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The GAMIL3: Model Description and Evaluation
Author(s) -
Li Lijuan,
Dong Li,
Xie Jinbo,
Tang Yanli,
Xie Feng,
Guo Zhun,
Liu Hongbo,
Feng Tao,
Wang Lu,
Pu Ye,
Sun Wenqi,
Xia Kun,
Liu Li,
Xie Zhenghui,
Wang Yan,
Wang Longhuan,
Shi Xiangjun,
Jia Binghao,
Liu Juanjuan,
Wang Bin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: atmospheres
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2169-8996
pISSN - 2169-897X
DOI - 10.1029/2020jd032574
Subject(s) - longwave , shortwave , environmental science , madden–julian oscillation , climatology , climate model , atmospheric sciences , cloud cover , cloud forcing , forcing (mathematics) , planetary boundary layer , aerosol , convection , meteorology , radiative transfer , radiative forcing , geology , climate change , physics , cloud computing , oceanography , quantum mechanics , turbulence , operating system , computer science
Abstract The Grid‐point Atmospheric Model of the IAP LASG version 3 (GAMIL3) has been developed by upgrading the horizontal resolution, methods of parallel computation, boundary layer scheme, aerosol parameterization, convective parameterization, stratocumulus cloud fraction scheme, land component, and coupler, as well as tuning some moist physical parameters with large uncertainties. Its performance is evaluated, and the results show significant improvements compared with the previous version, GAMIL2. The simulated performance of mean states is notably enhanced, including the energy budget terms at the top of the atmosphere (TOA) and surface, shortwave/longwave cloud radiative forcing (SWCF/LWCF), precipitation, zonal wind, low‐level temperature, 500‐hPa geopotential height, and snow cover fraction in the Northern Hemisphere. The characteristics of internal variability are captured well, such as the frequency band and active areas of quasi‐biweekly (QBW) oscillation, spectral power of convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs), Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) eastward propagation, and heat flux response to El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and these variabilities are generally strengthened in GAMIL3. In addition, the anthropogenic aerosol climate effects are weakened when using the forcings recommended by CMIP6.