Challenges and prospects in ocean circulation models

B Fox-Kemper, A Adcroft, CW Böning… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
We revisit the challenges and prospects for ocean circulation models following Griffies et al..
Over the past decade, ocean circulation models evolved through improved understanding …

A review of recent changes in Southern Ocean sea ice, their drivers and forcings

WR Hobbs, R Massom, S Stammerjohn, P Reid… - Global and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the past 37 years, satellite records show an increase in Antarctic sea ice cover that is
most pronounced in the period of sea ice growth. This trend is dominated by increased sea …

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 …

JRA-55 based surface dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models (JRA55-do)

H Tsu**o, S Urakawa, H Nakano, RJ Small, WM Kim… - Ocean Modelling, 2018 - Elsevier
We present a new surface-atmospheric dataset for driving ocean–sea-ice models based on
Japanese 55-year atmospheric reanalysis (JRA-55), referred to here as JRA55-do. The …

The GFDL global ocean and sea ice model OM4. 0: Model description and simulation features

A Adcroft, W Anderson, V Balaji… - Journal of Advances …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
We document the configuration and emergent simulation features from the Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) OM4. 0 ocean/sea ice model. OM4 serves as the …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)

H Tsu**o, LS Urakawa, SM Griffies… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
We present a new framework for global ocean–sea-ice model simulations based on phase 2
of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP-2), making use of the surface dataset …

ACCESS-OM2 v1. 0: a global ocean–sea ice model at three resolutions

AE Kiss, AMC Hogg, N Hannah… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
We introduce ACCESS-OM2, a new version of the ocean–sea ice model of the Australian
Community Climate and Earth System Simulator. ACCESS-OM2 is driven by a prescribed …

Critical Southern Ocean climate model biases traced to atmospheric model cloud errors

P Hyder, JM Edwards, RP Allan, HT Hewitt… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean is a pivotal component of the global climate system yet it is
poorly represented in climate models, with significant biases in upper-ocean temperatures …

OMIP contribution to CMIP6: Experimental and diagnostic protocol for the physical component of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

SM Griffies, G Danabasoglu, PJ Durack… - Geoscientific Model …, 2016 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP) is an endorsed project in the Coupled
Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). OMIP addresses CMIP6 science …

Water-mass transformation by sea ice in the upper branch of the Southern Ocean overturning

RP Abernathey, I Cerovecki, PR Holland… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Ocean overturning circulation requires a continuous thermodynamic transformation of the
buoyancy of seawater. The steeply slo** isopycnals of the Southern Ocean provide a …