Context and Aims of the Aqua-Planet Experiment

被引:49
作者
Blackburn, Michael [1 ]
Hoskins, Brian J. [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Reading, Natl Ctr Atmospher Sci, Reading RG6 6BB, Berks, England
[2] Imperial Coll, Grantham Inst Climate Change, London, England
[3] Univ Reading, Dept Meteorol, Reading RG6 6BB, Berks, England
基金
英国自然环境研究理事会;
关键词
comparison of atmospheric general circulation models (GCMs); modelling hierarchy; tropical circulation; intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ); precipitation; COUPLED EQUATORIAL WAVES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ZONAL FLOW VACILLATION; GENERAL-CIRCULATION; LIFE-CYCLES; PART I; TROPICAL PRECIPITATION; DYNAMICAL CORE; ENERGY-BALANCE; STANDARD TEST;
D O I
10.2151/jmsj.2013-A01
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
The Aqua-Planet Experiment (APE) was first proposed by Neale and Hoskins (2000a) as a benchmark for atmospheric general circulation models (AGCMs) on an idealised water-covered Earth. The experiment and its aims are summarised, and its context within a modelling hierarchy used to evaluate complex models and to provide a link between realistic simulation and conceptual models of atmospheric phenomena is discussed. The simplified aqua-planet configuration bridges a gap in the existing hierarchy. It is designed to expose differences between models and to focus attention on particular phenomena and their response to changes in the underlying distribution of sea surface temperature.
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