Atmosphere–ocean–aerosol–chemistry–climate model SOCOLv4.0: description and evaluation

Sukhodolov, Timofei; Egorova, Tatiana; Stenke, Andrea; Ball, William T.; Brodowsky, Christina; Chiodo, Gabriel; Feinberg, Aryeh; Friedel, Marina; Karagodin-Doyennel, Arseniy; Peter, Thomas; Sedlacek, Jan; Vattioni, Sandro; Rozanov, Eugene

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5525-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 9

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5525-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-5525-2021

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

Articles | Volume 14, issue 9

Model description paper

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08 Sep 2021

Model description paper |

| 08 Sep 2021

Atmosphere–ocean–aerosol–chemistry–climate model SOCOLv4.0: description and evaluation

Timofei Sukhodolov, Tatiana Egorova, Andrea Stenke, William T. Ball, Christina Brodowsky, Gabriel Chiodo, Aryeh Feinberg, Marina Friedel, Arseniy Karagodin-Doyennel, Thomas Peter, Jan Sedlacek, Sandro Vattioni, and Eugene Rozanov

Data sets

SOCOlv4.0 simulation results for 1980-2018 T. Sukhodolov https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5148741

ERA5 monthly averaged data on pressure levels from 1979 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, G. Biavati, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, I. Rozum, D. Schepers, A. Simmons, C. Soci, D. Dee, and J.-N. Thépaut https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.6860a573

MERRA-2 inst3_3d_asm_Np: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Pressure-Level,Assimilation,Assimilated Meteorological Fields V5.12.4 Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) https://doi.org/10.5067/QBZ6MG944HW0

Berkeley Earth Combined Land and Ocean Temperature Field, Jan 1850-Nov 2019 R. Rohde and Z. Hausfather https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3634712

Global OZone Chemistry And Related trace gas Data records for the Stratosphere (GOZCARDS): methodology and sample results with a focus on HCl, H2O, and O3 (https://gozcards.jpl.nasa.gov/info.php) L. Froidevaux, J. Anderson, H.-J. Wang, R. A. Fuller, M. J. Schwartz, M. L. Santee, N. J. Livesey, H. C. Pumphrey, P. F. Bernath, J. M. Russell III, and M. P. McCormick https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-15-10471-2015

BASIC Composite Ozone Time-Series Data J. Alsing and W. Ball https://doi.org/10.17632/2mgx2xzzpk.3

Multi-Sensor Reanalysis (MSR) of total ozone R. J. Van der A, M. A. F. Allaart, and H. J. Eskes https://doi.org/10.21944/temis-ozone-msr2

Global climatology based on the ACE-FTS version 3.5 data set: Addition of mesospheric levels and carbon-containing species in the UTLS (http://www.ace.uwaterloo.ca/climatology/3.5/netcdf/) J.-H. Koo, K. A. Walker, A. Jones, P. E. Sheese, C. D. Boone, P. F. Bernath, and G. L. Manney https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.07.003

The version 8.6 SBUV ozone data record: An overview (https://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Data_services/merged/instruments.html) R. D. McPeters, P. K. Bhartia, D. Haffner, G. J. Labow, and L. Flynn https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50597

Model code and software

Atmosphere-Ocean-Aerosol-Chemistry-Climate Model SOCOLv4.0 code T. Sukhodolov et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4570622

Short summary

This paper features the new atmosphere–ocean–aerosol–chemistry–climate model SOCOLv4.0 and its validation. The model performance is evaluated against reanalysis products and observations of atmospheric circulation and trace gas distribution, with a focus on stratospheric processes. Although we identified some problems to be addressed in further model upgrades, we demonstrated that SOCOLv4.0 is already well suited for studies related to chemistry–climate–aerosol interactions.