Comparisons of model simulations of climate variability with data, Task 2. [Progress report]

Technical Report · Mon Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10137203· OSTI ID:10137203

Significant progress has been made in our investigations aimed at diagnosing low frequency variations of climate in General Circulation Models. We have analyzed three versions of the Oregon State University General Circulation Model (OSU GCM). These are: (1) the Slab Model in which the ocean is treated as a static heat reservoir of fixed depth, (2) the coupled upper ocean-atmosphere model in which the ocean dynamics are calculated in two layers of variable depths representing the mixed layers and the thermocline; this model is referred to OSU2 in the following discussion, and (3) the coupled full ocean-atmosphere model in which the ocean is represented by six layers of variable depth; this model is referred to as OSU6 GCM in the discussion.

• Research Organization: State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-85ER60314
• OSTI ID: 10137203
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/60314-T3; ON: DE92011601
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: [1990]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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