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| Title: | Description and evaluation of the Bergen climate model: ARPEGE coupled with MICOM |
| Authors: | Furevik, T.
Bentsen, M.
Drange, H.
Kindem, I. K. T.
Kvamstø, N. G.
Sorteberg, A. |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2003 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Series/Report no.: | Climate Dynamics;21 |
| Abstract: | A new coupled atmosphere–ocean–sea ice model has been developed, named the Bergen Climate Model (BCM). It consists of the atmospheric model ARPEGE/IFS, together with a global version of the ocean model MICOM including a dynamic–thermodynamic sea ice model. The coupling between the two models uses the OASIS software package. The new model concept is described, and results from a 300-year control integration is evaluated against observational data. In BCM, both the atmosphere and the ocean components use grids which can be irregular and have non-matching coastlines. Much effort has been put into the development of optimal interpolation schemes between the models, in particular the non-trivial problem of flux conservation in the coastal areas. A flux adjustment technique has been applied to the heat and fresh-water fluxes. There is, however, a weak drift in global mean sea-surface temperature (SST) and sea-surface salinity (SSS) of respectively 0.1 °C and 0.02 psu per century. The model g... |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1956/424 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0894
0930-7575 |
| Appears in Collections: | Eprints by the Geophysical Institute
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