Articles | Volume 13, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2533-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2533-2020
Model description paper
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03 Jun 2020
Model description paper |  | 03 Jun 2020

The Flexible Ocean and Climate Infrastructure version 1 (FOCI1): mean state and variability

Katja Matthes, Arne Biastoch, Sebastian Wahl, Jan Harlaß, Torge Martin, Tim Brücher, Annika Drews, Dana Ehlert, Klaus Getzlaff, Fritz Krüger, Willi Rath, Markus Scheinert, Franziska U. Schwarzkopf, Tobias Bayr, Hauke Schmidt, and Wonsun Park

Model code and software

ECHAM6 source code MPI Hamburg http://www.mpimet.mpg.de/en/science/models/mpi-esm/echam.html

NEMO source code G. Madec and the NEMO System Team https://forge.ipsl.jussieu.fr/nemo/svn/NEMO/releases/release-3.6/NEMOGCM

Supplementary Materila for the Flexible Ocean and Climate Infrastructure Version 1 (FOCI1): Mean State and Variability S. Wahl https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3568061

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Short summary
A new Earth system model, the Flexible Ocean and Climate Infrastructure (FOCI), is introduced, consisting of a high-top atmosphere, an ocean model, sea-ice and land surface model components. A unique feature of FOCI is the ability to explicitly resolve small-scale oceanic features, for example, the Agulhas Current and the Gulf Stream. It allows to study the evolution of the climate system on regional and seasonal to (multi)decadal scales and bridges the gap to coarse-resolution climate models.