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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6383-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6383-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Model evaluation paper
| 
21 Dec 2020
Model evaluation paper |
| 21 Dec 2020
| 21 Dec 2020
Description and evaluation of aerosol in UKESM1 and HadGEM3-GC3.1 CMIP6 historical simulations
Jane P. Mulcahy
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Colin Johnson
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Colin G. Jones
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Adam C. Povey
National Centre for Earth Observation, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Catherine E. Scott
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Alistair Sellar
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Steven T. Turnock
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Matthew T. Woodhouse
CSIRO Climate Science Centre, Aspendale, Victoria, Australia
Nathan Luke Abraham
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Martin B. Andrews
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Nicolas Bellouin
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Jo Browse
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
now at: University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
Ken S. Carslaw
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Mohit Dalvi
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Gerd A. Folberth
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Matthew Glover
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Daniel P. Grosvenor
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Catherine Hardacre
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Richard Hill
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Ben Johnson
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Andy Jones
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Zak Kipling
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
now at: ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading, UK
Graham Mann
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
James Mollard
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Fiona M. O'Connor
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Julien Palmiéri
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Carly Reddington
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Steven T. Rumbold
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Mark Richardson
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
Nick A. J. Schutgens
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
now at: Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Philip Stier
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Marc Stringer
National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Yongming Tang
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Jeremy Walton
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Stephanie Woodward
Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, UK
Andrew Yool
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Data sets
MOHC UKESM1.0-LL model output prepared for CMIP6 CMIP historical Yongming Tang, Steve Rumbold, Rich Ellis, Douglas Kelley, Jane Mulcahy, Alistair Sellar, Jeremy Walton, and Colin Jones https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.6113
MOHC HadGEM3-GC31-LL model output prepared for CMIP6 CMIP historical Jeff Ridley, Matthew Menary, Till Kuhlbrodt, Martin Andrews, and Tim Andrews https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.6109
MOHC UKESM1.0-LL model output prepared for CMIP6 CMIP amip Yongming Tang, Steve Rumbold, Rich Ellis, Douglas Kelley, Jane Mulcahy, Alistair Sellar, Jeremy Walton, and Colin Jones https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/CMIP6.5857
Short summary
Aerosols are an important component of the Earth system. Here, we comprehensively document and evaluate the aerosol schemes as implemented in the physical and Earth system models, HadGEM3-GC3.1 and UKESM1. This study provides a useful characterisation of the aerosol climatology in both models, facilitating the understanding of the numerous aerosol–climate interaction studies that will be conducted for CMIP6 and beyond.
Aerosols are an important component of the Earth system. Here, we comprehensively document and...
