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| Title: | Evaluating Global Ocean Carbon Models: The Importance of Realistic Physics |
| Authors: | Doney, S. C.
Lindsay, K.
Caldeira, K.
Campin, J.-M.
Drange, Helge
Dutay, J.-C.
Follows, M.
Gao, Yongqi
Gnanadesikan, A.
Gruber, N.
Ishida, A.
Joos, F.
Madec, G.
Maier-Reimer, E.
Marshall, J. C.
Matear, R. J.
Monfray, P.
Mouchet, A.
Najjar, R.
Orr, J. C.
Plattner, G.-K.
Sarmiento, J.
Schlitzer, R.
Slater, R.
Totterdell, I. J.
Weirig, M.-F.
Yamanaka, Y.
Yool, A. |
| Keywords: | Oceanography |
| Issue Date: | 15-Sep-2004 |
| Publisher: | American Geophysical Union |
| Citation: | "An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2004 American Geophysical Union." |
| Series/Report no.: | Global Biogeochemical Cycles;(2004) vol. 18, GB3017 |
| Abstract: | A suite of standard ocean hydrographic and circulation metrics are applied to the
equilibrium physical solutions from 13 global carbon models participating in phase 2 of
the Ocean Carbon-cycle Model Intercomparison Project (OCMIP-2). Model-data
comparisons are presented for sea surface temperature and salinity, seasonal mixed layer
depth, meridional heat and freshwater transport, 3-D hydrographic fields, and meridional
overturning. Considerable variation exists among the OCMIP-2 simulations, with some of
the solutions falling noticeably outside available observational constraints. For some
cases, model-model and model-data differences can be related to variations in surface
forcing, subgrid-scale parameterizations, and model architecture. These errors in the
physical metrics point to significant problems in the underlying model representations of
ocean transport and dynamics, problems that directly affect the OCMIP predicted ocean
tracer and carbon cycle variables (e.g., air... |
| URI: | doi:10.1029/2003GB002150
http://hdl.handle.net/1956/622 |
| ISSN: | 0886-6236 |
| Appears in Collections: | Eprints by Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)
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