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Model evaluation paper
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29 Aug 2022
Model evaluation paper |
| 29 Aug 2022
| 29 Aug 2022
AWI-CM3 coupled climate model: description and evaluation experiments for a prototype post-CMIP6 model
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Mathematics & Logistics, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Tido Semmler
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Lorenzo Zampieri
National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1850 Table Mesa Dr, Boulder, CO 80305, United States of America
Patrick Scholz
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Miguel Andrés-Martínez
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Nikolay Koldunov
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Thomas Rackow
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Robert-Schuman-Platz 3, 53175 Bonn, Germany
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Joakim Kjellsson
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Wischhofstraße 1–3, 24148 Kiel, Germany
Helge Goessling
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Marylou Athanase
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Qiang Wang
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Jan Hegewald
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Dmitry V. Sein
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS, Moscow, Russia
Longjiang Mu
Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Uwe Fladrich
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Folkborgsvägen 17, 60176 Norrköping, Sweden
Dirk Barbi
University IT and Data Center, Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn, Regina-Pacis-Weg 3, 53113 Bonn, Germany
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Paul Gierz
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Sergey Danilov
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Mathematics & Logistics, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
Stephan Juricke
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Mathematics & Logistics, Jacobs University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
Gerrit Lohmann
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Physics, University of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Thomas Jung
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Department of Physics, University of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Earth's future climate and its variability simulated at 9 km global resolution J. Moon et al.
- Evaluation of Tropical Cyclone Genesis Potential in the Alfred Wegener Institute Climate Model Version 3 B. Al Saadi et al.
- Assessment of transparent exopolymer particles in the Arctic Ocean implemented into the coupled ocean–sea ice–biogeochemistry model FESOM2.1–REcoM3 M. Zeising et al.
- Evaluating Arctic sea ice and snow thickness simulations: methodological insights from MOSAiC and CMIP6 data S. Trivedi et al.
- Impact of increased resolution on Arctic Ocean simulations in Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2) Q. Wang et al.
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- Multi-year simulations at kilometre scale with the Integrated Forecasting System coupled to FESOM2.5 and NEMOv3.4 T. Rackow et al.
- Assessment of climate biases in OpenIFS version 43r3 across model horizontal resolutions and time steps A. Savita et al.
- Simulating sea ice freezing using a continuum mechanical multi-phase and multi-component homogenization framework R. Pathak et al.
- Transient simulation of the spatiotemporal evolution of tropical cyclone genesis potential during the Holocene J. Shi & J. Zhang
- Maximizing net ecosystem productivity: integrating chronosequence analysis and ecosystem modeling across contrasting biomes in North America M. Ganjam et al.
- Modeling the Late Pliocene with AWI-CM3 as a contribution to PlioMIP3 core experiments F. Matos et al.
- Revisiting climate impacts of an AMOC slowdown: dependence on freshwater locations in the North Atlantic Q. Ma et al.
- Sea‐Ice Forecasts With an Upgraded AWI Coupled Prediction System L. Mu et al.
- The Destination Earth digital twin for climate change adaptation F. Doblas-Reyes et al.
- Assessing resolution sensitivity in coupled climate simulations with AWI-CM3 M. Zapponini et al.
- East Asian summer precipitation in AWI‐CM3: Comparison with observations and CMIP6 models J. Shi et al.
- Climate change and terrigenous inputs decrease the efficiency of the future Arctic Ocean’s biological carbon pump L. Oziel et al.
- Diagnosing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in density space is critical in warmer climates F. Oliveira Matos et al.
- Into the Blue: An ERC Synergy Grant Resolving Past Arctic Greenhouse Climate States J. Knies et al.
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Short summary
We developed a new atmosphere–ocean coupled climate model, AWI-CM3. Our model is significantly more computationally efficient than its predecessors AWI-CM1 and AWI-CM2. We show that the model, although cheaper to run, provides results of similar quality when modeling the historic period from 1850 to 2014. We identify the remaining weaknesses to outline future work. Finally we preview an improved simulation where the reduction in computational cost has to be invested in higher model resolution.
We developed a new atmosphere–ocean coupled climate model, AWI-CM3. Our model is significantly...
