The GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM4.0/LM4.0: 2. Model description, sensitivity studies, and tuning strategies

M. Zhao; J.-C. Golaz; I. M. Held; H. Guo; V. Balaji; R. Benson; J.-H. Chen; X. Chen; L. J. Donner; J. P. Dunne; Krista A. Dunne; J. Durachta; S.-M. Fan; S. M. Freidenreich; S. T. Garner; P. Ginoux; L. M. Harris; L. W. Horowitz; J. P. Krasting; A. R. Langenhorst; Z. Liang; P. Lin; S.-J. Lin; Sergey Malyshev; E. Mason; Paul C.D. Milly; Y. Ming; V. Naik; F. Paulot; D. Paynter; P. Phillipps; A. Radhakrishnan; V. Ramaswamy; T. Robinson; D. Schwarzkopf; C. J. Seman; Elena Shevliakova; Z. Shen; H. Shin; L. Silvers; J. R. Wilson; M. Winton; A. T. Wittenberg; B. Wyman; B. Xiang

doi:10.1002/2017MS001209

The GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM4.0/LM4.0: 2. Model description, sensitivity studies, and tuning strategies

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

By: M. Zhao, J.-C. Golaz, I. M. Held, H. Guo, V. Balaji, R. Benson, J.-H. Chen, X. Chen, L. J. Donner, J. P. Dunne, Krista A. Dunne, J. Durachta, S.-M. Fan, S. M. Freidenreich, S. T. Garner, P. Ginoux, L. M. Harris, L. W. Horowitz, J. P. Krasting, A. R. Langenhorst, Z. Liang, P. Lin, S.-J. Lin, Sergey Malyshev, E. Mason, Paul C.D. Milly, Y. Ming, V. Naik, F. Paulot, D. Paynter, P. Phillipps, A. Radhakrishnan, V. Ramaswamy, T. Robinson, D. Schwarzkopf, C. J. Seman, Elena Shevliakova, Z. Shen, H. Shin, L. Silvers, J. R. Wilson, M. Winton, A. T. Wittenberg, B. Wyman, and B. Xiang

https://doi.org/10.1002/2017MS001209

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Abstract

In Part 2 of this two‐part paper, documentation is provided of key aspects of a version of the AM4.0/LM4.0 atmosphere/land model that will serve as a base for a new set of climate and Earth system models (CM4 and ESM4) under development at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). The quality of the simulation in AMIP (Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project) mode has been provided in Part 1. Part 2 provides documentation of key components and some sensitivities to choices of model formulation and values of parameters, highlighting the convection parameterization and orographic gravity wave drag. The approach taken to tune the model's clouds to observations is a particular focal point. Care is taken to describe the extent to which aerosol effective forcing and Cess sensitivity have been tuned through the model development process, both of which are relevant to the ability of the model to simulate the evolution of temperatures over the last century when coupled to an ocean model.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	The GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM4.0/LM4.0: 2. Model description, sensitivity studies, and tuning strategies
Series title	Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
DOI	10.1002/2017MS001209
Volume	10
Issue	3
Year Published	2018
Language	English
Publisher	American Geophysical Union
Contributing office(s)	National Research Program - Eastern Branch
Description	44 p.
First page	691
Last page	734
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