StraitFlux – precise computations of water strait fluxes on various modeling grids

Winkelbauer, Susanna; Mayer, Michael; Haimberger, Leopold

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4603-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4603-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-4603-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 11

Methods for assessment of models

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12 Jun 2024

Methods for assessment of models |

| 12 Jun 2024

StraitFlux – precise computations of water strait fluxes on various modeling grids

Susanna Winkelbauer, Michael Mayer, and Leopold Haimberger

Data sets

WCRP CMIP6 search interface Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) https://esgf-data.dkrz.de/search/cmip6-dkrz/

WCRP CMIP6 search interface Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) https://esgf-node.llnl.gov/search/cmip6/

Global Ocean Ensemble Physics Reanalysis E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information (CMEMS) https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00024

Model code and software

StraitFlux Susanna Winkelbauer https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10053554

Short summary

Oceanic transports shape the global climate, but the evaluation and validation of this key quantity based on reanalysis and model data are complicated by the distortion of the used modelling grids and the large number of different grid types. We present two new methods that allow the calculation of oceanic fluxes of volume, heat, salinity, and ice through almost arbitrary sections for various models and reanalyses that are independent of the used modelling grids.