Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 15, issue 14
Articles | Volume 15, issue 14
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5461-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5461-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 14
Model evaluation paper
 | 
19 Jul 2022
Model evaluation paper |  | 19 Jul 2022

Atmospheric river representation in the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) version 1.0

Sol Kim, L. Ruby Leung, Bin Guan, and John C. H. Chiang

Data sets

Energy Exascale Earth System Model v1.0 E3SM Project and DOE https://doi.org/10.11578/E3SM/dc.20180418.36

MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_slv_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly, Time-Averaged, Single-Level, Assimilation, Single-Level Diagnostics V5.12.4 Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) https://doi.org/10.5067/VJAFPLI1CSIV

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

MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_flx_Nx: 2d, 1-Hourly, Time-Averaged, Single-Level, Assimilation, Surface Flux Diagnostics V5.12.4 Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) https://doi.org/10.5067/7MCPBJ41Y0K6

MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_int_Nx: 2d, 1-Hourly, Time-Averaged, Single-Level, Assimilation, Vertically Integrated Diagnostics V5.12.4 Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) https://doi.org/10.5067/Q5GVUVUIVGO7

Model code and software

Tracking Atmospheric Rivers Globally as Elongated Targets (tARget), Version 3 Bin Guan https://doi.org/10.25346/S6/B89KXF

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Short summary
The Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) project is a state-of-the-science Earth system model developed by the US Department of Energy (DOE). Understanding how the water cycle behaves in this model is of particular importance to the DOE’s mission. Atmospheric rivers (ARs) – which are crucial to the global water cycle – move vast amounts of water vapor through the sky and produce rain and snow. We find that this model reliably represents atmospheric rivers around the world.
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