Abstract. The Earth System Model EC-Earth3 for contributions to CMIP6 is documented here, with its flexible coupling framework, major model configurations, a methodology for ensuring the simulations are comparable across different HPC systems, and with the physical performance of base configurations over the historical period. The variety of possible configurations and sub-models reflects the broad interests in the EC-Earth community. EC-Earth3 key performance metrics demonstrate physical behaviour and biases well within the frame known from recent CMIP models. With improved physical and dynamic features, new ESM components, community tools, and largely improved physical performance compared to the CMIP5 version, EC-Earth3 represents a clear step forward for the only European community ESM. We demonstrate here that EC-Earth3 is suited for a range of tasks in CMIP6 and beyond.
The EC-Earth3 Earth System Model for the Climate Model Intercomparison Project 6
R. Doescher,M. Acosta,A. Alessandri,P. Anthoni,A. Arneth,T. Arsouze,T. Bergmann,Raffaele Bernadello,Souhail Bousetta,L. Caron,G. Carver,M. Castrillo,F. Catalano,I. Cvijanovic,P. Davini,E. Dekker,F. Doblas-Reyes,D. Docquier,P. Echevarria,U. Fladrich,R. Fuentes‐Franco,M. Gröger,Jost v. Hardenberg,Jenny Hieronymus,M. Karami,J. Keskinen,T. Koenigk,R. Makkonen,F. Massonnet,M. Ménégoz,P. Miller,E. Moreno‐Chamarro,L. Nieradzik,T. van Noije,P. Nolan,D. O’Donnell,P. Ollinaho,G. V. D. van den Oord,P. Ortega,Oriol Tintó Prims,A. Ramos,T. Reerink,C. Rousset,Y. Ruprich‐Robert,Philipp Le Sager,T. Schmith,R. Schrödner,F. Serva,V. Sicardi,M. Sloth Madsen,Benjamin Smith,T. Tian,É. Tourigny,P. Uotila,M. Vancoppenolle,Shiyu Wang,D. Wårlind,U. Willén,K. Wyser,Shuting Yang,Xavier Yepes-Arbós,Qiong Zhang
Published 2021 in Geoscientific Model Development Discussions
ABSTRACT
PUBLICATION RECORD
- Publication year
2021
- Venue
Geoscientific Model Development Discussions
- Publication date
2021-02-11
- Fields of study
Physics, Computer Science, Environmental Science
- Identifiers
- External record
- Source metadata
Semantic Scholar
CITATION MAP
EXTRACTION MAP
CLAIMS
- No claims are published for this paper.
CONCEPTS
- No concepts are published for this paper.