Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2961-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-2961-2024
Model experiment description paper
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16 Apr 2024
Model experiment description paper |  | 16 Apr 2024

Analytical and adaptable initial conditions for dry and moist baroclinic waves in the global hydrostatic model OpenIFS (CY43R3)

Clément Bouvier, Daan van den Broek, Madeleine Ekblom, and Victoria A. Sinclair

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bouvierc/Baroclinic lifecycles: OpenIFS initial background states and experiments Clément Bouvier et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10592587

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An analytical initial background state has been developed for moist baroclinic wave simulation on an aquaplanet and implemented into OpenIFS. Seven parameters can be controlled, which are used to generate the background states and the development of baroclinic waves. The meteorological and numerical stability has been assessed. Resulting baroclinic waves have proven to be realistic and sensitive to the jet's width.