Evaluation of climate models

G Flato, J Marotzke, B Abiodun, P Braconnot… - Climate change 2013 …, 2014 - pure.mpg.de
Climate models have continued to be developed and improved since the AR4, and many
models have been extended into Earth System models by including the representation of …

Quantifying progress across different CMIP phases with the ESMValTool

L Bock, A Lauer, M Schlund, M Barreiro… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
More than 40 model groups worldwide are participating in the Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6), providing a new and rich source of information to …

Climate change favours large seasonal loss of Arctic ozone

P von der Gathen, R Kivi, I Wohltmann… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Chemical loss of Arctic ozone due to anthropogenic halogens is driven by temperature, with
more loss occurring during cold winters favourable for formation of polar stratospheric …

Effects of tropical cyclones on ocean heat transport in a high-resolution coupled general circulation model

E Scoccimarro, S Gualdi, A Bellucci, A Sanna… - Journal of …, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
In this paper the interplay between tropical cyclones (TCs) and the Northern Hemispheric
ocean heat transport (OHT) is investigated. In particular, results from a numerical simulation …

'Eastern African Paradox'rainfall decline due to shorter not less intense Long Rains

CM Wainwright, JH Marsham, RJ Keane… - npj Climate and …, 2019 - nature.com
An observed decline in the Eastern African Long Rains from the 1980s to late 2000s
appears contrary to the projected increase under future climate change. This “Eastern …

Observed and global climate model based changes in wind power potential over the Northern Hemisphere during 1979–2016

Q Tian, G Huang, K Hu, D Niyogi - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Using an observed dataset, we study the changes of surface wind speeds from 1979 to 2016
over the Northern Hemisphere and their impacts on wind power potential. The results show …

Forest response to rising CO2 drives zonally asymmetric rainfall change over tropical land

GJ Kooperman, Y Chen, FM Hoffman, CD Koven… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding how anthropogenic CO2 emissions will influence future precipitation is
critical for sustainably managing ecosystems, particularly for drought-sensitive tropical …

Timescales for detection of trends in the ocean carbon sink

GA McKinley, DJ Pilcher, AR Fay, K Lindsay, MC Long… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
The ocean has absorbed 41 per cent of all anthropogenic carbon emitted as a result of fossil
fuel burning and cement manufacture,. The magnitude and the large-scale distribution of the …

Observed and modeled tropospheric cold anomalies associated with sudden stratospheric warmings

I Lehtonen, AY Karpechko - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Surface weather patterns related to 35 major sudden stratospheric warmings (SSWs) in
1958–2010 are analyzed based on reanalysis data. Similar analyses are conducted with …

Isopycnal mixing by mesoscale eddies significantly impacts oceanic anthropogenic carbon uptake

A Gnanadesikan, MA Pradal… - Geophysical Research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic carbon dioxide uptake varies across Earth System Models for reasons that
have remained obscure. When varied within a single model, the lateral eddy mixing …