Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 10
Articles | Volume 14, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6445-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6445-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 10
Methods for assessment of models
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25 Oct 2021
Methods for assessment of models | Highlight paper |  | 25 Oct 2021

The interpretation of temperature and salinity variables in numerical ocean model output and the calculation of heat fluxes and heat content

Trevor J. McDougall, Paul M. Barker, Ryan M. Holmes, Rich Pawlowicz, Stephen M. Griffies, and Paul J. Durack

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The interpretation of temperature and salinity variables in numerical ocean model output and the calculation of heat fluxes and heat content - ACCESS-CM2 data and code R. Holmes, T. McDougall, P. Barker, R. Pawlowicz, S. Griffies, and P. Durack https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5580343

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We show that the way that the air–sea heat flux is treated in ocean models means that the model's temperature variable should be interpreted as being Conservative Temperature, irrespective of whether the equation of state used in an ocean model is EOS-80 or TEOS-10.
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