Examination of the performance of 22 CMIP6 ESMs on large scale changes in the atmosphere and oceans (North Atlantic, Arctic and North Pacific) / by Zeliang Wang, Brendan DeTracey, Blair Greenan, David...: Fs97-18/376E-PDF

"This study examines the performance of 22 CMIP6 models. Sea level pressure and 2m air temperature of the atmosphere component are compared with those from a reanalysis product. Sea surface temperature and sea ice from an observation-based ocean product are used to investigate the performance of the ocean component in these models. This study finds that the performance varies substantially between models and also between variables within one model. In general, these models do not represent sea level pressure well which is strongly related to the atmospheric circulation (winds), however, they well represent the 2m air temperature in terms of its long-term warming tendency over the historic time period. The multi-decadal variations of the sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic Ocean are captured by the majority of the models, however, they mostly fail to represent the dominant changes in the sea surface temperature in the North Pacific Ocean. This study suggests that the North Atlantic Ocean appears to be more predictable than the North Pacific Ocean. The declining trend in the summer Arctic ice area is reproduced, and some models have trends close to the observations. UKESM1-0-LL, CNRM-ESM2-1 and CESM2 are the three models with overall good performances for atmosphere, ocean and ice components"--Abstract, page iv.

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Department/Agency Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, issuing body.
Title Examination of the performance of 22 CMIP6 ESMs on large scale changes in the atmosphere and oceans (North Atlantic, Arctic and North Pacific) / by Zeliang Wang, Brendan DeTracey, Blair Greenan, David Brickman, Frederic Cyr, Peter S. Galbraith, Nadja Steiner and James Christian.
Series title Canadian technical report of hydrography and ocean sciences, 1488-5417 ; 376
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-15).
Includes abstracts in English and French.
Publishing information Dartmouth, Nova Scotia : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, 2024.
©2024
Author / Contributor Wang, Zeliang, author.
Description 1 online resource (v, 49 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour).
ISBN 9780660701950
Catalogue number
  • Fs97-18/376E-PDF
Subject terms Atmospheric pressure -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Mathematical models.
Atmospheric pressure -- North Pacific Ocean -- Mathematical models.
Atmospheric pressure -- Arctic Ocean -- Mathematical models.
Atmospheric temperature -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Mathematical models.
Atmospheric temperature -- North Pacific Ocean -- Mathematical models.
Atmospheric temperature -- Arctic Ocean -- Mathematical models.
Ocean temperature -- North Atlantic Ocean -- Mathematical models.
Ocean temperature -- North Pacific Ocean -- Mathematical models.
Sea ice -- Arctic Ocean -- Mathematical models.
Pression atmosphérique -- Atlantique Nord -- Modèles mathématiques.
Pression atmosphérique -- Pacifique Nord -- Modèles mathématiques.
Pression atmosphérique -- Arctique, Océan -- Modèles mathématiques.
Température atmosphérique -- Atlantique Nord -- Modèles mathématiques.
Température atmosphérique -- Pacifique Nord -- Modèles mathématiques.
Température atmosphérique -- Arctique, Océan -- Modèles mathématiques.
Mer -- Température -- Atlantique Nord -- Modèles mathématiques.
Mer -- Température -- Pacifique Nord -- Modèles mathématiques.
Glace de mer -- Arctique, Océan -- Modèles mathématiques.
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