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contributor authorGriffies, Stephen M.
contributor authorWinton, Michael
contributor authorDonner, Leo J.
contributor authorHorowitz, Larry W.
contributor authorDownes, Stephanie M.
contributor authorFarneti, Riccardo
contributor authorGnanadesikan, Anand
contributor authorHurlin, William J.
contributor authorLee, Hyun-Chul
contributor authorLiang, Zhi
contributor authorPalter, Jaime B.
contributor authorSamuels, Bonita L.
contributor authorWittenberg, Andrew T.
contributor authorWyman, Bruce L.
contributor authorYin, Jianjun
contributor authorZadeh, Niki
date accessioned2017-06-09T16:39:58Z
date available2017-06-09T16:39:58Z
date copyright2011/07/01
date issued2011
identifier issn0894-8755
identifier otherams-71836.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4213772
description abstracthis paper documents time mean simulation characteristics from the ocean and sea ice components in a new coupled climate model developed at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). The GFDL Climate Model version 3 (CM3) is formulated with effectively the same ocean and sea ice components as the earlier CM2.1 yet with extensive developments made to the atmosphere and land model components. Both CM2.1 and CM3 show stable mean climate indices, such as large-scale circulation and sea surface temperatures (SSTs). There are notable improvements in the CM3 climate simulation relative to CM2.1, including a modified SST bias pattern and reduced biases in the Arctic sea ice cover. The authors anticipate SST differences between CM2.1 and CM3 in lower latitudes through analysis of the atmospheric fluxes at the ocean surface in corresponding Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project (AMIP) simulations. In contrast, SST changes in the high latitudes are dominated by ocean and sea ice effects absent in AMIP simulations. The ocean interior simulation in CM3 is generally warmer than in CM2.1, which adversely impacts the interior biases.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleThe GFDL CM3 Coupled Climate Model: Characteristics of the Ocean and Sea Ice Simulations
typeJournal Paper
journal volume24
journal issue13
journal titleJournal of Climate
identifier doi10.1175/2011JCLI3964.1
journal fristpage3520
journal lastpage3544
treeJournal of Climate:;2011:;volume( 024 ):;issue: 013
contenttypeFulltext


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