Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1563-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1563-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
Development and technical paper
 | 
22 Feb 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 22 Feb 2024

Effects of vertical grid spacing on the climate simulated in the ICON-Sapphire global storm-resolving model

Hauke Schmidt, Sebastian Rast, Jiawei Bao, Amrit Cassim, Shih-Wei Fang, Diego Jimenez-de la Cuesta, Paul Keil, Lukas Kluft, Clarissa Kroll, Theresa Lang, Ulrike Niemeier, Andrea Schneidereit, Andrew I. L. Williams, and Bjorn Stevens

Data sets

Sounding data of SO284 H. Schulz et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7051674

CERES Energy Balanced and Filled (EBAF) TOA and Surface Monthly means data in netCDF Edition 4.2 NASA/LARC/SD/ASDC https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA-AQUA-NOAA20/CERES/EBAF_L3B004.2

Model code and software

Code for "Effects of vertical grid spacing on the climate simulated in the ICON-Sapphire global storm-resolving model" Hauke Schmidt https://doi.org/10.17617/3.Z10MPA

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Short summary
A recent development in numerical simulations of the global atmosphere is the increase in horizontal resolution to grid spacings of a few kilometers. However, the vertical grid spacing of these models has not been reduced at the same rate as the horizontal grid spacing. Here, we assess the effects of much finer vertical grid spacings, in particular the impacts on cloud quantities and the atmospheric energy balance.
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