Articles | Volume 9, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1263-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-1263-2016
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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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.