Significant improvement of cloud representation in the global climate model MRI-ESM2

Kawai, Hideaki; Yukimoto, Seiji; Koshiro, Tsuyoshi; Oshima, Naga; Tanaka, Taichu; Yoshimura, Hiromasa; Nagasawa, Ryoji

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2875-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2875-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-2875-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 7

Development and technical paper

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12 Jul 2019

Development and technical paper |

| 12 Jul 2019

Significant improvement of cloud representation in the global climate model MRI-ESM2

Hideaki Kawai, Seiji Yukimoto, Tsuyoshi Koshiro, Naga Oshima, Taichu Tanaka, Hiromasa Yoshimura, and Ryoji Nagasawa

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Apr 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to reviewer #1', Hideaki Kawai, 06 Jun 2019
RC2: 'Review of Kawai et al., Significant improvement of cloud representation in global climate model MRI-ESM2', Anonymous Referee #2, 26 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to reviewer #2', Hideaki Kawai, 06 Jun 2019

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AR by Svenja Lange on behalf of the Authors (07 Jun 2019) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (13 Jun 2019) by Axel Lauer

Short summary

The representation of clouds was significantly improved in the climate model MRI-ESM2. The model is planned for use in the sixth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) simulations. In particular, a notorious lack of reflection of solar radiation over the Southern Ocean was drastically improved in the model. The score of the spatial pattern of radiative fluxes for MRI-ESM2 is better than for any CMIP5 model. We present modifications implemented in the various physics schemes.