Atmosphere-only GCM (ACCESS1.0) simulations with prescribed land surface temperatures

Ackerley, Duncan; Dommenget, Dietmar

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-2077-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-2077-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-2077-2016

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Model description paper

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07 Jun 2016

Model description paper |

| 07 Jun 2016

Atmosphere-only GCM (ACCESS1.0) simulations with prescribed land surface temperatures

Duncan Ackerley and Dietmar Dommenget

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Paper might benefit from restructure to improve readability', Rachel Law, 15 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Responses to the interactive comment on “Atmosphere-only GCM simulations with prescribed land surface temperatures” by R. Law (Referee)', DUNCAN ACKERLEY, 21 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Clarifications needed along with likely reduction in scope', Ian Watterson, 16 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Responses to the interactive comment on “Atmosphere-only GCM simulations with prescribed land surface temperatures” by I. Watterson (Referee)', DUNCAN ACKERLEY, 21 Apr 2016
RC3: 'Review', Noel Keenlyside, 06 Mar 2016
- AC3: 'Responses to the interactive comment on “Atmosphere-only GCM simulations with prescribed land surface temperatures” by N. Keenlyside (Referee)', DUNCAN ACKERLEY, 21 Apr 2016

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Duncan Ackerley on behalf of the Authors (21 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (06 May 2016) by Jatin Kala

AR by Duncan Ackerley on behalf of the Authors (09 May 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 May 2016) by Jatin Kala

AR by Duncan Ackerley on behalf of the Authors (23 May 2016)

Short summary

In order to evaluate climate models, scientists have historically run them using prescribed (for example observed) sea surface temperatures; however, no such restriction is typically applied to the land. This study presents a method of prescribing the land temperatures in a climate model and shows that the resultant climate simulation is consistent with the free running simulation. Such a model will be useful for perturbing and fixing surface temperatures globally, as demonstrated in this paper.