Search Results - "Gent, Peter R."

Effects of Southern Hemisphere Wind Changes on the Meridional Overturning Circulation in Ocean Models by Gent, Peter R

“…Observations show that the Southern Hemisphere zonal wind stress maximum has increased significantly over the past 30 years. Eddy-resolving ocean models show…”
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Response to Increasing Southern Hemisphere Winds in CCSM4 by Gent, Peter R., Danabasoglu, Gokhan

“…Results from two perturbation experiments using the Community Climate System Model version 4 where the Southern Hemisphere zonal wind stress is increased are…”
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The Community Climate System Model Version 4 by Gent, Peter R., Danabasoglu, Gokhan, Donner, Leo J., Holland, Marika M., Hunke, Elizabeth C., Jayne, Steve R., Lawrence, David M., Neale, Richard B., Rasch, Philip J., Vertenstein, Mariana, Worley, Patrick H., Yang, Zong-Liang, Zhang, Minghua

“…The fourth version of the Community Climate System Model (CCSM4) was recently completed and released to the climate community. This paper describes…”
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Southern Ocean Deep Circulation and Heat Uptake in a High-Resolution Climate Model by Newsom, Emily R., Bitz, Cecilia M., Bryan, Frank O., Abernathey, Ryan, Gent, Peter R.

“…The dynamics of the lower cell of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC) in the Southern Ocean are compared in two versions of a global climate model:…”
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The Gent–McWilliams parameterization: 20/20 hindsight by Gent, Peter R.

“…It has now been 20 years since the Gent and McWilliams paper on “Isopycnal Mixing in Ocean Circulation Models” was published in January 1990 issue of the…”
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The Community Climate System Model, Version 2 by Kiehl, Jeffrey T., Gent, Peter R.

“…The Community Climate System Model, version 2 (CCSM2) is briefly described. A 1000-yr control simulation of the present day climate has been completed without…”
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Historical Antarctic mean sea ice area, sea ice trends, and winds in CMIP5 simulations by Mahlstein, Irina, Gent, Peter R., Solomon, Susan

“…In contrast to Arctic sea ice, average Antarctic sea ice area is not retreating but has slowly increased since satellite measurements began in 1979. While most…”
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Diurnal Coupling in the Tropical Oceans of CCSM3 by Danabasoglu, Gokhan, Large, William G., Tribbia, Joseph J., Gent, Peter R., Briegleb, Bruce P., McWilliams, James C.

“…New features that may affect the behavior of the upper ocean in the Community Climate System Model version 3 (CCSM3) are described. In particular, the addition…”
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Forced Patterns of Sea Level Rise in the Community Earth System Model Large Ensemble From 1920 to 2100 by Fasullo, John T., Gent, Peter R., Nerem, R. S.

“…To provide context for observed sea level rise, the forced response (FR) in dynamic sea level (DSL) during the 20th and 21st centuries is examined in the…”
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Temporal variability in the Antarctic Polar Front (2002–2014) by Freeman, Natalie M., Lovenduski, Nicole S., Gent, Peter R.

“…We investigate intraannual to interannual variability in the Antarctic Polar Front (PF) using weekly PF realizations spanning 2002–2014 (found at…”
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A commentary on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation stability in climate models by Gent, Peter R.

“…•A review of AMOC stability in ocean alone and coupled climate models.•Comments on the very frequently used AMOC stability criterion.•Comments on the use of…”
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South Atlantic Surface Boundary Current System during the Last Millennium in the CESM-LME: The Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age by Marcello, Fernanda, Wainer, Ilana, Gent, Peter R., Otto-Bliesner, Bette L., Brady, Esther C.

“…Interocean waters that are carried northward through South Atlantic surface boundary currents get meridionally split between two large-scale systems when…”
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Robust and Nonrobust Aspects of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability and Mechanisms in the Community Earth System Model by Danabasoglu, Gokhan, Landrum, Laura, Yeager, Stephen G., Gent, Peter R.

“…Robust and nonrobust aspects of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) variability and mechanisms are analyzed in several 600-yr simulations with…”
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Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity: Is It Accurate to Use a Slab Ocean Model? by Danabasoglu, Gokhan, Gent, Peter R.

“…The equilibrium climate sensitivity of a climate model is usually defined as the globally averaged equilibrium surface temperature response to a doubling of…”
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Can Southern Ocean Eddy Effects Be Parameterized in Climate Models? by Bryan, Frank O., Gent, Peter R., Tomas, Robert

“…Present-day control and 1%yr−1increasing carbon dioxide runs have been made using two versions of the Community Climate System Model, version 3.5. One uses the…”
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Improvements in a half degree atmosphere/land version of the CCSM by Gent, Peter R, Yeager, Stephen G, Neale, Richard B, Levis, Samuel, Bailey, David A

“…A decadal climate projection between 1980 and 2030 using a nominal 0.5° resolution in the atmosphere and land components has been performed using the Community…”
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Sea Level Rise in the CESM Large Ensemble: The Role of Individual Climate Forcings and Consequences for the Coming Decades by Fasullo, John T., Gent, Peter R., Nerem, R. Steven

“…The emergence of a spatial pattern in the externally forced response (FR) of dynamic sea level (DSL) during the altimeter era has recently been demonstrated…”
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Changes in subduction in the South Atlantic Ocean during the 21st century in the CCSM3 by Goes, Marlos, Wainer, Ilana, Gent, Peter R., Bryan, Frank O.

“…The Community Climate System Model version 3 is used to analyse changes in water mass subduction rates in the South Atlantic Ocean over the 21st century. The…”
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The effects of the eddy-induced advection coefficient in a coarse-resolution coupled climate model by Farneti, Riccardo, Gent, Peter R.

“…► Climate models using a constant K will get the wrong response for the future climate. ► Putting limits on parameterization coefficients can compromise…”
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Extending a potential vorticity transport eddy closure to include a spatially-varying coefficient by Chen, Qingshan, Ringler, Todd, Gent, Peter R.

“…The use of spatially varying eddy diffusivities is explored with the extended Gent–McWilliams (eGM) closure for both passive tracers and potential vorticity…”
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