Articles | Volume 15, issue 17
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6601-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6601-2022
Methods for assessment of models
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02 Sep 2022
Methods for assessment of models |  | 02 Sep 2022

Metrics for Intercomparison of Remapping Algorithms (MIRA) protocol applied to Earth system models

Vijay S. Mahadevan, Jorge E. Guerra, Xiangmin Jiao, Paul Kuberry, Yipeng Li, Paul Ullrich, David Marsico, Robert Jacob, Pavel Bochev, and Philip Jones

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Coupled Earth system models require transfer of field data between multiple components with varying spatial resolutions to determine the correct climate behavior. We present the Metrics for Intercomparison of Remapping Algorithms (MIRA) protocol to evaluate the accuracy, conservation properties, monotonicity, and local feature preservation of four different remapper algorithms for various unstructured mesh problems of interest. Future extensions to more practical use cases are also discussed.