Ocean biogeochemistry in the Canadian Earth System Model version 5.0.3: CanESM5 and CanESM5-CanOE

Christian, James R.; Denman, Kenneth L.; Hayashida, Hakase; Holdsworth, Amber M.; Lee, Warren G.; Riche, Olivier G. J.; Shao, Andrew E.; Steiner, Nadja; Swart, Neil C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4393-2022

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4393-2022

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The Canadian Earth System Model version 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4393-2022

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Model description paper

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Model description paper |

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Ocean biogeochemistry in the Canadian Earth System Model version 5.0.3: CanESM5 and CanESM5-CanOE

James R. Christian, Kenneth L. Denman, Hakase Hayashida, Amber M. Holdsworth, Warren G. Lee, Olivier G. J. Riche, Andrew E. Shao, Nadja Steiner, and Neil C. Swart

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-4393-2022-supplement

Model code and software

The Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM) - v5.0.3 Neil C. Swart, Jason Cole, Slava Kharin, Mike Lazare, John Scinocca, Nathan Gillett, James Anstey, Vivek Arora, James Christian, Sarah Hanna, Yanjun Jiao, Warren Lee, Fouad Majaess, Oleg Saenko, Christian Seiler, Clint Seinen, Andrew Shao, Larry Solheim, Knut von Salzen, Duo Yang, and Barbara Winter https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3251114

Short summary

The ocean chemistry and biology modules of the latest version of the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM5) are described in detail and evaluated against observations and other Earth system models. In the basic CanESM5 model, ocean biogeochemistry is similar to CanESM2 but embedded in a new ocean circulation model. In addition, an entirely new model, the Canadian Ocean Ecosystem model (CanESM5-CanOE), was developed. The most significant difference is that CanOE explicitly includes iron.