Coupled Climate Model Appraisal a Benchmark for Future Studies

• Main Authors: Phillips, T J, AchutaRao, K, Bader, D, Covey, C, Doutriaux, C M, Fiorino, M, Gleckler, P J, Sperber, K R, Taylor, K E
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; BENCHMARKS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATES; CLIMATIC CHANGE; DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; Covey; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/888626; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/888626

The Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) has produced an extensive appraisal of simulations of present-day climate by eleven representative coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models (OAGCMs) which were developed during the period 1995-2002. Because projections of...