Validations of Dynamite

coupled model (OCC-17)


Experiment on CRAY XD1 WP12
Atlas
Forced/
Ocean forced		 OCC43
Atlas
Forced
Atmos
 OCC52
Atlas
Forced Atmos
(phys.interm)
 OCC53
Atlas
Forced Atmos
(phys.std)		 OCC54
Atlas
Brother:
OCC52
 OCC55
Atlas
Brother:
OCC53
 OCC57
Atlas
Brother:
OCC52
 OCC59
Atlas
Brother:
OCC52
 OCC60
Atlas
Brother:
OCC52
 OCC62
Atlas
Brother:
OCC52		 OCC64
Atlas
Brother
OCC52
 OCC65
Atlas
Brother:
OCC64
 OCC65
Atlas
Brother:
OCC64		 OCC66
Atlas
Brother
OCC64
 OCC67
Atlas
Brother
OCC64
 OCC68
Atlas
Brother
OCC53
Elapsed (CPU: 45min/month with post-processing)



3.5 days
 3.5 days 1 day
 4.5 days
 3.5 days
 3.5 days
3.5 days
 12.5 days
3.5 days
 3.5 days
 3.5 days
Validation period 10 of 20 years
 10 out of 10 years
 21yr (AMIP)
[1979-1999]
 21yr (AMIP)
[1979-1999]		 5 of 15 years 5 of 15 years 4 of 4 years
 5 of 15 years 5 of 15 years 5 of 15 years
5 of 15 years 10 of 50 years
 5 of 15 years 5 of 15 years 5 of 15 years
ATMOSPHERE : ARPEGE V4, t63 grid















Top of atmosphere balance (W/m2) 1.16 -18.81
 -0.17
 0.36
 2.38
 3.73
 0.86
 2.04
 2.28
 2.01
2.25
 1.93
 1.59
 0.94
 3.35
Outgoing flux (OLR) (W/m2) rlut -231.4 -238.57
 -235.2
 -233.8
 -234.9
 -231.3
 -234.6
 -234.3
 -235.0
 -234.3
-234.1
 -234.1
 -234.6
 -234.1
 -231.4
Incoming flux  (W/m2) nsft 232.6 219.75
 235.0
 234.1
 237.3
 235.1
 235.4
 236.3
 237.3
 236.3
236.4
 236.1
 236.2
 235.0 234.7
Total Heat Flux at Surface (W/m2)
-2.03
 0.03
 -1.08
 3.26
 2.10
 0.99
 2.56
 3.04
 2.70
2.76
 2.55
 2.46
 1.93
 1.77
Cloud cover (%) clt
70.95
 61.6
 66.8
 61.9
 68.0
 62.3
 60.8
 61.2
 60.9
61.1
 61.4
 61.2
 59.8
 68.3
Total precipitations (mm/j) pr
2.70
 2.92
 3.18
 2.90
 3.05
 2.93
 2.88
 2.91
 2.88
2.85
 2.86
 2.89
 2.68
 3.05
E-P-R-C over sea  (Sv)
-0.03
 -0.015
 -0.03
 -0.41
 -0.055
 -0.30
 -0.32
 -0.43
 -0.33
-0.41
 -0.46
 -0.50
 -0.36
 -0.064
Z500 (m) zg
5654
 5645
 5661
 5626.
 5632.
 5636.
 5621.
 5625.
 5620.
5624.
 5623.
 5629.
 5603.
 5633.
OCEAN : OPA 9 (NEMO), ORCA2 grid















Flux balance at ocean surface (W/m2) (sohefldo) -1.84 N/A
 N/A N/A 4.09
 2.57
 0.77
 3.26
 3.80
 3.51
3.35
 3.05
 2.94
 2.17
 2.11
E-P-R-C (Sv) with snow-ice melting effects (sowaflup) -0.3176 N/A
 N/A N/A -0.44
 -0.07
 -0.33
 -0.35
 -0.46
 -0.36
-0.44
 -0.49
 -0.53
 -0.39
 -0.08
LIM ice model















Ice volume Antarctic (10e12 Km3) 14.16 N/A N/A N/A 0.88
 0.43
 3.56
 1.44
 0.78
 1.53
1.02
 0.38
 1.61
 2.26
 0.27
Ice volume Arctic (10e12 Km3) 29.38 N/A
 N/A N/A 5.85
 5.56
 9.81
 62.2
 6.10
 45.0
5.75
 7.2
 5.1
 8.0
 7.06
Ice extend Antarctic (10e12 Km2)
N/A
 N/A N/A 3.08
 2.20
 9.30
 3.42
 2.94
 3.56
3.63
 1.91
 5.21
 6.53
 1.61
Ice extend Arctic (10e12 Km2)
N/A
 N/A N/A 11.2
 12.30
 12.78
 14.8
 11.1
 14.3
11.3
 11.9
 11.3
 12.6
 11.9
Ice production Antarctic (10e9 Km3)
 0.1050 N/A
 N/A N/A -0.31
 -0.09
 -0.98
 -0.27
 -0.18
 -0.43
-0.16
 -0.03
 -0.18
 -0.14
 -0.16
Ice production Arctic (10e9 Km3) 0.4187 N/A
 N/A N/A -0.04
 -0.12
 -3.5
 1.88
 0.25
 0.50
-0.06
 0.07
 0.01
 -0.03
 -0.00