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Model evaluation paper
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31 Jan 2023
Model evaluation paper |
| 31 Jan 2023
| 31 Jan 2023
ICON-Sapphire: simulating the components of the Earth system and their interactions at kilometer and subkilometer scales
Cathy Hohenegger
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Peter Korn
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Leonidas Linardakis
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
René Redler
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Reiner Schnur
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Panagiotis Adamidis
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
Jiawei Bao
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Swantje Bastin
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Milad Behravesh
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Martin Bergemann
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
Joachim Biercamp
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
Hendryk Bockelmann
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
Renate Brokopf
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Nils Brüggemann
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Institut für Meereskunde, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Lucas Casaroli
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Fatemeh Chegini
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
George Datseris
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Monika Esch
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Geet George
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Marco Giorgetta
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Oliver Gutjahr
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Institut für Meereskunde, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Helmuth Haak
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Moritz Hanke
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
Tatiana Ilyina
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Thomas Jahns
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
Johann Jungclaus
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Marcel Kern
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Daniel Klocke
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Lukas Kluft
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Tobias Kölling
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Luis Kornblueh
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Sergey Kosukhin
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Clarissa Kroll
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Junhong Lee
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Thorsten Mauritsen
Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Carolin Mehlmann
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Theresa Mieslinger
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Ann Kristin Naumann
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Laura Paccini
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Angel Peinado
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Divya Sri Praturi
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Dian Putrasahan
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Sebastian Rast
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Thomas Riddick
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Niklas Roeber
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
Hauke Schmidt
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Uwe Schulzweida
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Florian Schütte
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Hans Segura
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Radomyra Shevchenko
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Vikram Singh
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Mia Specht
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Claudia Christine Stephan
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Jin-Song von Storch
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Raphaela Vogel
LMD/IPSL, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Paris, France
Christian Wengel
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Marius Winkler
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Florian Ziemen
Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany
Jochem Marotzke
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Bjorn Stevens
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
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Short summary
Models of the Earth system used to understand climate and predict its change typically employ a grid spacing of about 100 km. Yet, many atmospheric and oceanic processes occur on much smaller scales. In this study, we present a new model configuration designed for the simulation of the components of the Earth system and their interactions at kilometer and smaller scales, allowing an explicit representation of the main drivers of the flow of energy and matter by solving the underlying equations.
Models of the Earth system used to understand climate and predict its change typically employ a...
