirani, Anna, y Mélia, David Salas, Samuels, Bonita L., Scheinert, Markus , Sidorenko, Dmitry, Treguier, Anne-Marie, Tsujino, Hiroyuki, Uotila, Petteri, Valcke, Sophie, Voldoire, Aurore and Wang, Qiang (2014) North Atlantic simulations in Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments phase II (CORE-II). Part I: Mean states. Ocean Modelling, 73 . pp. 76-107. DOI 10.1016/j.ocemod.2013.10.005.

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Abstract

Highlights:
• Phase II of the Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (CORE-II) is introduced.
• Solutions from CORE-II simulations from eighteen participating models are presented.
• Mean states in the North Atlantic with a focus on AMOC are examined.
• The North Atlantic solutions differ substantially among the models.
• Many factors, including parameterization choices, contribute to these differences.

Simulation characteristics from eighteen global ocean–sea-ice coupled models are presented with a focus on the mean Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and other related fields in the North Atlantic. These experiments use inter-annually varying atmospheric forcing data sets for the 60-year period from 1948 to 2007 and are performed as contributions to the second phase of the Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (CORE-II). The protocol for conducting such CORE-II experiments is summarized. Despite using the same atmospheric forcing, the solutions show significant differences. As most models also differ from available observations, biases in the Labrador Sea region in upper-ocean potential temperature and salinity distributions, mixed layer depths, and sea-ice cover are identified as contributors to differences in AMOC. These differences in the solutions do not suggest an obvious grouping of the models based on their ocean model lineage, their vertical coordinate representations, or surface salinity restoring strengths. Thus, the solution differences among the models are attributed primarily to use of different subgrid scale parameterizations and parameter choices as well as to differences in vertical and horizontal grid resolutions in the ocean models. Use of a wide variety of sea-ice models with diverse snow and sea-ice albedo treatments also contributes to these differences. Based on the diagnostics considered, the majority of the models appear suitable for use in studies involving the North Atlantic, but some models require dedicated development effort.

Document Type: Article
Additional Information: WOS:000329117100006
Keywords: Global ocean–sea-ice modelling; Ocean model comparisons; Atmospheric forcing; Experimental design; Atlantic meridional overturning circulation; North Atlantic simulations
Research affiliation: OceanRep > SFB 754
OceanRep > SFB 754 > A2
OceanRep > GEOMAR > FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics > FB1-TM Theory and Modeling
HGF-AWI
Kiel University
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: Elsevier
Projects: SFB754, Future Ocean
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Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2013 11:44
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2019 18:09
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/22550

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