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Methods for assessment of models
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12 Jun 2024
Methods for assessment of models |
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StraitFlux – precise computations of water strait fluxes on various modeling grids
Susanna Winkelbauer
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
b.geos, Korneuburg, Austria
Michael Mayer
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
b.geos, Korneuburg, Austria
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Bonn, Germany
Leopold Haimberger
Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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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.
Oceanic transports shape the global climate, but the evaluation and validation of this key...
