Journal Article

CAS-ESM2.0 Model Datasets for the CMIP6 Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Phase 1 (OMIP1)

Gao, Xin, Yu, Yongqiang, Lian, Ruxu, Dong, Xiao, Liu, Hailong, Zhou, Guangqing, Zhang, Dongling, Jin, Jiangbo, Zhang, He, Song, Mirong, Chen, Kangjun, Lin, Zhaohui, He, Juanxiong, Zhang, Minghua, Zeng, Qingcun, Lin, Pengfei

2021

Overview

As a member of the Chinese modeling groups, the coupled ocean-ice component of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Earth System Model, version 2.0 (CAS-ESM2.0), is taking part in the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project Phase 1 (OMIP1) experiment of phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6). The simulation was conducted, and monthly outputs have been published on the ESGF (Earth System Grid Federation) data server. In this paper, the experimental dataset is introduced, and the preliminary performances of the ocean model in simulating the global ocean temperature, salinity, sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, sea surface height, sea ice, and Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) are evaluated. The results show that the model is at quasi-equilibrium during the integration of 372 years, and performances of the model are reasonable compared with observations. This dataset is ready to be downloaded and used by the community in related research, e.g., multi-ocean-sea-ice model performance evaluation and interannual variation in oceans driven by prescribed atmospheric forcing.

• Publisher: Science Press,Springer Nature B.V,College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China%State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China%Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China,International Center for climate and Environment Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China%State Key Laboratory of Numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
• Subject: Annual variations / Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) / Atmospheric forcing / Atmospheric models / Atmospheric Sciences / CMIP6 Experiments: Model and Dataset Descriptions / Data Description Article / Datasets / Earth and Environmental Science / Earth Sciences / Geophysics/Geodesy / Global temperatures / Interannual variability / Interannual variations / Intercomparison / Meteorology / Ocean models / Ocean temperature / Oceans / Performance evaluation / Salinity / Salinity effects / Sea ice / Sea ice models / Sea surface / Sea surface temperature / Surface salinity