A moist aquaplanet variant of the Held–Suarez test for atmospheric model dynamical cores

Thatcher, Diana R.; Jablonowski, Christiane

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1263-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1263-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1263-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 4

Methods for assessment of models

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04 Apr 2016

Methods for assessment of models |

| 04 Apr 2016

A moist aquaplanet variant of the Held–Suarez test for atmospheric model dynamical cores

Diana R. Thatcher and Christiane Jablonowski

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RC C2704: 'See attached file for my review', Anonymous Referee #1, 28 Oct 2015
- AC C3885: 'Response to anonymous referee #1', Diana Thatcher, 28 Jan 2016
RC C2724: 'Rev comment', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 Oct 2015
- AC C3886: 'Response to anonymous referee #2', Diana Thatcher, 28 Jan 2016

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AR by Diana Thatcher on behalf of the Authors (28 Jan 2016) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (28 Feb 2016) by Volker Grewe

AR by Diana Thatcher on behalf of the Authors (06 Mar 2016)

Short summary

A moist idealized test case of intermediate complexity for atmospheric general circulation models is presented. The test case is based on the Held-Suarez dry test case and includes a simplified moist physics parameterization. The results are compared to aquaplanet simulations both with and without deep convection parameterizations. The results demonstrate how the moist idealized test can be used to intercompare dynamical cores and diagnose issues from the physics-dynamics coupling mechanism.