Articles | Volume 16, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-4853-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-4853-2023
Model experiment description paper
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28 Aug 2023
Model experiment description paper |  | 28 Aug 2023

ModE-Sim – a medium-sized atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) ensemble to study climate variability during the modern era (1420 to 2009)

Ralf Hand, Eric Samakinwa, Laura Lipfert, and Stefan Brönnimann

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ModE-Sim is an ensemble of simulations with an atmosphere model. It uses observed sea surface temperatures, sea ice conditions, and volcanic aerosols for 1420 to 2009 as model input while accounting for uncertainties in these conditions. This generates several representations of the possible climate given these preconditions. Such a setup can be useful to understand the mechanisms that contribute to climate variability. This paper describes the setup of ModE-Sim and evaluates its performance.
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