MIROC-ESM 2010: model description and basic results of CMIP5-20c3m experiments

Watanabe, Shingo; Hajima, Tomohiro; Sudo, Kengo; Nagashima, Tatsuya; Takemura, Toshihiko; Okajima, Hideki; Nozawa, Takashi; Kawase, Hiroaki; Abe, Manabu; Yokohata, Tokuta; Ise, Takeshi; Sato, Hisashi; Kato, Etsushi; Takata, Kumiko; Emori, Seita; Kawamiya, Michio

doi:10.5194/gmd-4-845-2011

articleGeoscientific model developmentOct 4, 2011GOLD OA

MIROC-ESM 2010: model description and basic results of CMIP5-20c3m experiments

SWShingo Watanabe THTomohiro Hajima KSKengo Sudo TNTatsuya Nagashima TTToshihiko Takemura

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology · Nagoya University · +2 more institutions

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Abstract. An earth system model (MIROC-ESM 2010) is fully described in terms of each model component and their interactions. Results for the CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5) historical simulation are presented to demonstrate the model's performance from several perspectives: atmosphere, ocean, sea-ice, land-surface, ocean and terrestrial biogeochemistry, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols. An atmospheric chemistry coupled version of MIROC-ESM (MIROC-ESM-CHEM 2010) reasonably reproduces transient variations in surface air temperatures for the period 1850–2005, as well as the present-day climatology for the zonal-mean zonal winds and temperatures from the surface to the mesosphere. The…

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Coupled model intercomparison project
Biogeochemistry
Environmental science
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Atmospheric sciences
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Atmospheric chemistry

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