TY - JOUR
T1 - The Dynamics and Variability Model Intercomparison Project (DynVarMIP) for CMIP6
T2 - Assessing the stratosphere-troposphere system
AU - Gerber, Edwin P.
AU - Manzini, Elisa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Author(s).
PY - 2016/9/23
Y1 - 2016/9/23
N2 - Diagnostics of atmospheric momentum and energy transport are needed to investigate the origin of circulation biases in climate models and to understand the atmospheric response to natural and anthropogenic forcing. Model biases in atmospheric dynamics are one of the factors that increase uncertainty in projections of regional climate, precipitation and extreme events. Here we define requirements for diagnosing the atmospheric circulation and variability across temporal scales and for evaluating the transport of mass, momentum and energy by dynamical processes in the context of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). These diagnostics target the assessments of both resolved and parameterized dynamical processes in climate models, a novelty for CMIP, and are particularly vital for assessing the impact of the stratosphere on surface climate change.
AB - Diagnostics of atmospheric momentum and energy transport are needed to investigate the origin of circulation biases in climate models and to understand the atmospheric response to natural and anthropogenic forcing. Model biases in atmospheric dynamics are one of the factors that increase uncertainty in projections of regional climate, precipitation and extreme events. Here we define requirements for diagnosing the atmospheric circulation and variability across temporal scales and for evaluating the transport of mass, momentum and energy by dynamical processes in the context of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). These diagnostics target the assessments of both resolved and parameterized dynamical processes in climate models, a novelty for CMIP, and are particularly vital for assessing the impact of the stratosphere on surface climate change.
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U2 - 10.5194/gmd-9-3413-2016
DO - 10.5194/gmd-9-3413-2016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84989211577
SN - 1991-959X
VL - 9
SP - 3413
EP - 3425
JO - Geoscientific Model Development
JF - Geoscientific Model Development
IS - 9
ER -