Effects of model resolution, physics, and coupling on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks in CESM1.3
Two high-resolution versions of a coupled Earth system model (CESM1.3: 0.25˚-atmosphere, 1˚-ocean; CESM1.1: 0.25˚-atmosphere, 0.1˚-ocean) are compared to the standard resolution CESM1.1 and CESM1.3 (1˚-atmosphere, 1˚-ocean). The CESM1.3 versions are documented, and the consequences of model resoluti...
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ftdatacite:10.26024/v3at-xa25 2023-05-15T18:25:23+02:00 Effects of model resolution, physics, and coupling on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks in CESM1.3 Yang, Dongxia Meehl, Gerald 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.26024/v3at-xa25 https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/dataset/ucar.cgd.CESM1.3_SH_storm_tracks.html unknown UCAR/NCAR Climate Data Gateway dataset Dataset 2019 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.26024/v3at-xa25 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Two high-resolution versions of a coupled Earth system model (CESM1.3: 0.25˚-atmosphere, 1˚-ocean; CESM1.1: 0.25˚-atmosphere, 0.1˚-ocean) are compared to the standard resolution CESM1.1 and CESM1.3 (1˚-atmosphere, 1˚-ocean). The CESM1.3 versions are documented, and the consequences of model resolution, air-sea coupling, and physics in the atmospheric models are studied with regards to storm tracks in the Southern Hemisphere as represented by 850 hPa eddy kinetic energy. Increasing the resolution from 1˚ to 0.25˚ in the atmosphere (same physics) coupled to the 1˚-ocean intensifies the strength of the storm tracks closer to observations. The 0.25˚-atmosphere with the older CESM1.1 physics coupled to the 0.1˚-ocean has fewer low clouds, warmer Southern Ocean SSTs, a weaker meridional temperature gradient, and a degraded storm track simulation compared to the 0.25˚-atmosphere with CESM1.3 physics coupled to the 1˚-ocean. Therefore, deficient physics in the atmospheric model can negate the gains attained by higher resolution in atmosphere and ocean. Dataset Southern Ocean DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Southern Ocean |
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Two high-resolution versions of a coupled Earth system model (CESM1.3: 0.25˚-atmosphere, 1˚-ocean; CESM1.1: 0.25˚-atmosphere, 0.1˚-ocean) are compared to the standard resolution CESM1.1 and CESM1.3 (1˚-atmosphere, 1˚-ocean). The CESM1.3 versions are documented, and the consequences of model resolution, air-sea coupling, and physics in the atmospheric models are studied with regards to storm tracks in the Southern Hemisphere as represented by 850 hPa eddy kinetic energy. Increasing the resolution from 1˚ to 0.25˚ in the atmosphere (same physics) coupled to the 1˚-ocean intensifies the strength of the storm tracks closer to observations. The 0.25˚-atmosphere with the older CESM1.1 physics coupled to the 0.1˚-ocean has fewer low clouds, warmer Southern Ocean SSTs, a weaker meridional temperature gradient, and a degraded storm track simulation compared to the 0.25˚-atmosphere with CESM1.3 physics coupled to the 1˚-ocean. Therefore, deficient physics in the atmospheric model can negate the gains attained by higher resolution in atmosphere and ocean. |
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Effects of model resolution, physics, and coupling on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks in CESM1.3 |
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Effects of model resolution, physics, and coupling on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks in CESM1.3 |
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Effects of model resolution, physics, and coupling on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks in CESM1.3 |
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Effects of model resolution, physics, and coupling on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks in CESM1.3 |
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Effects of model resolution, physics, and coupling on Southern Hemisphere storm tracks in CESM1.3 |
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effects of model resolution, physics, and coupling on southern hemisphere storm tracks in cesm1.3 |
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UCAR/NCAR Climate Data Gateway |
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