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Model evaluation paper
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15 Nov 2023
Model evaluation paper |
| 15 Nov 2023
| 15 Nov 2023
Improvements in the Canadian Earth System Model (CanESM) through systematic model analysis: CanESM5.0 and CanESM5.1
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
James Anstey
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Vivek Arora
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Ruth Digby
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Nathan Gillett
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Viatcheslav Kharin
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
William Merryfield
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Catherine Reader
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
John Scinocca
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Neil Swart
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
John Virgin
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Carsten Abraham
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Jason Cole
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Nicolas Lambert
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Woo-Sung Lee
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Yongxiao Liang
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Elizaveta Malinina
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Landon Rieger
Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Knut von Salzen
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Christian Seiler
School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Clint Seinen
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Andrew Shao
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Canada, At-Scale Engineering, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Reinel Sospedra-Alfonso
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Libo Wang
Climate Processes Section, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Duo Yang
Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Short summary
We present a new activity which aims to organize the analysis of biases in the Canadian Earth System model (CanESM) in a systematic manner. Results of this “Analysis for Development” (A4D) activity includes a new CanESM version, CanESM5.1, which features substantial improvements regarding the simulation of dust and stratospheric temperatures, a second CanESM5.1 variant with reduced climate sensitivity, and insights into potential avenues to reduce various other model biases.
We present a new activity which aims to organize the analysis of biases in the Canadian Earth...
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