Articles | Volume 17, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6415-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-6415-2024
Development and technical paper
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30 Aug 2024
Development and technical paper |  | 30 Aug 2024

LIGHT-bgcArgo-1.0: using synthetic float capabilities in E3SMv2 to assess spatiotemporal variability in ocean physics and biogeochemistry

Cara Nissen, Nicole S. Lovenduski, Mathew Maltrud, Alison R. Gray, Yohei Takano, Kristen Falcinelli, Jade Sauvé, and Katherine Smith

Model code and software

Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SMv2) code with Argo float simulator Mathew Maltrud (Energy Exascale Earth System Model Program) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10094349

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Short summary
Autonomous profiling floats have provided unprecedented observational coverage of the global ocean, but uncertainties remain about whether their sampling frequency and density capture the true spatiotemporal variability of physical, biogeochemical, and biological properties. Here, we present the novel synthetic biogeochemical float capabilities of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model version 2 and demonstrate their utility as a test bed to address these uncertainties.