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FOCI-MOPS v1 – integration of marine biogeochemistry within the Flexible Ocean and Climate Infrastructure version 1 (FOCI 1) Earth system model
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Jonathan V. Durgadoo
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Dana Ehlert
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Ivy Frenger
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
David P. Keller
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Wolfgang Koeve
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Iris Kriest
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Angela Landolfi
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
ISMAR-CNR, via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 0133 Rome, Italy
Lavinia Patara
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Sebastian Wahl
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Andreas Oschlies
GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel,
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Kiel University, 24118 Kiel, Germany
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Short summary
We present the implementation and evaluation of a marine biogeochemical model, Model of Oceanic Pelagic Stoichiometry (MOPS) in the Flexible Ocean and Climate Infrastructure (FOCI) climate model. FOCI-MOPS enables the simulation of marine biological processes, the marine carbon, nitrogen and oxygen cycles, and air–sea gas exchange of CO2 and O2. As shown by our evaluation, FOCI-MOPS shows an overall adequate performance that makes it an appropriate tool for Earth climate system simulations.
We present the implementation and evaluation of a marine biogeochemical model, Model of Oceanic...
