The CMIP6 Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP): understanding sea ice through climate-model simulations
A better understanding of the role of sea ice for the changing climate of our planet is the central aim of the diagnostic Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6)-endorsed Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP). To reach this aim, SIMIP requests sea-ice-related variables from climate-m...
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ftvliz:oai:oma.vliz.be:285466 2023-05-15T18:16:05+02:00 The CMIP6 Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP): understanding sea ice through climate-model simulations Notz, D. Jahn, A. Holland, M. Hunke, E. Massonnet, F. Stroeve, J. Tremblay, B. Vancoppenolle, M. 2016 application/pdf https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/302548.pdf en eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000384624000002 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3427-2016 https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/302548.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess %3Ci%3EGeosci.+Model+Dev.+9%289%29%3C%2Fi%3E%3A+3427-3446.+%3Ca+href%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.5194%2Fgmd-9-3427-2016%22+target%3D%22_blank%22%3Ehttps%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.5194%2Fgmd-9-3427-2016%3C%2Fa%3E info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2016 ftvliz https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3427-2016 2022-05-01T10:50:08Z A better understanding of the role of sea ice for the changing climate of our planet is the central aim of the diagnostic Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6)-endorsed Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP). To reach this aim, SIMIP requests sea-ice-related variables from climate-model simulations that allow for a better understanding and, ultimately, improvement of biases and errors in sea-ice simulations with large-scale climate models. This then allows us to better understand to what degree CMIP6 model simulations relate to reality, thus improving our confidence in answering sea-ice-related questions based on these simulations. Furthermore, the SIMIP protocol provides a standard for sea-ice model output that will streamline and hence simplify the analysis of the simulated sea-ice evolution in research projects independent of CMIP. To reach its aims, SIMIP provides a structured list of model output that allows for an examination of the three main budgets that govern the evolution of sea ice, namely the heat budget, the momentum budget, and the mass budget. In this contribution, we explain the aims of SIMIP in more detail and outline how its design allows us to answer some of the most pressing questions that sea ice still poses to the international climate-research community. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Open Marine Archive (OMA) Geoscientific Model Development 9 9 3427 3446 |
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A better understanding of the role of sea ice for the changing climate of our planet is the central aim of the diagnostic Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 6 (CMIP6)-endorsed Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP). To reach this aim, SIMIP requests sea-ice-related variables from climate-model simulations that allow for a better understanding and, ultimately, improvement of biases and errors in sea-ice simulations with large-scale climate models. This then allows us to better understand to what degree CMIP6 model simulations relate to reality, thus improving our confidence in answering sea-ice-related questions based on these simulations. Furthermore, the SIMIP protocol provides a standard for sea-ice model output that will streamline and hence simplify the analysis of the simulated sea-ice evolution in research projects independent of CMIP. To reach its aims, SIMIP provides a structured list of model output that allows for an examination of the three main budgets that govern the evolution of sea ice, namely the heat budget, the momentum budget, and the mass budget. In this contribution, we explain the aims of SIMIP in more detail and outline how its design allows us to answer some of the most pressing questions that sea ice still poses to the international climate-research community. |
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Notz, D. Jahn, A. Holland, M. Hunke, E. Massonnet, F. Stroeve, J. Tremblay, B. Vancoppenolle, M. The CMIP6 Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP): understanding sea ice through climate-model simulations |
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The CMIP6 Sea-Ice Model Intercomparison Project (SIMIP): understanding sea ice through climate-model simulations |
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