Articles | Volume 18, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2161-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2161-2025
Model description paper
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08 Apr 2025
Model description paper |  | 08 Apr 2025

Presentation, calibration and testing of the DCESS II Earth system model of intermediate complexity (version 1.0)

Esteban Fernández Villanueva and Gary Shaffer

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We describe, calibrate and test the Danish Center for Earth System Science (DCESS) II model, a new, broad, adaptable and fast Earth system model. DCESS II is designed for global simulations over timescales of years to millions of years using limited computer resources like a personal computer. With its flexibility and comprehensive treatment of the global carbon cycle, DCESS II is a useful, computationally friendly tool for simulations of past climates as well as for future Earth system projections.
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