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The GFDL-CM4X climate model hierarchy, Part II: case studies
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  • Stephen M Griffies,
  • Alistair Adcroft,
  • Rebecca Lynn Beadling,
  • Mitchell Bushuk,
  • Chiung-Yin Chang,
  • Henri Francois Drake,
  • Raphael Dussin,
  • Robert W. Hallberg,
  • William Hurlin,
  • Hemant Khatri,
  • John P Krasting,
  • Matthew Lobo,
  • Graeme MacGilchrist,
  • Brandon G Reichl,
  • Aakash Sane,
  • Olga V. Sergienko,
  • Maike Sonnewald,
  • Jacob M. Steinberg,
  • Jan-Erik Tesdal,
  • Matthew D Thomas,
  • Katherine Elise Turner,
  • Marshall L Ward,
  • Michael Winton,
  • Niki Zadeh,
  • Laure Zanna,
  • Rong Zhang,
  • Wenda Zhang,
  • Ming Zhao
Stephen M Griffies
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

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Alistair Adcroft
Princeton University
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Rebecca Lynn Beadling
Temple University
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Mitchell Bushuk
GFDL/NOAA
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Chiung-Yin Chang
Princeton University
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Henri Francois Drake
University of California Irvine
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Raphael Dussin
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Robert W. Hallberg
NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
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William Hurlin
NOAA/GFDL
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Hemant Khatri
University of Liverpool
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John P Krasting
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
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Matthew Lobo
Princeton University
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Graeme MacGilchrist
University of St Andrews
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Brandon G Reichl
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
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Aakash Sane
Princeton University
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Olga V. Sergienko
AOS, Princeton University/GFDL
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Maike Sonnewald
University of California, Davis
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Jacob M. Steinberg
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
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Jan-Erik Tesdal
Princeton University
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Matthew D Thomas
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
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Katherine Elise Turner
University of Arizona
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Marshall L Ward
Australian National University
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Michael Winton
GFDL/NOAA
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Niki Zadeh
NOAA/GFDL
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Laure Zanna
New York University
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Rong Zhang
GFDL/NOAA
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Wenda Zhang
Princeton University
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Ming Zhao
GFDL/NOAA
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Abstract

This paper is Part II of a two-part paper that documents the CM4X (Climate Model version 4X) hierarchy of coupled climate models developed at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). Part I of this paper is presented in \citeA{CM4X_partI}. Here we present a suite of case studies that examine ocean and sea ice features that are targeted for further research, which include sea level, eastern boundary upwelling, Arctic and Southern Ocean sea ice, Southern Ocean circulation, and North Atlantic circulation. The case studies are based on experiments that follow the protocol of version 6 from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6). The analysis reveals a systematic improvement in the simulation fidelity of CM4X relative to its CM4.0 predecessor, as well as an improvement when refining the ocean/sea ice horizontal grid spacing from the $0.25^{\circ}$ of CM4X-p25 to the $0.125^{\circ}$ of CM4X-p125. Even so, there remain many outstanding biases, thus pointing to the need for further grid refinements, enhancements to numerical methods, and/or advances in parameterizations, each of which target long-standing model biases and limitations.
26 Nov 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive
28 Nov 2024Published in ESS Open Archive