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- Title
The Earth system model CLIMBER-X v1.0 – Part 1: Climate model description and validation.
- Authors
Willeit, Matteo; Ganopolski, Andrey; Robinson, Alexander; Edwards, Neil R.
- Abstract
The newly developed fast Earth system model CLIMBER-X is presented. The climate component of CLIMBER-X consists of a 2.5-D semi-empirical statistical–dynamical atmosphere model, a 3-D frictional–geostrophic ocean model, a dynamic–thermodynamic sea ice model and a land surface model. All the model components are discretized on a regular lat–long grid with a horizontal resolution of 5∘×5∘. The model has a throughput of ∼ 10 000 simulation years per day on a single node with 16 CPUs on a high-performance computer and is designed to simulate the evolution of the Earth system on temporal scales ranging from decades to >100000 years. A comprehensive evaluation of the model performance for the present day and the historical period shows that CLIMBER-X is capable of realistically reproducing many observed climate characteristics, with results that generally lie within the range of state-of-the-art general circulation models. The analysis of model performance is complemented by a thorough assessment of climate feedbacks and model sensitivities to changes in external forcings and boundary conditions. Limitations and applicability of the model are critically discussed. CLIMBER-X also includes a detailed representation of the global carbon cycle and is coupled to an ice sheet model, which will be described in separate papers. CLIMBER-X is available as open-source code and is expected to be a useful tool for studying past climate changes and for the investigation of the long-term future evolution of the climate.
- Subjects
ATMOSPHERIC models; GENERAL circulation model; CLIMATE feedbacks; EARTH (Planet); SEA ice; GEOSTROPHIC currents; CARBON cycle
- Publication
Geoscientific Model Development, 2022, Vol 15, Issue 14, p5905
- ISSN
1991-959X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/gmd-15-5905-2022