Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (OMIP)
Bernadette Fritzsch, Rüdiger Gerdes, Wolfgang Hiller, Dirk Olbers (AWI)
Mojib Latif, Stephanie Legutke, Ernst Maier-Reimer, Frank Röske (MPI/DKRZ)
The main objective of the project was an intercomparison of current state-of-the-art ocean models with respect to the simulation of the mean state of oceanic circulation, with emphasis on the global models used in the German climate research community. The forcing (version 1) of the models was identical and is based on the ECMWF Re-Analysis. The models have been integrated over 100 years using this forcing dataset. The results are summarized in the OMIP-Report.
In the pilot phase of an international OMIP (P-OMIP) which was launched by the WOCE/CLIVAR Joint Working Group on Ocean Model Development an improved version (version 2) of the forcing dataset was used.
Four forcing datasets based on ERA-40 (versions 3 to 6) are available.
References:
Version 1:
Röske, F., 2001.
An atlas of surface fluxes based on the ECMWF Re-Analysis - a climatological dataset
to force global ocean general circulation models. Report No. 323, MPI, Hamburg.
Download.
Version 2:
Röske, F., 2006.
A global heat and fresh water forcing dataset for ocean models.
Ocean Modelling, 11, 3-4, 235-297. Download.
Versions 3 to 4:
Röske, F., 2005.
Global oceanic heat and fresh water forcing datasets based on ERA-40 and ERA-15.
Report on Earth System Science No.13, MPI, Hamburg.
Download.
Versions 5 to 6:
If you use these datasets in any publication, mention please this web address in your acknowledgement. Thank you.
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