Geoscientific Model Development
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 15
Articles | Volume 17, issue 15
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-5821-2024
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 15
Development and technical paper
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05 Aug 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 05 Aug 2024

Updating the radiation infrastructure in MESSy (based on MESSy version 2.55)

Matthias Nützel, Laura Stecher, Patrick Jöckel, Franziska Winterstein, Martin Dameris, Michael Ponater, Phoebe Graf, and Markus Kunze

Data sets

(https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html) R. Adler et al. https://doi.org/10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<1147:TVGPCP>2.0.CO;2

ERA5 monthly averaged data on pressure levels from 1940 to present, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS) H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.6860a573

MODIS/Terra+Aqua BRDF/Albedo Gap-Filled Snow-Free Daily L3 Global 30ArcSec CMG V006 C. Schaaf https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MCD43GF.006

input4MIPs.UoM.GHGConcentrations.CMIP.UoM-CMIP-1-2-0 M. Meinshausen and E. Vogel https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/input4MIPs.1118

input4MIPs.SOLARIS-HEPPA.solar.CMIP.SOLARIS-HEPPA-3-2 K. Matthes et al. https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/input4MIPs.1122

input4MIPs.IACETH.aerosolProperties.CMIP.IACETH-SAGE3lambda-3-0-0 ETH Zürich (ETHZ) https://doi.org/10.22033/ESGF/input4MIPs.1681

Data used in "Updating the radiation infrastructure in MESSy (based on MESSy version 2.55)" M. Nützel et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10656837

Model code and software

The Modular Earth Submodel System (2.55.2_92d5b399_radiation), 2023, archived at Zenodo The MESSy Consortium https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8382302

The Modular Earth Submodel System The MESSy Consortium https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10084186

The Modular Earth Submodel System (2.55.2) The MESSy Consortium https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8360276

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Short summary
We extended the infrastructure of our modelling system to enable the use of an additional radiation scheme. After calibrating the model setups to the old and the new radiation scheme, we find that the simulation with the new scheme shows considerable improvements, e.g. concerning the cold-point temperature and stratospheric water vapour. Furthermore, perturbations of radiative fluxes associated with greenhouse gas changes, e.g. of methane, tend to be improved when the new scheme is employed.
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