Key features of the IPSL ocean atmosphere model and its sensitivity to atmospheric resolution

• Published in: Climate Dynamics
• Main Authors: Marti, Olivier, Fichefet, Thierry, Goosse, Hugues, Swingedouw, Didier
• Other Authors: UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2010
• Subjects: Climate; Simulations; Ocean; Atmosphere; Coupling; Circulation; El Nino/Southern oscillation; North-Atlantic oscillation; Storm-tracks; Resolution; Laplace; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/35152; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-009-0640-6

This paper presents the major characteristics of the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation model. The model components and the coupling methodology are described, as well as the main characteristics of the climatology and interannual variability. The model...