Geoscientific Model Development
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09 Mar 2023
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Reproducible and relocatable regional ocean modelling: fundamentals and practices
Jeff Polton, James Harle, Jason Holt, Anna Katavouta, Dale Partridge, Jenny Jardine, Sarah Wakelin, Julia Rulent, Anthony Wise, Katherine Hutchinson, David Byrne, Diego Bruciaferri, Enda O'Dea, Michela De Dominicis, Pierre Mathiot, Andrew Coward, Andrew Yool, Julien Palmiéri, Gennadi Lessin, Claudia Gabriela Mayorga-Adame, Valérie Le Guennec, Alex Arnold, and Clément Rousset
Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 1481–1510, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1481-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1481-2023, 2023
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03 Mar 2023
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Porting the WAVEWATCH III (v6.07) wave action source terms to GPU
Olawale James Ikuyajolu, Luke Van Roekel, Steven R. Brus, Erin E. Thomas, Yi Deng, and Sarat Sreepathi
Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 1445–1458, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1445-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1445-2023, 2023
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30 Jan 2023
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Introducing CRYOWRF v1.0: multiscale atmospheric flow simulations with advanced snow cover modelling
Varun Sharma, Franziska Gerber, and Michael Lehning
Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 719–749, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-719-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-719-2023, 2023
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04 Jan 2023
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Improving snow albedo modeling in the E3SM land model (version 2.0) and assessing its impacts on snow and surface fluxes over the Tibetan Plateau
Dalei Hao, Gautam Bisht, Karl Rittger, Edward Bair, Cenlin He, Huilin Huang, Cheng Dang, Timbo Stillinger, Yu Gu, Hailong Wang, Yun Qian, and L. Ruby Leung
Geosci. Model Dev., 16, 75–94, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-75-2023,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-75-2023, 2023
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20 Dec 2022
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The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report WGIII climate assessment of mitigation pathways: from emissions to global temperatures
Jarmo S. Kikstra, Zebedee R. J. Nicholls, Christopher J. Smith, Jared Lewis, Robin D. Lamboll, Edward Byers, Marit Sandstad, Malte Meinshausen, Matthew J. Gidden, Joeri Rogelj, Elmar Kriegler, Glen P. Peters, Jan S. Fuglestvedt, Ragnhild B. Skeie, Bjørn H. Samset, Laura Wienpahl, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst, Alaa Al Khourdajie, Piers M. Forster, Andy Reisinger, Roberto Schaeffer, and Keywan Riahi
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 9075–9109, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-9075-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-9075-2022, 2022
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21 Nov 2022
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Global biomass burning fuel consumption and emissions at 500 m spatial resolution based on the Global Fire Emissions Database (GFED)
Dave van Wees, Guido R. van der Werf, James T. Randerson, Brendan M. Rogers, Yang Chen, Sander Veraverbeke, Louis Giglio, and Douglas C. Morton
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 8411–8437, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-8411-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-8411-2022, 2022
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08 Sep 2022
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HORAYZON v1.2: an efficient and flexible ray-tracing algorithm to compute horizon and sky view factor
Christian R. Steger, Benjamin Steger, and Christoph Schär
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 6817–6840, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6817-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6817-2022, 2022
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19 Jul 2022
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Root-mean-square error (RMSE) or mean absolute error (MAE): when to use them or not
Timothy O. Hodson
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 5481–5487, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5481-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5481-2022, 2022
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14 Jul 2022
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The eWaterCycle platform for open and FAIR hydrological collaboration
Rolf Hut, Niels Drost, Nick van de Giesen, Ben van Werkhoven, Banafsheh Abdollahi, Jerom Aerts, Thomas Albers, Fakhereh Alidoost, Bouwe Andela, Jaro Camphuijsen, Yifat Dzigan, Ronald van Haren, Eric Hutton, Peter Kalverla, Maarten van Meersbergen, Gijs van den Oord, Inti Pelupessy, Stef Smeets, Stefan Verhoeven, Martine de Vos, and Berend Weel
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 5371–5390, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5371-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5371-2022, 2022
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05 Jul 2022
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Towards automatic finite-element methods for geodynamics via Firedrake
D. Rhodri Davies, Stephan C. Kramer, Sia Ghelichkhan, and Angus Gibson
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 5127–5166, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5127-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-5127-2022, 2022
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12 May 2022
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Training a supermodel with noisy and sparse observations: a case study with CPT and the synch rule on SPEEDO – v.1
Francine Schevenhoven and Alberto Carrassi
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 3831–3844, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-3831-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-3831-2022, 2022
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23 Feb 2022
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Using neural network ensembles to separate ocean biogeochemical and physical drivers of phytoplankton biogeography in Earth system models
Christopher Holder, Anand Gnanadesikan, and Marie Aude-Pradal
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 1595–1617, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1595-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1595-2022, 2022
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17 Feb 2022
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CSDMS: a community platform for numerical modeling of Earth surface processes
Gregory E. Tucker, Eric W. H. Hutton, Mark D. Piper, Benjamin Campforts, Tian Gan, Katherine R. Barnhart, Albert J. Kettner, Irina Overeem, Scott D. Peckham, Lynn McCready, and Jaia Syvitski
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 1413–1439, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1413-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1413-2022, 2022
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26 Jan 2022
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The Whole Antarctic Ocean Model (WAOM v1.0): development and evaluation
Ole Richter, David E. Gwyther, Benjamin K. Galton-Fenzi, and Kaitlin A. Naughten
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 617–647, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-617-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-617-2022, 2022
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26 Jan 2022
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Numerically consistent budgets of potential temperature, momentum, and moisture in Cartesian coordinates: application to the WRF model
Matthias Göbel, Stefano Serafin, and Mathias W. Rotach
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 669–681, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-669-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-669-2022, 2022
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13 Jan 2022
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Impact of increased resolution on long-standing biases in HighResMIP-PRIMAVERA climate models
Eduardo Moreno-Chamarro, Louis-Philippe Caron, Saskia Loosveldt Tomas, Javier Vegas-Regidor, Oliver Gutjahr, Marie-Pierre Moine, Dian Putrasahan, Christopher D. Roberts, Malcolm J. Roberts, Retish Senan, Laurent Terray, Etienne Tourigny, and Pier Luigi Vidale
Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 269–289, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-269-2022,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-269-2022, 2022
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08 Dec 2021
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SELF v1.0: a minimal physical model for predicting time of freeze-up in lakes
Marco Toffolon, Luca Cortese, and Damien Bouffard
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 7527–7543, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7527-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7527-2021, 2021
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30 Nov 2021
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Assessment of the ParFlow–CLM CONUS 1.0 integrated hydrologic model: evaluation of hyper-resolution water balance components across the contiguous United States
Mary M. F. O'Neill, Danielle T. Tijerina, Laura E. Condon, and Reed M. Maxwell
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 7223–7254, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7223-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7223-2021, 2021
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25 Oct 2021
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The interpretation of temperature and salinity variables in numerical ocean model output and the calculation of heat fluxes and heat content
Trevor J. McDougall, Paul M. Barker, Ryan M. Holmes, Rich Pawlowicz, Stephen M. Griffies, and Paul J. Durack
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 6445–6466, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6445-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-6445-2021, 2021
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16 Jul 2021
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fv3gfs-wrapper: a Python wrapper of the FV3GFS atmospheric model
Jeremy McGibbon, Noah D. Brenowitz, Mark Cheeseman, Spencer K. Clark, Johann P. S. Dahm, Eddie C. Davis, Oliver D. Elbert, Rhea C. George, Lucas M. Harris, Brian Henn, Anna Kwa, W. Andre Perkins, Oliver Watt-Meyer, Tobias F. Wicky, Christopher S. Bretherton, and Oliver Fuhrer
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 4401–4409, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4401-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-4401-2021, 2021
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11 Jun 2021
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A discontinuous Galerkin finite-element model for fast channelized lava flows v1.0
Colton J. Conroy and Einat Lev
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 3553–3575, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3553-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3553-2021, 2021
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27 May 2021
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FaIRv2.0.0: a generalized impulse response model for climate uncertainty and future scenario exploration
Nicholas J. Leach, Stuart Jenkins, Zebedee Nicholls, Christopher J. Smith, John Lynch, Michelle Cain, Tristram Walsh, Bill Wu, Junichi Tsutsui, and Myles R. Allen
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 3007–3036, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3007-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3007-2021, 2021
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27 Apr 2021
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JlBox v1.1: a Julia-based multi-phase atmospheric chemistry box model
Langwen Huang and David Topping
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 2187–2203, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2187-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-2187-2021, 2021
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23 Mar 2021
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A process-based evaluation of the Intermediate Complexity Atmospheric Research Model (ICAR) 1.0.1
Johannes Horak, Marlis Hofer, Ethan Gutmann, Alexander Gohm, and Mathias W. Rotach
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 1657–1680, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1657-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1657-2021, 2021
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23 Feb 2021
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Development of a MetUM (v 11.1) and NEMO (v 3.6) coupled operational forecast model for the Maritime Continent – Part 1: Evaluation of ocean forecasts
Bijoy Thompson, Claudio Sanchez, Boon Chong Peter Heng, Rajesh Kumar, Jianyu Liu, Xiang-Yu Huang, and Pavel Tkalich
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 1081–1100, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1081-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-1081-2021, 2021
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29 Jan 2021
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Coordinating an operational data distribution network for CMIP6 data
Ruth Petrie, Sébastien Denvil, Sasha Ames, Guillaume Levavasseur, Sandro Fiore, Chris Allen, Fabrizio Antonio, Katharina Berger, Pierre-Antoine Bretonnière, Luca Cinquini, Eli Dart, Prashanth Dwarakanath, Kelsey Druken, Ben Evans, Laurent Franchistéguy, Sébastien Gardoll, Eric Gerbier, Mark Greenslade, David Hassell, Alan Iwi, Martin Juckes, Stephan Kindermann, Lukasz Lacinski, Maria Mirto, Atef Ben Nasser, Paola Nassisi, Eric Nienhouse, Sergey Nikonov, Alessandra Nuzzo, Clare Richards, Syazwan Ridzwan, Michel Rixen, Kim Serradell, Kate Snow, Ag Stephens, Martina Stockhause, Hans Vahlenkamp, and Rick Wagner
Geosci. Model Dev., 14, 629–644, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-629-2021,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-629-2021, 2021
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11 Nov 2020
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European daily precipitation according to EURO-CORDEX regional climate models (RCMs) and high-resolution global climate models (GCMs) from the High-Resolution Model Intercomparison Project (HighResMIP)
Marie-Estelle Demory, Ségolène Berthou, Jesús Fernández, Silje L. Sørland, Roman Brogli, Malcolm J. Roberts, Urs Beyerle, Jon Seddon, Rein Haarsma, Christoph Schär, Erasmo Buonomo, Ole B. Christensen, James M. Ciarlo ̀, Rowan Fealy, Grigory Nikulin, Daniele Peano, Dian Putrasahan, Christopher D. Roberts, Retish Senan, Christian Steger, Claas Teichmann, and Robert Vautard
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 5485–5506, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5485-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5485-2020, 2020
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27 Oct 2020
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The making of the New European Wind Atlas – Part 1: Model sensitivity
Andrea N. Hahmann, Tija Sīle, Björn Witha, Neil N. Davis, Martin Dörenkämper, Yasemin Ezber, Elena García-Bustamante, J. Fidel González-Rouco, Jorge Navarro, Bjarke T. Olsen, and Stefan Söderberg
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 5053–5078, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5053-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5053-2020, 2020
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27 Oct 2020
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The Making of the New European Wind Atlas – Part 2: Production and evaluation
Martin Dörenkämper, Bjarke T. Olsen, Björn Witha, Andrea N. Hahmann, Neil N. Davis, Jordi Barcons, Yasemin Ezber, Elena García-Bustamante, J. Fidel González-Rouco, Jorge Navarro, Mariano Sastre-Marugán, Tija Sīle, Wilke Trei, Mark Žagar, Jake Badger, Julia Gottschall, Javier Sanz Rodrigo, and Jakob Mann
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 5079–5102, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5079-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-5079-2020, 2020
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29 Sep 2020
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Impact of horizontal resolution on global ocean–sea ice model simulations based on the experimental protocols of the Ocean Model Intercomparison Project phase 2 (OMIP-2)
Eric P. Chassignet, Stephen G. Yeager, Baylor Fox-Kemper, Alexandra Bozec, Frederic Castruccio, Gokhan Danabasoglu, Christopher Horvat, Who M. Kim, Nikolay Koldunov, Yiwen Li, Pengfei Lin, Hailong Liu, Dmitry V. Sein, Dmitry Sidorenko, Qiang Wang, and Xiaobiao Xu
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 4595–4637, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4595-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4595-2020, 2020
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24 Sep 2020
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An improved mechanistic model for ammonia volatilization in Earth system models: Flow of Agricultural Nitrogen version 2 (FANv2)
Julius Vira, Peter Hess, Jeff Melkonian, and William R. Wieder
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 4459–4490, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4459-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4459-2020, 2020
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08 Sep 2020
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Predicting the morphology of ice particles in deep convection using the super-droplet method: development and evaluation of SCALE-SDM 0.2.5-2.2.0, -2.2.1, and -2.2.2
Shin-ichiro Shima, Yousuke Sato, Akihiro Hashimoto, and Ryohei Misumi
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 4107–4157, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4107-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-4107-2020, 2020
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31 Aug 2020
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HyLands 1.0: a hybrid landscape evolution model to simulate the impact of landslides and landslide-derived sediment on landscape evolution
Benjamin Campforts, Charles M. Shobe, Philippe Steer, Matthias Vanmaercke, Dimitri Lague, and Jean Braun
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 3863–3886, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3863-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3863-2020, 2020
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13 Aug 2020
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The shared socio-economic pathway (SSP) greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions to 2500
Malte Meinshausen, Zebedee R. J. Nicholls, Jared Lewis, Matthew J. Gidden, Elisabeth Vogel, Mandy Freund, Urs Beyerle, Claudia Gessner, Alexander Nauels, Nico Bauer, Josep G. Canadell, John S. Daniel, Andrew John, Paul B. Krummel, Gunnar Luderer, Nicolai Meinshausen, Stephen A. Montzka, Peter J. Rayner, Stefan Reimann, Steven J. Smith, Marten van den Berg, Guus J. M. Velders, Martin K. Vollmer, and Ray H. J. Wang
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 3571–3605, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3571-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-3571-2020, 2020
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18 Jun 2020
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Towards an objective assessment of climate multi-model ensembles – a case study: the Senegalo-Mauritanian upwelling region
Juliette Mignot, Carlos Mejia, Charles Sorror, Adama Sylla, Michel Crépon, and Sylvie Thiria
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 2723–2742, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2723-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2723-2020, 2020
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11 Jun 2020
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RainNet v1.0: a convolutional neural network for radar-based precipitation nowcasting
Georgy Ayzel, Tobias Scheffer, and Maik Heistermann
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 2631–2644, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2631-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-2631-2020, 2020
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21 Feb 2020
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TRAPPIST-1 Habitable Atmosphere Intercomparison (THAI): motivations and protocol version 1.0
Thomas J. Fauchez, Martin Turbet, Eric T. Wolf, Ian Boutle, Michael J. Way, Anthony D. Del Genio, Nathan J. Mayne, Konstantinos Tsigaridis, Ravi K. Kopparapu, Jun Yang, Francois Forget, Avi Mandell, and Shawn D. Domagal Goldman
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 707–716, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-707-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-707-2020, 2020
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31 Jan 2020
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An urban ecohydrological model to quantify the effect of vegetation on urban climate and hydrology (UT&C v1.0)
Naika Meili, Gabriele Manoli, Paolo Burlando, Elie Bou-Zeid, Winston T. L. Chow, Andrew M. Coutts, Edoardo Daly, Kerry A. Nice, Matthias Roth, Nigel J. Tapper, Erik Velasco, Enrique R. Vivoni, and Simone Fatichi
Geosci. Model Dev., 13, 335–362, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-335-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-335-2020, 2020
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10 Dec 2019
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A comparative assessment of the uncertainties of global surface ocean CO2 estimates using a machine-learning ensemble (CSIR-ML6 version 2019a) – have we hit the wall?
Luke Gregor, Alice D. Lebehot, Schalk Kok, and Pedro M. Scheel Monteiro
Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 5113–5136, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-5113-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-5113-2019, 2019
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14 Oct 2019
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The biophysics, ecology, and biogeochemistry of functionally diverse, vertically and horizontally heterogeneous ecosystems: the Ecosystem Demography model, version 2.2 – Part 1: Model description
Marcos Longo, Ryan G. Knox, David M. Medvigy, Naomi M. Levine, Michael C. Dietze, Yeonjoo Kim, Abigail L. S. Swann, Ke Zhang, Christine R. Rollinson, Rafael L. Bras, Steven C. Wofsy, and Paul R. Moorcroft
Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 4309–4346, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4309-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4309-2019, 2019
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14 Oct 2019
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The biophysics, ecology, and biogeochemistry of functionally diverse, vertically and horizontally heterogeneous ecosystems: the Ecosystem Demography model, version 2.2 – Part 2: Model evaluation for tropical South America
Marcos Longo, Ryan G. Knox, Naomi M. Levine, Abigail L. S. Swann, David M. Medvigy, Michael C. Dietze, Yeonjoo Kim, Ke Zhang, Damien Bonal, Benoit Burban, Plínio B. Camargo, Matthew N. Hayek, Scott R. Saleska, Rodrigo da Silva, Rafael L. Bras, Steven C. Wofsy, and Paul R. Moorcroft
Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 4347–4374, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4347-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-4347-2019, 2019
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02 Sep 2019
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Improved methodologies for Earth system modelling of atmospheric soluble iron and observation comparisons using the Mechanism of Intermediate complexity for Modelling Iron (MIMI v1.0)
Douglas S. Hamilton, Rachel A. Scanza, Yan Feng, Joseph Guinness, Jasper F. Kok, Longlei Li, Xiaohong Liu, Sagar D. Rathod, Jessica S. Wan, Mingxuan Wu, and Natalie M. Mahowald
Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 3835–3862, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3835-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3835-2019, 2019
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03 Apr 2019
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Terrainbento 1.0: a Python package for multi-model analysis in long-term drainage basin evolution
Katherine R. Barnhart, Rachel C. Glade, Charles M. Shobe, and Gregory E. Tucker
Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 1267–1297, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1267-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1267-2019, 2019
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27 Mar 2019
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Devito (v3.1.0): an embedded domain-specific language for finite differences and geophysical exploration
Mathias Louboutin, Michael Lange, Fabio Luporini, Navjot Kukreja, Philipp A. Witte, Felix J. Herrmann, Paulius Velesko, and Gerard J. Gorman
Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 1165–1187, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1165-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-1165-2019, 2019
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08 Mar 2019
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The Open Global Glacier Model (OGGM) v1.1
Fabien Maussion, Anton Butenko, Nicolas Champollion, Matthias Dusch, Julia Eis, Kévin Fourteau, Philipp Gregor, Alexander H. Jarosch, Johannes Landmann, Felix Oesterle, Beatriz Recinos, Timo Rothenpieler, Anouk Vlug, Christian T. Wild, and Ben Marzeion
Geosci. Model Dev., 12, 909–931, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-909-2019,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-909-2019, 2019
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10 Dec 2018
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ESM-SnowMIP: assessing snow models and quantifying snow-related climate feedbacks
Gerhard Krinner, Chris Derksen, Richard Essery, Mark Flanner, Stefan Hagemann, Martyn Clark, Alex Hall, Helmut Rott, Claire Brutel-Vuilmet, Hyungjun Kim, Cécile B. Ménard, Lawrence Mudryk, Chad Thackeray, Libo Wang, Gabriele Arduini, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Paul Bartlett, Julia Boike, Aaron Boone, Frédérique Chéruy, Jeanne Colin, Matthias Cuntz, Yongjiu Dai, Bertrand Decharme, Jeff Derry, Agnès Ducharne, Emanuel Dutra, Xing Fang, Charles Fierz, Josephine Ghattas, Yeugeniy Gusev, Vanessa Haverd, Anna Kontu, Matthieu Lafaysse, Rachel Law, Dave Lawrence, Weiping Li, Thomas Marke, Danny Marks, Martin Ménégoz, Olga Nasonova, Tomoko Nitta, Masashi Niwano, John Pomeroy, Mark S. Raleigh, Gerd Schaedler, Vladimir Semenov, Tanya G. Smirnova, Tobias Stacke, Ulrich Strasser, Sean Svenson, Dmitry Turkov, Tao Wang, Nander Wever, Hua Yuan, Wenyan Zhou, and Dan Zhu
Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 5027–5049, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-5027-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-5027-2018, 2018
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18 Sep 2018
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MPAS-Albany Land Ice (MALI): a variable-resolution ice sheet model for Earth system modeling using Voronoi grids
Matthew J. Hoffman, Mauro Perego, Stephen F. Price, William H. Lipscomb, Tong Zhang, Douglas Jacobsen, Irina Tezaur, Andrew G. Salinger, Raymond Tuminaro, and Luca Bertagna
Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 3747–3780, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3747-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3747-2018, 2018
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18 Sep 2018
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sympl (v. 0.4.0) and climt (v. 0.15.3) – towards a flexible framework for building model hierarchies in Python
Joy Merwin Monteiro, Jeremy McGibbon, and Rodrigo Caballero
Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 3781–3794, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3781-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3781-2018, 2018
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30 Aug 2018
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The Variable Infiltration Capacity model version 5 (VIC-5): infrastructure improvements for new applications and reproducibility
Joseph J. Hamman, Bart Nijssen, Theodore J. Bohn, Diana R. Gergel, and Yixin Mao
Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 3481–3496, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3481-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3481-2018, 2018
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21 Aug 2018
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Developing a global operational seasonal hydro-meteorological forecasting system: GloFAS-Seasonal v1.0
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Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 3327–3346, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3327-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-3327-2018, 2018
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08 May 2018
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Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 1799–1821, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1799-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1799-2018, 2018
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02 May 2018
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Near-global climate simulation at 1 km resolution: establishing a performance baseline on 4888 GPUs with COSMO 5.0
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Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 1665–1681, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1665-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1665-2018, 2018
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13 Apr 2018
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Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 1421–1442, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1421-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1421-2018, 2018
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10 Apr 2018
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Intercomparison of Antarctic ice-shelf, ocean, and sea-ice interactions simulated by MetROMS-iceshelf and FESOM 1.4
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Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 1257–1292, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1257-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1257-2018, 2018
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03 Jan 2018
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Geosci. Model Dev., 11, 1–42, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1-2018,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-1-2018, 2018
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The SPACE 1.0 model: a Landlab component for 2-D calculation of sediment transport, bedrock erosion, and landscape evolution
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Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 4577–4604, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4577-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4577-2017, 2017
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06 Dec 2017
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DCMIP2016: a review of non-hydrostatic dynamical core design and intercomparison of participating models
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Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 4477–4509, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4477-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-4477-2017, 2017
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01 Nov 2017
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Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 3931–3940, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3931-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-3931-2017, 2017
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04 Sep 2017
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18 Jul 2017
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13 Jul 2017
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Update of the Polar SWIFT model for polar stratospheric ozone loss (Polar SWIFT version 2)
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27 Jun 2017
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STRAPS v1.0: evaluating a methodology for predicting electron impact ionisation mass spectra for the aerosol mass spectrometer
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Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 2365–2377, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2365-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2365-2017, 2017
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23 Jan 2017
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Geosci. Model Dev., 10, 321–331, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-321-2017,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-321-2017, 2017
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24 Nov 2016
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Linking hydraulic traits to tropical forest function in a size-structured and trait-driven model (TFS v.1-Hydro)
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Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 4227–4255, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4227-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4227-2016, 2016
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17 Nov 2016
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Multi-annual modes in the 20th century temperature variability in reanalyses and CMIP5 models
Heikki Järvinen, Teija Seitola, Johan Silén, and Jouni Räisänen
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 4097–4109, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4097-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-4097-2016, 2016
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08 Nov 2016
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Accounting for model error in air quality forecasts: an application of 4DEnVar to the assimilation of atmospheric composition using QG-Chem 1.0
Emanuele Emili, Selime Gürol, and Daniel Cariolle
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 3933–3959, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3933-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3933-2016, 2016
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10 Oct 2016
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GMMIP (v1.0) contribution to CMIP6: Global Monsoons Model Inter-comparison Project
Tianjun Zhou, Andrew G. Turner, James L. Kinter, Bin Wang, Yun Qian, Xiaolong Chen, Bo Wu, Bin Wang, Bo Liu, Liwei Zou, and Bian He
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 3589–3604, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3589-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-3589-2016, 2016
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21 Jan 2016
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Modeling global water use for the 21st century: the Water Futures and Solutions (WFaS) initiative and its approaches
Y. Wada, M. Flörke, N. Hanasaki, S. Eisner, G. Fischer, S. Tramberend, Y. Satoh, M. T. H. van Vliet, P. Yillia, C. Ringler, P. Burek, and D. Wiberg
Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 175–222, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-175-2016,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-9-175-2016, 2016
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05 Nov 2015
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Modelling Mediterranean agro-ecosystems by including agricultural trees in the LPJmL model
M. Fader, W. von Bloh, S. Shi, A. Bondeau, and W. Cramer
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 3545–3561, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3545-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3545-2015, 2015
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06 Oct 2015
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ECCO version 4: an integrated framework for non-linear inverse modeling and global ocean state estimation
G. Forget, J.-M. Campin, P. Heimbach, C. N. Hill, R. M. Ponte, and C. Wunsch
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 3071–3104, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3071-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-3071-2015, 2015
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09 Sep 2015
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POM.gpu-v1.0: a GPU-based Princeton Ocean Model
S. Xu, X. Huang, L.-Y. Oey, F. Xu, H. Fu, Y. Zhang, and G. Yang
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 2815–2827, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2815-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2815-2015, 2015
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24 Jul 2015
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EMPOWER-1.0: an Efficient Model of Planktonic ecOsystems WrittEn in R
T. R. Anderson, W. C. Gentleman, and A. Yool
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 2231–2262, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2231-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2231-2015, 2015
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16 Jul 2015
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14C-age tracers in global ocean circulation models
W. Koeve, H. Wagner, P. Kähler, and A. Oschlies
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 2079–2094, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2079-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2079-2015, 2015
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11 Jun 2015
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A large-scale simulation model to assess karstic groundwater recharge over Europe and the Mediterranean
A. Hartmann, T. Gleeson, R. Rosolem, F. Pianosi, Y. Wada, and T. Wagener
Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 1729–1746, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1729-2015,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-1729-2015, 2015
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08 Sep 2014
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Short ensembles: an efficient method for discerning climate-relevant sensitivities in atmospheric general circulation models
H. Wan, P. J. Rasch, K. Zhang, Y. Qian, H. Yan, and C. Zhao
Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 1961–1977, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1961-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1961-2014, 2014
18 Aug 2014
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MOMBA 1.1 – a high-resolution Baltic Sea configuration of GFDL's Modular Ocean Model
H. Dietze, U. Löptien, and K. Getzlaff
Geosci. Model Dev., 7, 1713–1731, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1713-2014,https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1713-2014, 2014

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