Advances in understanding large‐scale responses of the water cycle to climate change

RP Allan, M Barlow, MP Byrne… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, thermodynamics explains an increase in atmospheric water vapor with warming of
around 7%/° C near to the surface. In contrast, global precipitation and evaporation are …

Resolving and parameterising the ocean mesoscale in earth system models

HT Hewitt, M Roberts, P Mathiot, A Biastoch… - Current Climate Change …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Assessment of the impact of ocean resolution in Earth System
models on the mean state, variability, and future projections and discussion of prospects for …

[HTML][HTML] Climate model projections from the scenario model intercomparison project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6

C Tebaldi, K Debeire, V Eyring, E Fischer… - Earth System …, 2021 - esd.copernicus.org
Abstract The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) defines and
coordinates the main set of future climate projections, based on concentration-driven …

Human influence on the climate system (Chapter 3)

V Eyring, NP Gillett, KM Achuta Rao, R Barimalala… - 2021 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The AR5 concluded that human influence on the climate system is clear, evident from
increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing …

UKESM1: Description and evaluation of the UK Earth System Model

AA Sellar, CG Jones, JP Mulcahy… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We document the development of the first version of the UK Earth System Model UKESM1.
The model represents a major advance on its predecessor HadGEM2‐ES, with …

Configuration and spin-up of ACCESS-CM2, the new generation Australian community climate and earth system simulator coupled model

D Bi, M Dix, S Marsland, S O'farrell… - Journal of Southern …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
A new version of the Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator coupled
model, ACCESS-CM2, has been developed for a wide range of climate modelling research …

CMIP6 models predict significant 21st century decline of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

W Weijer, W Cheng, OA Garuba, A Hu… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We explore the representation of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) in
27 models from the CMIP6 multimodel ensemble. Comparison with RAPID and SAMBA …

Historical and future changes in air pollutants from CMIP6 models

ST Turnock, RJ Allen, M Andrews… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Poor air quality is currently responsible for large impacts on human health across the world.
In addition, the air pollutants ozone (O3) and particulate matter less than 2.5 µm in diameter …

Antarctic bottom water and North Atlantic deep water in CMIP6 models

C Heuzé - Ocean Science Discussions, 2020 - os.copernicus.org
Deep water formation is the driver of the global ocean circulation, yet it was poorly
represented in the previous generation of climate models. We here quantify biases in …

Implementation of UK Earth system models for CMIP6

AA Sellar, J Walton, CG Jones, R Wood… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the scientific and technical implementation of two models for a core set of
experiments contributing to the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project …