Articles | Volume 17, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-8989-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-8989-2024
Model evaluation paper
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19 Dec 2024
Model evaluation paper |  | 19 Dec 2024

CARIB12: a regional Community Earth System Model/Modular Ocean Model 6 configuration of the Caribbean Sea

Giovanni Seijo-Ellis, Donata Giglio, Gustavo Marques, and Frank Bryan

Data sets

Model configuration and input files for: "CARIB12: A Regional Community Earth System Model / Modular Ocean Model 6 Configuration of the Caribbean Sea" Giovanni G. Seijo-Ellis et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11165668

Model output for: "CARIB12: A Regional Community Earth System Model / Modular Ocean Model 6 Configuration of the Caribbean Sea" Giovanni G. Seijo-Ellis et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11264009

Trajectories of backtracked passive particles for: "CARIB12: A Regional Community Earth System Model / Modular Ocean Model 6 Configuration of the Caribbean Sea" Giovanni G. Seijo-Ellis and Donata Giglio https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11267615

Model configuration and input files for: "CARIB12: A Regional Community Earth System Model / Modular Ocean Model 6 Configuration of the Caribbean Sea" Giovanni G. Seijo-Ellis et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11165669

Model output for: "CARIB12: A Regional Community Earth System Model / Modular Ocean Model 6 Configuration of the Caribbean Sea" Giovanni G. Seijo-Ellis et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11264010

Trajectories of backtracked passive particles for: "CARIB12: A Regional Community Earth System Model / Modular Ocean Model 6 Configuration of the Caribbean Sea" Giovanni Seijo-Ellis and Donata Giglio https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11267616

Improvements of the daily optimum interpolation sea surface temperature (DOISST) version 2.1 (https://psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.noaa.oisst.v2.highres.html) B. Huang et al. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0166.1

Global Ocean Physics Reanalysis European Union-Copernicus Marine Service https://doi.org/10.48670/MOI-00021

Global Total (COPERNICUS-GLOBCURRENT), Ekman and Geostrophic currents at the Surface and 15m European Union-Copernicus Marine Service https://doi.org/10.48670/MDS-00327

Multi Observation Global Ocean 3D Temperature Salinity Height Geostrophic Current and MLD European Union-Copernicus Marine Service https://doi.org/10.48670/MOI-00052

Model code and software

Model source code for CESM2 version cesm2_3_alpha16b as used in "CARIB12: A Regional Community Earth System Model / Modular Ocean Model 6 Configuration of the Caribbean Sea" Giovanni G. Seijo-Ellis et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11289424

Model source code for CESM2 version cesm2_3_alpha16b as used in "CARIB12: A Regional Community Earth System Model / Modular Ocean Model 6 Configuration of the Caribbean Sea" Giovanni G. Seijo-Ellis et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11289425

Interactive computing environment

The Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2) (https://www.cesm.ucar.edu:/models/cesm2/) G. Danabasoglu et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019MS001916

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Short summary
A CESM–MOM6 regional configuration of the Caribbean Sea was developed in response to the rising need for high-resolution models for climate impact studies. The configuration is validated for the period 2000–2020 and improves significant errors in a low-resolution model. Oceanic properties are well represented. Patterns of freshwater associated with the Amazon River are well captured, and the mean flows of ocean waters across multiple passages in the Caribbean Sea agree with observations.