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Configuration and spin-up of ACCESS-CM2, the new generation Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator Coupled Model
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Bi, D and Dix, M and Marsland, S and O'Farrell, S and Sullivan, A and Bodman, R and Law, R and Harman, I and Srbinovsky, J and Rashid, HA and Dobrohotoff, P and Mackallah, C and Yan, H and Hirst, A and Savita, A and Boeira Dias, FB and Woodhouse, M and Fiedler, R and Heerdegen, A, Configuration and spin-up of ACCESS-CM2, the new generation Australian Community Climate and Earth System Simulator Coupled Model, Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science, 70, (1) pp. 225-251. ISSN 2206-5865 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1071/ES19040
Abstract
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 and applications. In particular, ACCESS-CM2 is one of Australia’s contributions to the World Climate Research Programme’s Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). Compared with the ACCESS1.3 model used for our CMIP5 submission, all model components have been upgraded as well as the coupling framework (OASIS3-MCT) and experiment control system (Rose/Cylc). The component models are: UM10.6 GA7.1 for the atmosphere, CABLE2.5 for the land surface, MOM5 for the ocean, and CICE5.1.2 for the sea ice. This paper describes the model configuration of ACCESS-CM2, documents the experimental set up, and assesses the model performance for the preindustrial spin-up simulation in comparison against (reconstructed) observations and ACCESS1.3 results. While the performance of the two generations of the ACCESS coupled model is largely comparable, ACCESS-CM2 shows better global hydrological balance, more realistic ocean water properties (in terms of spatial distribution) and meridional overturning circulation in the Southern Ocean but a poorer simulation of the Antarctic sea ice and a larger energy imbalance at the top of atmosphere. This energy imbalance reflects a noticeable warming trend of the global ocean over the spin-up period.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | ACCESS-CM2, climate change, climate simulation, CMIP6, coupled climate model, evaluation, greenhouse gases, physical configuration, preindustrial spin-up, tuning, debugging |
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Climate change science |
| Research Field: | Climatology |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards |
| Objective Group: | Understanding climate change |
| Objective Field: | Climate change models |
| UTAS Author: | Marsland, S (Mr Simon Marsland) |
| UTAS Author: | Savita, A (Mr Abhishek Savita) |
| UTAS Author: | Boeira Dias, FB (Mr Fabio Boeira Dias) |
| ID Code: | 143769 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 59 |
| Deposited By: | Oceans and Cryosphere |
| Deposited On: | 2021-04-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-05-05 |
| Downloads: | 23 View Download Statistics |
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