Improved representation of river runoff in Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean Version 4 (ECCOv4) simulations: implementation, evaluation, and impacts to coastal plume regions

Feng, Yang; Menemenlis, Dimitris; Xue, Huijie; Zhang, Hong; Carroll, Dustin; Du, Yan; Wu, Hui

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1801-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1801-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1801-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 3

Development and technical paper

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01 Apr 2021

Development and technical paper |

| 01 Apr 2021

Improved representation of river runoff in Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean Version 4 (ECCOv4) simulations: implementation, evaluation, and impacts to coastal plume regions

Yang Feng, Dimitris Menemenlis, Huijie Xue, Hong Zhang, Dustin Carroll, Yan Du, and Hui Wu

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RC1: 'Review of gmd-2020-321', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Yang Feng, 12 Feb 2021
RC2: 'Review 2 of gmd-2020-321', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Jan 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Yang Feng, 12 Feb 2021

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AR by Yang Feng on behalf of the Authors (13 Feb 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (15 Feb 2021) by Qiang Wang

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (19 Feb 2021)

ED: Publish as is (21 Feb 2021) by Qiang Wang

AR by Yang Feng on behalf of the Authors (26 Feb 2021)

Short summary

Simulation of coastal plume regions was improved in global ECCOv4 with a series of sensitivity tests. We find modeled SSS is closer to SMAP when using daily point-source runoff as well as increasing the resolution from coarse to intermediate. The plume characteristics, freshwater transport, and critical water properties are modified greatly. But this may not happen with a further increase to high resolution. The study will advance the seamless modeling of land–ocean–atmosphere feedback in ESMs.