This model is an updated version of the coupled model described in DeWitt (2005). Improvements to the model are in the coupling scheme and include a parameterized version of the diurnal solar cycle following Danabasoglu et al. (2006), and inclusion of the surface currents in the stress calculation following Luo et al. (2005) These changes help to reduce the models near-equatorial cold bias. The atmospheric component model is the Max-Planck Institute (MPI) ECHAM4.5 atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM; Roeckner et al., 1994) and is initialized with forced runs using observed SST. The ocean component model is the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) Modular Ocean Model Version 3 (MOM3; Pacanowski and Griffies, 1998) initialized with a Derber-Rosati (1989) temperature assimilation scheme.
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Luo, J.-J., S. Masson. E. Roeckner, G. Madec, and T. Yamagata, 2005: Reducing climatology bias in an ocean-atmosphere CGCM with improved coupling physics. J. Climate, 18, 2344-2360.
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Contact person: Dave DeWitt: daved@iri.columbia.edu